Bryce gives a wry smile, "Claire regards me as her brother. It's impossible for her to come to me. When I realized it, I didn't do anything against Claire's will. Later, I asked Qi for an antidote. This is the whole story."

Neither Leo nor Ling speaks.

Bryce waves. "You may not believe me, but that's the truth. I still need to apologize to you and Claire!"

Bryce bends down sincerely.

Hearing Bryce's explanation, Ling believes it. He rushes to Claire and says, "sister in law, I'm sorry. I really made a mistake."

Claire smiles and shakes her head. "It's not your fault. It's just a misunderstanding, and you didn't do anything to hurt me."

Bryce and Leo stand face to face. "Leo, if you're nice to Claire, I can give up. I know Claire doesn't like me."

Leo is stunned. He murmurs to himself, "does she like me?"

No one answers him, including himself.

Leo pulls Claire into his arms, then he picks her up and walks back to the villa.

Claire is surprised by Leo. But she's upset about what happened, and now she hates Leo.

Claire pounds Leo on the shoulder with both hands, swearing, "son of a bitch, let me go. Get out of here!"

But her voice is getting smaller and smaller. She can't push Leo away. She suffered a lot tonight so she is tired and her voice is hoarse. Leo ignores her and still hugs her.

But this time, Leo's eyes are less cold but more silent.

Leo brings Claire into the room. Claire thinks that Leo is going to do something to her, so she starts to struggle.

This time she struggles violently and breaks free from Leo's arms. When Claire is about to fall to the ground, Leo immediately falls into bed.

They fall on the bed together and Leo kisses her on the forehead.

Claire is a little surprised because it is a soft kiss.

She has hardly experienced it before. She forgets he is a devil and her pain. She opens her mouth and is a little surprised.

Leo props his arms on the bed and looks down at Claire. The corner of his mouth trembles slightly, then he opens his mouth to say something, but he doesn't say a word.

Claire is surprised and confused. However, Leo's body suddenly falls down and he kisses her eyes gently. He kisses her wet lashes with his lips.

Claire is at a loss and has to close her eyes.

Claire closes her eyes and thinks that maybe he knows he made a mistake.

As Leo kisses Claire, he puts a hand around her waist.

He is gentle, but because the madam hurt her waist before, Leo's touch makes her whole body shrink in pain.

Leo stops abnormally. He strokes Claire's waist more softly. There is a bruise on the white and smooth skin.

"Does it hurt?"

Claire opens her eyes as if she didn't hear clearly. She finds Leo looking at her waist and gently touching it.

They don't turn on the light so Claire can't see his eyes. She just shakes her head.

"I said, does it hurt?" Leo asks softly again. His tone is not as domineering and cruel as before.

Claire shakes her head again, and then she whispers, "it doesn't hurt."

Leo bends down and kisses Claire's bruise on the waist.

His moist lips touch Claire's skin. Claire feels as if she had fallen into a feather with the warm and slightly heated breath. She feels as if she were melting and her body became more and more light.

The pain seems to go away. Then a faint flame stirs up in her heart. Leo's kiss sets her body on fire.

Leo kisses Claire's waist and his breathing gets heavier. His hands touch Claire's white, straight legs under her miniskirt.

Her legs are as white and soft as lanolin. Leo feels the edge of her miniskirt.

His rough hands make Claire feel like an electric shock. Her breathing becomes moist and heavy.

Leo's hand goes into Claire's skirt...

But when Claire is a little addicted, Leo suddenly stops. He frowns.

"What's the matter?" Claire asks softly as if she were a cat.

Leo stands up and doesn't answer. He just has his back to Claire.

Leo takes a deep breath and says, "you still have a lot of injuries."

Claire doesn't speak. She feels that all of a sudden everything has become incredible.

Then Leo says, "every time I want to be gentle, I lose interest in you when I think of your mother."

That's true, or that's what Leo wants to say.

Claire doesn't lose her temper or fight back as she used to. She just whispers, "I don't know much about them. Neither my father nor my mother ever told me, but I seem to know vaguely that it's something very bad."

Leo sighs, "you and your father need to bear the consequences for what your mother did. Your father may hate your mother more than I do now."

Leo rarely talks so much to Claire. Before Claire can respond, he goes out.

Leo seems to know about her father. She doesn't have time to ask him.

Claire wants to chase him, but she is in pain, so she doesn't do it.

"I'll ask him tomorrow."

Claire thinks for a long time in the dark, and finally she falls asleep.