“How is it possible? How could that be?” Ling slowly straightens up. The sound in the office is still pouring into his ears.
Ling shakes his head hard. His sister-in-law...
“Claire, I supported you before. I thought it was my brother’s paranoia. You are a slut like your mother. You’re hiding from my brother that you’re with other man.” Ling bites his teeth. He is disappointed and turns away.
However, Claire and Bryce in the office don’t notice him at all.
Claire closes her eyes. She says, “I’m so hot... Help me...”
Bryce is stunned to hear Claire say help. All of a sudden, he stops undressing, and his body stiffens.
Bryce finally notices Claire’s abnormality. Her body is so hot and she’s confused. She is given an aphrodisiac.
His eyes become cold. Bryce thinks that Qi must be dissatisfied with her, so she is harmed. Then he immediately calls Qi.
“Hello...” There is a posturing female voice on the phone.
“I’m Bryce. You’d better come to my office as soon as possible!” Bryce says coldly, suppressing his anger.
After a while, Qi comes in.
Bryce goes over to glare at Qi and sneers, “I’m sorry to disappoint you. What you hope to happen hasn’t happened after all.”
Qi pretends to know nothing. She shakes her head. “Chairman, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Bryce interrupts Qi and roars, “do you think I’m a fool? Give me the antidote to the aphrodisiac quickly.”
Qi doesn’t think that Bryce didn’t enjoy Claire but wants to find an antidote for her.
In fact, this time her plan isn’t just to tarnish Claire. She wants to please Bryce. What happened at the opening ceremony last time makes Qi quite sure that Bryce absolutely likes Claire.
Qi is still in a daze. Bryce raises his hand and pretends to hit her. It is the first time he wants to hit a woman.
Qi is shocked. She says nothing and takes out the antidote.
Bryce takes the antidote and says to Qi, “if there’s something wrong with the antidote, I’ll punish you.”
Qi has been scared pale by Bryce. She tries to defend herself, but Bryce interrupts. “Now get out of here and don’t dirty the office.”
Qi dares not speak. She runs away quickly.
Bryce mixes the antidote with water and feeds it to Claire.
The antidote works. The heat of Claire’s body gradually recedes. She stops panting or talking nonsense. After a while she falls into a deep sleep.
The moonlight slowly rises outside the window, and Claire finally wakes up in a groan.
Bryce holds her in a hurry and says, “Claire, are you 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....