Juan gives Tracy a terrible look and she’s afraid to talk. The man in front of her is powerful and mysterious.
Even though they work together for a long time, Tracy still doesn’t know Juan’s real identity, so she is extremely afraid of him.
But Tracy doesn’t want to let Claire go. She asks tentatively, “are you really willing? The plan has already begun. Do we have to give up?”
“Claire doesn’t leave. We’ve invested a lot of money to drag down Howard Group. We will lose money.”
Tracy will get nothing and Wilson Group won’t let her go. In that case, she will be really miserable.
Tracy is worried, but Juan is not. He just says scornfully, “that loss is nothing to me.”
That’s true, but it’s just for Juan. Tracy can’t afford it. She clenches her teeth and holds back her fear and continues to persuade, “since you are trying to get Claire, you can kidnap her and take her away now. Can’t you catch a woman?”
Juan doesn’t seem to hear what she says. He is smoking and his eyes are empty.
Of course, he has the ability to take Claire away directly and keep her by his side for the rest of his life. But what’s the point of that? He can buy a vase to make him happier. At least the vase can be used as a decoration, but Claire only thinks about Leo in her mind.
“Can’t I compare with Leo no matter what I do?”
Juan’s cigarette is burning his finger, but he doesn’t move.
“Hey, did you hear me? Are you a man?” Tracy is really worried and even offends Juan.
And then Tracy regrets it. She presses her pale lips and her face is pale. She is afraid Juan will vent his discontent on her.
When Juan hears Tracy’s words, he turns his head slowly and warns again, “if you really like to talk nonsense, I don’t mind killing you.”
Tracy believes that Juan will do what he says, so she has to quietly quit the room.
Juan is alone in the box. Time seems to have stopped. He keeps smoking and his throat is dry and his eyes are tired, but his heart is gray.
Juan wakes up after smoking all his cigarettes and walks out of the room slowly.
He looks steady when he walks, but he is in a trance. If people who know Juan see him, they will feel that he is getting older today.
Juan is sensible about feelings, but he did a lot of impulsive things for Claire. For example, even if he will lose money, he will let Howard Group go bankrupt. This is something that never happened in Juan’s business life.
Even if Juan doesn’t get anything now, he doesn’t regret it. He is just unwilling, or in other words, it is probably the most painful time of his life.
He has never doubted himself as much as he does now.
Tracy is also a loser and just as frustrated as Juan. What’s different is that her anger is more than her depression.
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....