Juan looks straight into Claire’s eyes and lets her see the love in his eyes.
Claire freezes. She thinks Juan is just joking when he says he likes her. Why is he so serious?
They are silent for a long time. Claire murmurs, “but...”
Suddenly Juan is attracted by a picture on the computer. When he sees the content clearly, he smiles and says to Claire, “you don’t have to beg me. It’s too late.”
Claire’s mood is interrupted. She stares at Juan and wonders, “what do you mean?”
Juan looks at the computer screen and beckons to Claire.
Claire approaches him curiously. She looks at the computer and says, “how could...”
Claire can’t speak when she looks at the computer screen.
At the same time, Juan carefully turns on the stereo so that she can hear the news reporter’s report clearly. “It is revealed that Mr. Bryce, president of Bryce Group, has just died in a car accident. The young and promising president is the object of admiration of many young ladies in the city. It’s a pity that he died young because of the traffic accident. He is only 25 years old. We found it at the scene of the accident...”
A tear drips down Juan’s back. Juan looks up at Claire and finds that she has tears on her face. Her tears are falling like thread.
How come...
Claire covers her mouth to keep quiet. She sits slowly on the ground and panics. Her eyes have no focal length.
Her mind echoes the scene she has just seen. Claire doesn’t believe that the man in the news is Bryce!
“It is impossible! Bryce can’t be dead! He promised me to grow old with me!” Claire shakes her head in disbelief. She wants to get rid of everything in her mind.
Seeing Claire like this, Juan can only sigh in her heart. He tells the truth cruelly. “Leo has killed him.”
“No!” Claire screams. She shoves Juan away and rushes out. Juan can’t catch up with her.
The bodyguard standing outside the door looks at Claire and asks Juan if he needs to chase her. Juan waves.
Let her go.
Looking at Claire’s back, Juan can’t help thinking. He mutters, “I didn’t expect Leo to be so cruel and quick.”
Claire stumbles back to Leo’s villa. Along the way she thinks about Bryce’s death and is shocked.
As soon as she gets home, she sees the hall is very busy. Champagne, red wine, beauty and Leo!
Claire’s eyes turn red when she sees him. She rushes up and pulls Leo out of a group of women and yells, “did you do it? Is it true in the news? In fact, the news is full of lies. Bryce’s not dead, is he?”
Claire loses her mind in anger. There is no logic in what she says.
Leo is a little upset when she pulls him out. He pushes Claire’s hands away and says scornfully, “you see the news. Is it a fake?”
“You did it! Leo, you jerk!” Claire yells at Leo. Her tears can’t help falling again. She feels aggrieved for Bryce.
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....