In the evening, Luke comes to the place where Bryce is being held. He is shut up in a cold, damp house. Luke frowns as he walks in and sees Bryce covered in wounds.
It seems that he has been taken good care of.
Bryce feels someone come in and look up. He has an embarrassed smile when he sees Luke. He used to be gentle but now he’s in a mess.
Luke admires Bryce. He sighs in his heart, but he jokes, “man, you’re bold. You dare to find someone to kill Leo.”
Bryce looks up. Although he looks embarrassed at the moment, he has dignity. He sneers and says sarcastically, “unfortunately, if I want to kill him, he must be dead now.”
“You mean that you didn’t do it?” Luke raises his eyebrows, but he doesn’t believe it.
Bryce snorts and says, “what kind of person do you think I am when I’m angry?”
Hearing this, Luke lowers his head thoughtfully and says slowly, “you will succeed once. You will not fail twice.”
“Ha ha, you are right.”
At this time, Bryce can still laugh. Luke looks at him and shakes his head helplessly. He doesn’t know whether to say that he is optimistic or that he has a plan in mind.
In fact, he can make friends with Bryce. It’s a pity that their positions are different, which makes Luke unable to have a frank and pleasant conversation with him.
After a long chat, Luke says to Bryce, “if I let you go, how can you repay me?”
Bryce is happy to hear that. There is a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth. He stares at Luke quietly and says, “as long as you want, as long as I have.”
Suddenly, they look at each other and smile.
The next day-
It is stuffy and smelly in the glove room, which makes Claire, who is not in good health, even weaker. Claire thanks Luke gratefully for the breakfast sent by him.
“You don’t have to thank me. This may be a misunderstanding. I’ll help you find out as soon as possible and let you leave the glove room.” Luke stands at the door, suppressing the urge to pull Claire out of the dark glove room. But he can’t be in a hurry. If Leo gets angry again, Claire will suffer.
Claire’s face is cold. She shakes her head and says weakly, “don’t help me anymore. Leo will blame you. Don’t worry about me. I’m fine here.”
She says she is fine?
No matter who hears such a voice, they can’t ignore it. What’s more, Luke has always been very polite, “don’t worry, I do what I say.”
Suddenly there is a rhythmic clap behind Luke, “your feelings move me. Claire, I didn’t expect you to have the ability to seduce all the men you see. Who else are you not seducing?”
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Genius Son Sells his Mom to Dad
The storyline could have been better -- organization and cohesion of episodes could stand improvement, ending could have been more definitive resolving the many conflicts between the protagonists. Of course, the despicable treatment of Leo towards Claire initially, e.g., selling her off in an auction and giving her to the madam of the club as princess is inhuman and a violation to the wife's rights and honor. I was wondering why she did not leave after these maltreatments. Oh, well, the conclusion [if the narrative ends in Chapter 488] is quite disappointing and anti-climactic. Thank you just the same....
The end of the story is wanting, considering how the episodes build up to conflict after conflict and concluding in yet another conflict. But then c'est la vie! Thank you....