Luke scratches his head and asks, "Since you all know that Ashley will affect your feelings, why keep her? Try to find a solution quickly."

"As long as Ashley is a little aggrieved, Claire will doubt me and then find me to settle accounts. What else do you think I can do?" If I kill her, I'm afraid Claire will ignore me for the rest of her life.

Yes, it's a real headache.

With his fingers rubbing his eyebrows, Luke closes his eyes slightly and says, "Maybe this is the plot of Juan."

"What do you mean?"

Luke sits up straight and says, "These days, I have been thinking about a problem. You and Claire were in city B at that time. It was not good for you. How could Juan watch you leave without doing anything? Now it depends on the state of you and Claire. I see."

"Understand what?"

"Juan changes a way to destroy your feelings and this time, the effect is remarkable."

Luke's words make Leo squint his eyes.

"So, you and Claire must be good. Don't fall into the trap of Juan."

Silently, Leo lowers his eyelashes and says in a flat tone, "If I and Claire may trust each other, we will not give Juan a chance to start."

"Trust each other? How can she trust you if you don't tell she the truth? Leo, I think you are trapped in a strange circle now. You should believe in Claire and the feelings between you."

In the face of Luke's painstaking efforts, Leo says nothing but drinks in silence.

"Hey, why don't you talk? I..."

"Say what, I let you come, is to accompany me to drink, not to say something useless wordily."

With that, Leo pours Luke with wine again.

It seems that I will be drunk today.

Luke sighs helplessly, then looks up and drinks up the wine in the cup.

...

Claire hears that Leo had drunk a lot last night. He came home drunk and still hasn't got up.

Claire is worried about him, so she goes to the kitchen to make a wake-up soup. When she hears that Leo wakes up, she is ready to ask someone to carry him.

"Wait a minute!"

The servant is about to leave with hangover soup, but he is called by Claire.

The servant is waiting for her next order. But after waiting for a long time, she doesn't see her talking.

"Madame?"

Gently biting her lips, Claire says, "Let me send it."

With that, Claire takes the wake-up drink and goes to Leo's room.

Taking a deep breath, Claire raises her hand and knocks on the door.

"Come in."

Leo, in his pajamas, leans on the bed to read the documents. Hearing the footsteps, he looks up at his eyes at will and then he is stunned.

"Why are you here?"

Although the tone is stiff, but Leo's eyes are thick and tender.

Unfortunately, Claire lowers her head and does not have eye contact with Leo, so she does not see Leo's gentle eyes.

Put the hangover soup on the small table next to Leo. Claire says, "I hears that you had too much last night. So I makes the hangover Soup for you."

Suddenly care lets Leo raise a warm smile and say, "You haven't cooked soup for me for a long time."

"I've been busy recently. How would you like to taste it first?"

Leo tastes it with a spoon and nods and says, "Well, it's good to drink."

"I say, how can you drink so much wine? Did you have a party last night?"

The action pauses for a moment, Leo smiles, says, "I have no social intercourse, it is the wine that drinks together with Luke."

"Since it's drinking with friends, why do you drink so fiercely? It's not good for your health."

Looking up at Claire, Leo asks, "Do you know that you care about me?"

"I... I always care about you!"

Claire unconsciously raises her voice, but she is short of breath.

Leo smiles and shakes his head. He lowers his head and continues to drink soup.

Claire leans over and sits beside Leo. She looks at him wrongly. She put her hands on her chin and looks hesitant.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

Embarrassed to smile, Claire asks, "Is my performance so obvious?"

"Almost on my face."

"Then, I say." Claire sits up, takes a deep breath and asks, "Leo, can I ask you something?"

"You say."

"Give the evidence of Mr. Bennett's crime to Ashley."

"Ah, it is for this."

Leo's smile is full of bitterness, which lets Claire feels dazzling.

"I don't understand. Why don't you give the evidence to Ashley? Can you bring the bad guys to justice? Or, you just want to be angry with me, so you have to fight with Ashley? Please, let's not be so childish!"

"It's not about the evidence, it's about my place in your heart."

Claire looks speechless and says, "It's not so complicated. You give the evidence to Ashley, she completes the task and there won't be any conflict between us. Do you think it's normal for us to be in this state every day?"

"It turns out you know that we are not in a normal state."

"Don't talk so grimly, I'm trying to solve the problem!"

"You are trying to solve the problem for Ashley."

"You..." Claire asks, "In a word, you are not going to hand over the evidence, are you?"

"Yes."

Unexpectedly, Leo is so direct that Claire is shocked.

"Well, then give me a reason why you won't give it."

"Ashley is more important than me in your heart, which makes me mind very much."

Such an answer makes Claire laugh.

"Leo, don't be like a child. Conan won't say such childish words."

"If the beloved baby is robbed by someone, no matter it's adults or children, they will not wait for death. If Conan encounter with the same situation as me, I'm afraid he won't be merciful."

Really, I can't communicate with this guy!

Claire stands up angrily and says, "You won't give up and I won't give up, so we should depend on our own ability to see who can let the other side give in."

"Are you going to fight against me?"

"You can understand that."

"Well, I'll take your challenge."

Looking at Leo's smile, Claire clenches her fist.

...

Putting the flowers and branches in the vase, Claire arranges the flowers and leaves at will, with a casual expression on her face.

Ah...

With another sigh, Claire tilts her head and frowns slightly.

"Claire."

Hearing Ashley calling her, Claire looks back at her and asks, "What's up?"

"These flowers and plants are not against you, are they?"

"No revenge, why do you ask?"

Ashley looks up and signals Claire to see the flowers in her hand.

Claire looks down and finds that a good flower has been destroyed by her. It is almost become Polished rod.