The Sister-in-Law Who Was Practically in My Mouth Flew Away

But why did Ruby look so indignant, like Claire had cheated on someone?

"You..." Ruby hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly helped Julian scout out the situation. She asked, "When did you meet this guy?"

"I've known him since we were little," Claire answered honestly, not suspecting anything.

When Ruby heard that, her face filled with defeat. They were childhood sweethearts?

Her brother couldn't catch up even if he whipped his horse!

And this rival in love looked even harder to deal with than Ethan Sterling. First love was the hardest to forget.

Claire asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Ruby muttered in a gloomy little voice, "Nothing. It's just that the sister-in-law I practically had in my mouth flew away, so I'm a little upset."

Her voice was very quiet and unclear, and Claire didn't listen carefully. She only caught that Ruby said she was unhappy and even thought about comforting her.

Just as Ruby was sighing and lamenting, Julian Sterling and Sean Shaw came back.

Sean followed behind Julian, a smile on his face. It looked like he had had a very pleasant talk with Julian just now.

Ruby and Claire both stared so hard their eyes were practically about to pop out.

What was going on?

No matter what, there was no way these two should have been able to shake hands and make peace, right?

Ruby seriously suspected that Julian had used his real identity to crush this love rival.

Wasn't he afraid Claire would find out?

After Sean sat down, he immediately picked up the menu beside him and proactively handed it to Julian, smiling warmly as he said, "You probably haven't eaten yet, right? Order whatever you want. It's my treat, no need to be polite with me."

At the sight of this, the corner of Ruby's mouth twitched.

Looks like they had won this battle completely—they'd won without even fighting at all.

"Sean, you..." Claire looked at him, astonished by his change. What exactly had the two of them talked about?

Just now, Sean had clearly cursed to his face that Julian wasn't a good person.

What had originally been a dinner meetup for just Claire and Sean unexpectedly turned into four people all at once, and the atmosphere was strangely harmonious.

After they finished eating, the group walked out of the restaurant together.

Sean pulled Claire off to the side, and she could only be dragged along with him. "Sean, where are you taking me?"

When Ruby saw that this man was actually dragging Claire away, she anxiously tugged on Julian. "You're not going to do anything? Claire's being taken away."

Julian was full of confidence. "There's no need to worry."

If Sean still wanted the Sterling family's support, then he wouldn't expose his identity. Julian looked completely calm and self-assured.

"He can't take her away."

"Why?" Ruby asked curiously.

Julian's expression was cool as he said evenly, "I traded him the rights to jointly develop a parcel of land in New York, and he withdrew very straightforwardly."

Looking at his expression, it was as if he didn't think using those methods was shameless or despicable in the slightest. He was so calm and confident it was like he was talking about the weather.

Ruby: "..."

She looked at Sean with contempt in her eyes, feeling deeply that Claire wasn't worth this.

What kind of scumbags had Claire run into?

First there was Ethan Sterling, that cheating dirtbag two-timing two women, and now this moonlight of hers who, for money, gave up Claire without the slightest hesitation.

And she had been on full alert, thinking he was a very troublesome opponent.

"Bro, even though you made him back off, that man is still the moonlight in Claire's heart..."

Ruby rested her chin on her hand and began analyzing. She declared with certainty, "But you can't drive him out of Claire's heart!"