“Hey, woman, are you scared?”
“How could you have a gun?”
Ashley shrugs her shoulders and says, “Because I want to protect you. And I predicted last night that you would have some difficulties, so I prepared it specially.”
This woman, even if she makes up a lie, doesn’t chooses a skilled one.
“Oh, don't worry. I'm on the right track. And I won't hurt you.”
“I'm sure you won't hurt me, but I'm afraid you will hurt yourself.”
Claire's words make Ashley surprise. In the next moment, she says with an exaggerated smile, “Ha-ha, I'm not a young lady. The one who can hurt me has not been born.”
“Anyway, thanks to you today, we have not been calculated by Daisy. Otherwise...”
Otherwise, if she is sent to the nightclub, it will be surely known by Juan.
“If you want to thank me, please accompany me to eat something. I'm hungrier now. I can even pack a whole cow! “
Ashley doesn't exaggerate it. At the moment, she is really hungry. When she arrives at the hotel, she orders a table of food to eat. The speed of eating makes Claire dumbfounded.
“Can you be filled by seeing food? You can eat it.”
“Ah, oh.”
Claire chews the food mechanically and wonders if she would call an ambulance first in a moment, lest Ashley burst her stomach.
After drinking the juice, Ashley asks Black, “By the way, how about the things you decrypted last time?”
“There is something already.”
“I believe in your strength and please speed up.”
“Well, whether I'm your boyfriend or your labor, it's a trouble to always leave me such a difficult task.”
“Don't be long winded. Some people will appreciate you when it's done.” Saying it, Ashley hits Claire with the arm, “Isn’t it? Claire.”
Claire shakes her head honestly and says, “I don't know what you are talking about. It's like playing a riddle.”
“We are still helping you. It's so hard. Then you were still hesitating when I took you out.”
“Help me?”
“Yes, don't you want to contact that number? Black has been cracking the monitoring barrier these days. I said that you are not a simple woman. You have something to do with not only Juan, but also Leo.”
Hearing this, Claire's cup falls to the ground and splashes water all over the place.
Ashley is very calm, bites chicken wings and says, “Look at you, if I want to betray you, I'll go to Juan to ask for a bonus, and why I still need to sit here with you.”
“I... I'm afraid it's going to hurt you. He's not a good man.”
“It doesn't matter whether he is a good man or not. I just want to protect my friends. With me, no one is allowed to bully you.”
Ashley words let Claire eyes slightly wet, she says, “Ashley, it's a great nice to meet you.”
“Since you are so moved, why not drink this wine.”
Claire is moving as she sees a glass of beer filled by Ashley.
“Ah, it is too much.”
“People in the circle do have a lot of pride. Don't be a fuss. Drink it!”
With that, Ashley holds Claire's hand and pours the wine into Claire’s mouth.
After drinking, Claire can't stand the power of drinking. She lies on the table.
At the time of confusion, Claire wanders inward, if this woman's real identity is a big boss of the underworld?
Looking at Claire's sleeping face, Ashley's smile slowly disappeared.
After a sip of beer, Black asks, “It really doesn’t matter?”
“Don't worry, I'm in the right place.”
Knowing that Ashley would not change her mind, Black shakes his head.
...
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....