The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Serena opened a bottle of mineral water and inserted a straw before handing it to Claire's lips. "Listening to you talk with that
reporter just now, I thought you were the kind of young person who stands up for the entire dance industry. Even I, a cold-
hearted woman, wanted to applaud you."
Claire glanced at her indifferently. "What? Are you saying that my acting was too fake?"
"No, I'm praising you. But I'm still curious, why did you choose an unknown reporter? I mean, there were so many reputable
reporters fighting to interview you, yet you turned them all down, saying you were waiting for a more opportune time. The way I
see it, Rita is a newcomer in the industry. She doesn't even have much influence in New Capital Times. Aren't you lowering your
standards by letting her interview you?"
Claire touched up her lipstick and smirked disdainfully. "It's true that Rita doesn't have much influence to interview me, and her
status doesn't quite match mine. But she is a Russell, which makes her have the highest status among the reporters who wanted
to interview me. Believe me when I say she'll do her best to publish the interview today. And the way she got excited about what I
said just now, she'll definitely put a lot of effort into following my news. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone? We won't even
need to worry about how to promote me after this."
Serena nodded thoughtfully. "But what about your last answer about your criteria for choosing a partner? Won't Mister Sherman
be angry if he hears about it?"
Mentioning Sherman finally brought a different expression to Claire's face, beyond her usual aloofness. She coquettishly whined,
"That's exactly my plan! I want to make him jealous so that he won't think I don' have any other choice than him. Plenty of other
men want to date me."
"But no matter how outstanding those men are, you only have eyes for Mister Sherman." Serena chuckled. "Actually, asking
Mister Sherman to help with your publicity should be a piece of cake for him."
"You don't understand. It's better for
things to be straightforward
between us. At least until I've completely won his heart over. I can ask for his help, but I cannot let him I think I'm the type of
woman who is with him for fame and fortune. I'm different from those other women out there."
Claire's expression visibly soured at the thought of so many women vying for Sherman's attention.

"You mentioned that Sherman attended the Russells' dinner party last time. When did he leave?"
"Hmm... Mister Sherman didn't stay
long. He left after about an hour. But we all know the nature of dinner parties like that. Who in the circle doesn't want to curry
favor with Mister Sherman? Those with daughters would do anything to
marry them off to him! So you better
hurry up."
Clair had arranged for people to keep an eye on Sherman's movements ever since a long time ago. She had to ensure that
every move Sherman made was within her control.
"You don't know him. He'd never consider those women."
Claire was confident of that. After all, in all these years, he had never been close to any other woman besides herself. Otherwise,
she would not dare to waste time and play around with him.
Claire had two reasons to accept Rita's interview. One, Rita was her best choice at that moment, and two, she wanted to shake
Sherman's sense of security.