“No...” Emma is horrified. Leo stands there motionless like a God.
Leo doesn’t speak and looks at her coldly.
Emma swallows her saliva and walks slowly to him. She puts her soft arms around his neck and says, “I have nothing to hide from you. I told you everything about myself. I didn’t cheat...”
Leo pulls Emma down expressionless. He looks directly into Emma’s eyes and questions her, “you’d better not cheat me. If I find out...”
Emma is really scared this time. She throws herself back into Leo’s arms and sobs, “Emma didn’t cheat Leo. Luke doesn’t believe me. Why don’t you believe me? I didn’t really...”
Hearing Emma’s cry, Leo is upset.
Although the slut is bullied and humiliated by him every time, she never cries in front of him.
Wait, why does he think of the slut again?
Leo pushes Emma away and impatiently says, “that’s enough. Don’t cry every time.”
Emma is embarrassed when Leo pushes her away. She freezes. She cries more bitterly. There’s a bit of cunning in her eyes, “Leo, do you forget that day in the hotel, you went to my room by mistake and forced me to have sex with you. You took away my virginity. You were rude...”
“Then I jumped out of the window and escaped. I wanted to forget, but then I found you. I gave myself to you. I didn’t expect you to doubt me now!”
Emma says, “I’m not your wife now, but I’m with you! What else do you want me to do?”
Hearing this, Leo’s face softens. He pats Emma on the back and says softly, “OK, don’t cry. I know you dare not lie to me.”
However, Emma is not satisfied. Although she stops crying, her voice is still very aggrieved. “Leo, you still don’t believe me.”
“I believe you.” Leo says patiently, but he is a little dissatisfied with Luke. Emma knows the details of that day. How could she not be the little wild cat?
He wants to see what evidence Luke can show him.
Emma smiles at Leo’s affirmation. She puts her arms around Leo’s neck and kisses him.
Suddenly something emerald falls off her. Emma is kissing Leo, but Leo sees the familiar object and stops.
Emma is upset when Leo stops. She asks Leo in disbelief, “Leo, what’s the matter with you?”
Leo stares at the jade pendant on the ground. Suddenly, something comes up in his mind. He calmly says to Emma, “your jade pendant has fallen.”
Emma looks down and sees the jade pendant. She is very disdainful but pretends to be surprised and says, “God, it fell to the ground!”
With that, she stoops to pick it up and pretends to take it back carefully.
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....