The phone rings for a while and Claire is very anxious. She’s pale and she’s shouting in her heart, Luke! Answer the phone!
Just as the phone is about to automatically hang up, Luke finally answers the phone. He says apologetically, “Claire? I’m sorry. I just...”
“Luke! Come to my house quickly! Leo is suddenly ill! He seems to be in pain! I’ve made an emergency call! Come to my house quickly!” Claire interrupts Luke before he finishes.
Luke freezes after listening. Then he asks anxiously, “what? How could this happen? Don’t worry. I’ll go to your house now. Wait for me!”
As Luke says this, he picks up the car key and walks out. He asks Claire to hold the phone and let her talk to Leo constantly and distract him.
Claire sits decisively by the bed and touches Leo’s shoulder. She says anxiously, “Leo, look at me! I’m Claire. Can you hear me?”
“No, you should say something to him that he usually cares about and is attractive, or he will ignore what you say!” Luke can’t help saying it when he hears Claire.
“I...” Claire freezes at Luke’s words. She has to say what he cares about. “What does Leo care about? I don’t know!”
Claire is immediately confused. How does she know what Leo cares about? She doesn’t know him!
Claire is flustered but Luke is calm. He says positively, “what he cares about most is you! Just tell him something about the two of you!”
Claire is shocked by Luke’s words. She subconsciously wants to contradict Luke, but she thinks she shouldn’t care about these little details now. Leo seems to explode at any moment, so she hesitates.
Claire recalls what happened to them and what Leo cares about most. What Leo cares about most is...
He likes her? He wants to be with her?
But Claire can’t say that in front of Luke. Luke seems to feel Claire’s concerns. He says calmly, “I’m driving now and I’ll be at your house soon. You can talk to him about what attracts him. I’ll hang up first.”
Before Claire reacts, Luke hangs up.
Claire hears a busy tone. She puts her phone aside impatiently. Looking at the very painful Leo, Claire is anxious and helpless. She lies next to Leo and puts his head on her chest. She pats him on the back with her other hand and tries to reduce his pain.
But it doesn’t work. Leo’s pain has not diminished. He seems to be fighting the disease and can’t hear Claire. Claire is worried by Leo’s trembling body, but she can’t do anything.
She can’t say those mushy words.
Thinking of Leo’s expression of suffering from desire and the expression of suffering at the moment, Claire wants to ease his pain and make him feel better.
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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....