“Yes! Boss!”
Before getting on the car, Juan looks at Claire’s floor with complicated eyes. Then he bends down and sits in the car with a strange smile on his lips.
...
Claire can’t sleep well all night because she feels guilty. When she gets up in the morning, she sees herself haggard like a ghost in the mirror.
She doesn’t even bother to change her dress and goes out wearing a pair of thick black glasses.
Claire comes to the company. As soon as she gets out of the elevator, she sees Leo who also happens to come out of the president’s elevator.
They look at each other. Claire nods at him and wants to go to her job, but Leo stops her.
“President, what can I do for you?” Claire is not happy with him at the thought of their unexpected meeting at noon yesterday.
“Claire…?” Leo says in a declarative tone as he walks slowly toward Claire.
Claire wants to nod, but suddenly she feels something is wrong. She looks at Leo in shock and doesn’t speak.
What did Leo just call her? Claire?
Does Leo’s memory come back? Does he recognize her?
In front of Claire’s stunned face, Leo shows a playful smile. He comes to Claire and quickly takes off her glasses before she can react.
Looking at the same face as the beautiful woman last night, Leo can’t help chuckling. He satirizes her, “Claire, it’s you. Your face is really changeable. It can be ugly or beautiful. Will you be an old woman when I see you tomorrow?”
Leo’s words are full of ridicule. Claire is stunned and immediately understands what happened.
Leo recognizes her real identity and knows that she is Claire and Claire is his secretary, Angie. Claire doesn’t know how he recognizes her, but why does he scold her?
She likes to make herself ugly. What’s wrong?
But fortunately, he doesn’t remember what happened six years ago!
Claire doesn’t care when she is exposed. She snorts and says scornfully, “it’s my freedom how I dress up. President, you care too much.”
“Really?” Leo disagrees. “You’re Claire, aren’t you? If you come to work as Angie, I can accuse you of fraud. Do you think it has nothing to do with me?”
“I...” Claire clenches her lower lip and knows she is wrong. She doesn’t go on, but she doesn’t want Leo to talk to her in that tone, “but you can’t make fun of me.”
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....