Chapter 46: Don’t Talk About Fairness
The study wasn’t locked, but Kate had not been into it.
She scanned the room. There was a huge bookshelf covering a whole side of the wall from the floor to the ceiling, which gave the room a magnificent feeling.
As with other things in this house, nothing was special, a grand dark desk, a set of leather couches, and a half person height plant with profuse leaves.
Tristan pointed at the couch and said, “Sit.”
And then he took out a document and said, “Sign this.”
Kate was startled. “What is this?”
He didn’t say but motioned her to read it herself.
Kate opened it and read just a few lines and couldn’t suppress her feeling. It was an employment contract by form, but it was, in fact, a sales agreement, and she was the commodity.
She was astonished that this ugly and shady relationship could be put down in black and white with a marked price.
And to top everything, the term was three years!
She could not sit still there.
Tristan sat lazily onto another couch and looked at her reaction.
“Can I refuse?” Kate asked.
“No.” He said this with a straight face but added casually, “Three years. You not only can pay the debts but also earn a large sum. It is worth your while.”
Kate scowled, “I cannot sign this.”
Tristan squinted and said, “Why not?”
“This is selling my body.”
“You have already sold it.”
This made Kate speechless.
“You can have what you want if you sign the contract. Do you want to sacrifice it for free?”
His tone carried sarcasm. And then he turned serious.
“Don’t talk about fairness with me. It doesn’t exist in my dictionary. It is trade. We each get what we need. Even if you don’t sign, nothing will be changed. You will get what you deserve, no more, no less.”
“Then why bother to sign?” Kate said.
“Because I want you to.”
Tristan paused a little and added, “This will make you realize your identity and avoid doing something unbecoming, which could lead to an unnecessary loss.”
And then he put the pen into her hand and grabbed it tightly.
Kate still could not sign her name.
She had accepted the relations they had now, but to sign it on paper, it was different. This naked trade of money and fresh, she could not accept it. And for three years!
3 years…
Tristan didn’t press her anymore. He stroked her hand and talked casually, “Well, I heard from Ed that he saw your brother at LACC today.”
Kate, startled, raised her head and said with fresh horror, “What did you do to him?”Original from NôvelDrama.Org.
He patted the back of her hand and said, “Don’t get nervous. Ed just dropped by to see his girlfriend. He met your brother and said hello to him.”
But he turned his tone. “What a coincidence. The campus was quite big. It was amazing that he met Max, wasn’t it?”
Kate knew he was threatening her.
She ground her teeth and signed her name. Her trembling hand revealed her feelings in the signature.
Tristan took the pen and paper from her and signed his name in a bold scrawl.
Looking at the two signatures on the paper, Kate was in a trance. She was bound with this person who popped up in her life and would have to share three years of her life with him. It was unbearable even just to imagine it.
She felt her heart was dead. “Can I go out now?”
Tristan nodded.
When she reached the door, she heard him say, “Well, if nothing special happens, you will live here all the time. And you can tell Laura if you need anything.”
“Or me.” He added.
Kate’s hand was on the handle of the door, and she made a hardly audible sound as a reply and walked out.
When she saw the fat cat again, she squatted down and asked, “Are you with them?”
Lucy meowed as a reply and wanted to climb to Kate’s arms, but she dodged it and declared to the cat, “I hate you. And I hate your name!”
In his study, Tristan was still sitting on the couch. He looked at the paper and took out a cell phone from his pocket. Red…He frowned. Ed had bought it. What a waste. Obviously, white is more suitable for the girl.
It contained the SIM card that had been switched from the other cell phone.
Five missed calls…all from the same person.
Tristan said the name in his heart.
Jimmy.
Jimmy.