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...”
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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....