Luke sighs and says, "Before I praised you in front of Leo, especially in the nightclub when you won the bet. Let me think about what I see in you. Courage, wisdom, generosity, kindness and, of course, beauty."

Luke says a lot, but the point is the first word.

Before?

In other words, has it changed?

"Now I don't understand you. I don't know if you are true or not..."

"..."

"Leo is probably the same as me. If you are in disguise, you are a terrible woman..."

"Men's conventional conspiracy theory." Claire turns to look out of the window. She says indifferently, "please stop, Luke."

Luke didn't stop because he was going to see Leo and show him some important information.

Claire doesn't make a scene in front of the person she doesn't know very well.

It's just that what she expected happens when she gets home.

"Dare you come back? Slut!" Leo sits on the sofa with a cigarette between his fingertips. He doesn't even look at Claire, but his eyebrows are cold.

"It seems that I have nothing to explain." It's no use reasoning with Leo.

Then Claire turns and goes upstairs. From the beginning to the end, she just glances at Leo.

The temperature in the room is rising, but this time it's not lust, it's emotion.

Leo sits up from the sofa to grab Claire's wrist. Claire struggles to get rid of his hand. Leo's other hand is firmly around her neck.

For a moment, Claire feels the stifling cold filling her body.

Luke didn't expect Leo to be so cruel to a woman. He rushes to separate Leo from Claire.

"Leo, you're at home. You're not dealing with business. You don't have to be so grumpy." Luke pushes Leo onto the sofa and says to Claire, "go back to sleep first."

Claire's heart is shocked and angry, and she glares at Leo mercilessly without flinching.

Leo looks at her and says grimly, "your mother has passed on all the skills of seducing men to you. Sure enough, you are a lascivious woman. A slut is a slut after all."

"You!" Claire grits her teeth. She tries to refute but is stopped by Luke.

"Luke, if you step in again, I'll be rude to you!" Leo blames him.

When Luke hears Leo roar at him, he doesn't get angry but smiles meaningfully. All of a sudden, he puts his hand on Leo's shoulder, and then he whispers, "you said you don't want me to care about you, but you asked me to look for the little wild cat."

Leo says, deadpan, "but you haven't found her after so long."

Luke pouts and says, "Do you think I'm here to see you two quarrel?" Then his eyes become thoughtful.

"I have the information. I went here as soon as I got it." Luke pulls a folded envelope out of his arms.

Leo holds the envelope in disbelief and can't wait to sit on the sofa and watch it and ignore Claire.

Claire leaves and ignores what they call "little wild cat".

Leo suddenly laughs. He looks at the picture and says, "so it is. No wonder she panicked when she saw me."

Luke gets interested and wants to have a look at Leo's "little wild cat". Leo says, "Luke, it's too late. I think you should leave."

He wants him to leave.

Luke has no choice but to leave without saying anything.

Just after he leaves, Leo thinks of Claire. He gets up with a sneer and goes upstairs and knocks on Claire's door.

"What's wrong?"

Claire murmurs discontentedly but does not intend to open the door.

Leo's voice comes through the door, "I'll give you five seconds. If you don't open the door, I will punish you as you deserve."

Leo's voice is so cold that Claire knows that she will be punished if she opens the door this evening. She clenches her teeth and decides not to open the door anyway. She still leans against the door to listen to the outside.

Five seconds passes quickly. Claire is relieved to hear that there is no sound outside the door.

After a while, Claire is going to take a bath and relax, or she will be late for class tomorrow.

The wound on the back of her hand is scarred. Claire fills the bathtub with hot water and then lies down contentedly.

Everything is quiet except for the sound of slow water waves. The heat rises and shrouds the bathroom in a haze. The bathroom is like a fairyland.

Claire wants to be able to do this all the time. She really doesn't want to face Leo and all the mess.

Claire soon falls asleep, but suddenly she hears the door open. She is shocked and then screams loudly.

Soon the bathroom door is opened. Leo's cold face appears in front of Claire.

Claire holds her chest in her arms, but Leo still sees her naked body because there is no bubble in the bathtub.

Leo sneers and says, "you're very good at camouflage."

Claire has heard that many times. "How did you get in? Do you want to scare me to death?" Claire seems really scared. Her voice is a little shaky.

Leo looks at Claire as if he's looking at an idiot and says, "I have the key to my own home. You're stupid. Is that what sluts have in common? They will never think that they will be found cheating outside."

Claire is aggrieved. She raises her voice and says, "I explained that Bryce was just saying goodbye. Since you said you saw it, you should know that we didn't do anything."

Claire's eyes widen. She doesn't understand why he always doubts her.

"You didn't do anything? I saw you look at each other affectionately. I don't know what you did after that. Do you want me to keep watching my wife with another man?"