You are a cheap, dirty, ill-bred woman! You’re a bitch without a mother!
Claire Bennett turns pale with such a vicious remark on the note.
Bryce apparently senses something wrong with her. He hurries up to see it. He is very angry.
Claire Bennett is trembling with rage. The words hurt her. She tears up the note and then turns to step down. Bryce stops her.
Bryce calls in the staff. He takes another draft and hands it to her. He touches Claire Bennett’s head lovingly.
Claire Bennett blushes. She is embarrassed.
Ling Howard looks at them in a bit of surprise.
At last, Claire Bennett hurries off the stage and relaxes.
Ling Howard wants to ask about Bryce. But Claire Bennett seems a little unhappy so he doesn’t ask her.
Claire Bennett seems to have noticed the weirdness of Ling Howard. She thinks he must have seen her with Bryce, especially when Bryce touched her hair. She closes her lips tightly.
They have different minds.
The long opening ceremony is finally over.
Ling Howard stretches himself hyperbolically as he steps out of the hall. His bright eyes look around.
Claire Bennett is puzzled. She grabs Ling Howard and says, “Hey, I feel you’re mysterious today. Are you looking for someone?”
“No!” Ling Howard squints and waves.
“There must be. Speak up!” Claire Bennett stares at the flash in Ling Howard’s eyes and laughs.
“Actually, sister-in-law, I’m looking for Qi Elizabeth.”
Ling Howard is suddenly a little angry. “She’s gone too far. I must find her and teach her a lesson.”
Claire Bennett glances at him and says, “where did you go? I was helpless on the stage. If it weren’t for...”
Ling Howard goes on to say, “If it weren’t for the beautiful man who appeared, you would be embarrassed, right?”
Claire Bennett does not answer.
Then Ling Howard suddenly comes up and says mysteriously, “But who’s that man?”
Claire Bennett says, “Don’t get me wrong. Bryce and I are just...”
Ling Howard doesn’t seem to care about Claire Bennett’s relationship with Bryce at all.
He says to himself, “he is called Bryce. He is Bryce Family’s heir. I didn’t expect him to be very handsome.” Ling Howard smiles unconsciously.
Claire Bennett feels his smile is a little weird. But she doesn’t think much about it.
However, what she doesn’t expect is that Ling Howard speaks directly, “Bryce is pretty good. I like him very much. I’m attracted to him!”
“Ah?” Claire Bennett is shocked. “What do you mean? You can’t...”
Ling Howard is ignored. He is a little jealous.
Claire Bennett says, “Bryce, I...”
“How do you feel?” Bryce asks with concern.
Claire Bennett blushes and reaches out to stop him from approaching. “Bryce, that’s not good.”
Bryce looks at Ling Howard who is staring at him and feels a little embarrassed. But he coughs twice and says, “I’m worried about you. You look so bad!”
Claire Bennett shakes her head and frowns, “I’m all right. I am now Leo Howard’s wife. I’m afraid it’s not appropriate for you to do so.”
Bryce glances at Ling Howard with a slight chill in his eyes.
To his surprise, Ling Howard has no Leo Howard’s gloom or tyranny. He gives him a warm sunny smile.
“Hello, I’m Ling Howard, Leo Howard’s brother.” Ling Howard laughs.
Bryce nods to him, too. Instead of doubting him, he greets him with a faint smile.
Bryce thinks there is something wrong with the atmosphere. He shakes his head and finally turns to Claire Bennett and says, “Claire, I just think of you as my sister now. I said I wanted to protect you. You are someone else’s wife and my sister. I am sincere!”
Claire Bennett sighs helplessly and does not answer. She looks around at Ling Howard and she finds that his smile is dull and his eyes are slightly wooden.
Claire Bennett stops and laughs. She thinks Ling Howard is jealous. She is a little speechless.
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....