A Woman Came Looking for President Sterling

But without any proof right now, she couldn't speculate either.

"All right, I was just asking casually. Don't overthink it."

Julian Sterling suddenly narrowed his eyes, his gaze settling on Claire Bennett's face before he said, "Maybe someone really is setting their sights on me. To avoid that kind of situation, I think there's another way to prevent it."

Claire Bennett looked at him in surprise.

Julian Sterling curled his lips into a smile and said meaningfully, "Let's make a baby. Then nobody will want to be a stepmother."

"..."

What kind of solution was that? Wasn't that obviously a terrible idea?

But before Claire Bennett could say anything, Julian Sterling had already scooped her up. Claire Bennett quickly wrapped her arms around his neck. "Julian Sterling, are you seriously doing this?"

Julian Sterling's answer to Claire Bennett was to carry her back to the room and throw her onto the bed.

...

Ethan Sterling had thought that one text message from him would drive a wedge between Claire Bennett and Julian Sterling.

But he had never imagined that Claire Bennett would be so broad-minded and trust Julian Sterling so completely that she didn't take that message seriously at all.

Claire Bennett was full of energy again and threw herself into her work.

Last time, Maison Verne's new products hadn't done as well as Bennett Jewelry's. As soon as Claire Bennett arrived at the office today, Asher Bell came to her with several design drafts in hand. He looked at Claire Bennett somewhat nervously and said, "Boss, I've finished my drafts."

Claire Bennett took them and glanced at them.

While Claire Bennett was looking over the design sketches, Asher Bell nervously clenched his hands, not knowing whether his designs would satisfy her.

In the midst of that stiff atmosphere, Claire Bennett put down the drawings in her hand.

She lifted her eyes to look at Asher Bell.

Asher Bell instantly tensed up and asked uneasily, "B-Boss... is there some problem? Are these designs okay?"

Seeing him like this, Claire Bennett couldn't help laughing. "Designer Bell, you don't need to be nervous."

After saying that, she reassured him, "I think these designs are very good. I'll put them into production right away. When the time comes, they'll definitely outdo Bennett Jewelry's."

Asher Bell had originally been worried that his work wasn't good enough.

Now, hearing Claire Bennett's words, the worry he had been holding onto gradually eased.

Claire Bennett herself had graduated from St. Royal Academy, and she was also that famous designer, so she had a certain eye for this sort of thing. If she said they were good, then they were definitely good.

Just then, Molly Lee ran in looking nervous and said, "Boss, this is bad!"

Claire Bennett looked up at Molly Lee and asked in a low voice, "What happened again? Did Bennett Jewelry pull some stunt again?"

"N-no, it's... it's about you."

After Molly Lee said that, she looked at Claire Bennett somewhat uneasily, as if she didn't quite dare to say the rest.

Claire Bennett's eyes slowly narrowed. About her?

She said, "Stop hemming and hawing. If something happened, just say it."

"It's like this. Just now I went upstairs to look for Assistant Reed, and then I saw..." Molly Lee took a deep breath and said, "I saw a woman come looking for President Sterling. She seemed like she was interested in him, so I came right down to tell you."

Claire Bennett's expression darkened slightly. Could it be the woman from the phone last night?

Even though she trusted Julian Sterling very much, Claire Bennett was still curious and wanted to take a look. She stood up and said, "You two get back to work. I'll go sneak a look."

Claire Bennett took the elevator upstairs.

Julian Sterling's development had been very rapid lately. He had separated Maison Verne from his company.

There was a two-floor distance between them, so Claire Bennett normally wouldn't know what was happening upstairs at all and needed Molly Lee to notify her.

Marcus Reed was outside the office. When he saw Claire Bennett arrive, he immediately stood up.

Just as he was about to speak, Claire Bennett stopped him. She pulled Marcus Reed aside and asked, "Marcus Reed, does Julian Sterling have a visitor? Is it Miss Parker?"

Marcus Reed showed a surprised expression. "How did you know it was Miss Parker?"

Claire Bennett curled her lips into a smile.

After receiving that message from Ethan Sterling, she had looked into President Parker's situation, so naturally she also learned about President Parker's daughter, Madeline Parker. Presumably, the one who had come to see Julian Sterling now was that Madeline Parker.

Marcus Reed reacted quickly. He gave a light cough and said, "Do you need me to let President Sterling know?"

When Marcus Reed had gone in earlier to serve tea, he had seen Miss Parker getting close to Julian Sterling. Having stayed by Julian Sterling's side for so long, Marcus Reed had seen quite a few women like that. Now Miss Parker was almost no different from those women.

They all wanted to seduce Julian Sterling.

Claire Bennett gently shook her head and said, "No need. I'll just quietly take a look."