"What's the matter?" Lucas asked when he noticed Coco's sudden serious expression."It's Clara," Coco replied while nudging her phone closer to Lucas so that they could both watch the news report.The news report showed Clara surrounded by reporters in a hall. They bombarded her with questions, mainly focusing on "divorce" and "health status."In response to the questions, Clara responded, "We're not getting a divorce. Our marriage is strong and stable. As for why my husband attended the banquet the other day with Mandy Monroe, it's because she's his caregiver. I wasn't feeling well that day, so she went with him on my behalf. I didn't expect it to cause so much drama.""Does that mean Mr. Birch is indeed sick?""The reason my husband requires a caregiver is because he selflessly donated his liver to me for the second time. Without him, I probably wouldn't be alive right now. His health is recovering well, or the hospital wouldn't have let him discharge. We hired a professional ca

"Fate will surely let you meet someone who loves you deeply too," she said, her voice filled with tenderness and emotion.His body trembled, his eyelashes fluttered, and it took him a moment to lift his gaze. He saw her delicate and lovely face, emanating a sense of warmth and intimacy.Her expression was sincere, her big round eyes showing genuine concern and... her strong feelings for him."Do you love me?" he softly asked."I do," she honestly replied without any hesitation."How much do you love me?""I don't know how to measure that, but I want to be with you, and I'm willing to try my hardest to make that happen!""What if I never fall in love with you?""In that case, I won't force you. I will only regret that I couldn't make you love me," Coco replied gently. "Until then, I will love you with all my heart, until the day my love becomes a burden for you. At that point, I will carefully take back my love and stop bothering you."He stared at her blankly. He felt as if so

"I only said those things at the press conference to quickly quell the rumors and speculation. The Birch Group suffered significant losses because of declining stock prices due to those rumors. The clarification is more believable when it comes from me rather than from Wilson or the Birch Group," Clara explained.Serenity asked with concern, "Then what’s happening between you and Wilson?""We'll pretend to be a loving couple in public for a while. Once the situation calms down, we'll find an excuse to announce our divorce," Clara said with a smile. "Don't worry about me – whether it's acting as a loving couple with Wilson or divorcing him, I'm doing this of my own free will. No one's forcing me."Serenity asked, "Are you sure you want to do this?"Clara's expression softened. "I love him, so I don't want the Birch Group, which he has worked so hard to build up, to suffer any further losses. For that, I'm willing to pretend to be a loving couple with him. It's also because I love h

His lips tightened, unhappy with her nonchalant attitude. "What kind of excuse do you think I should use?" he asked coldly."You can say that I can't get used to the lifestyle of the rich and insist on a divorce, or that I desire to be more than just being a housewife in a wealthy family and want to explore other opportunities, or that our values don't align, or you can even say that... I only married you so that you would donate your liver to me, and now that I've achieved that goal, I want to divorce you."With each suggestion, his expression grew darker. Each excuse she proposed placed the blame for the divorce squarely on herself."You want to divorce me so badly that you would even damage your own reputation to do it?" Wilson questioned unhappily.Clara was taken aback. "If I take the blame, wouldn't it minimize the loss to the Birch family and to you?"It would indeed minimize his losses, but hearing those words from her did not make him happy at all!He stood up, appro

Coco was stuttering hard towards the end, but Lucas was still shocked.He did not expect her to be so straightforward. He was only teasing her to see how she would react, but he was the one who was caught off guard instead.That's right, this woman genuinely liked him. That's why she wanted to kiss him. Her eyes were sincere and limpid, conveying her feelings for him without any impurities."If you want to kiss me again, you... can." That was his response.Coco was stunned, blinking in a daze, struggling to process his words."What's wrong? You don't want to?" he asked."I want to!" she blurted out. When she realized what she had said a moment later, she blushed hard and asked, "Um... can I really?""Why not?" The corner of his lips curled up, and the usual indifference in his eyes seemed to be melting away.Coco moistened her dry lips nervously. He agreed. Did that mean he was starting to develop some feelings for her?At the very least, he's not against the idea of kissing h