A Force Love Contract With GANG LEADER

The trophy hit the ground and smashed.

Tristan turned around and grabbed a few more things, smashing them without even a look. What was broken were not things but a heart that was mocked and trampled.

After throwing half a dozen objects, he seemed to have used up all his strength and was breathing heavily. He grabbed his tie and pulled it loose. Then he put his hand on his knee, squatting down to see the pieces on the floor.

The broken pieces were crystal clear and sparkled under the sunlight.

She was like them.

Crystal-clear, hard and fragile, easy to break.

***

The clock on the wall was pointing to noon.

Tristan had just finished playing cricket. The two-hour game made him all sweaty and breathless. He almost wanted to lay down on the floor. He threw the bat away and went for a shower. When he changed his clothes, he saw there were several missed calls on his cell phone.

He was staring at the screen when his phone vibrated again suddenly.

He pressed on, and Kate asked with hesitation and exhaustion, “You are not coming back today?”

“No.”

“Oh.”

“What’s up?”

“Nothing. Just asking.”

Kate was sitting at the dining table. The food on the table was cold and untouched. She put the phone down on the table and watched it turned dark slowly.

She was going to tell him that the baby kicked her a dozen times, and it seemed to be a very healthy and lively little thing.

Kate also wanted to say that she was wondering what name they should give the baby. She searched online and saw the explanation of the name Tristan…

Now she didn’t feel like saying anything.

She sighed and took up her fork. The diamond on her finger was shining with lonely lights. Her hand trembled a little, and the food on the fork fell down to the plate. She took it up again with the fork. It was cold and hard. She had to chew for a long time to swallow down.

Even though it was hard to eat, she had to eat and digest alone.

Tristan had not come back to the villa for three days straight.

Kate spent most of her time with the fat cat. It had its own room and a cozy bed with all kinds of toys. She watched it sleeping soundly and watched it play savagely with the toys until she was afraid the baby in her belly would get bored.

Kate decided to go out. She went to the book store first.

She was wandering among the shelves of law books. She had been very familiar with this place.

Then she went to the mall for shopping. She picked two toys in the baby shop and gave them to Sam to carry. He was silent and walked with a little evilness. His expression attracted the attention of the shop assistants and some of the customers, but Kate just turned a blind eye to him.

The sun was setting, and Kate was walking slowly on the street.

She thought of the last time she was with Tristan’s mother. The picture they took was framed and hung on the wall in their bedroom. And she thought of Tristan and wondered what he was doing. He had not called for a few days.

As she was thinking, she caught sight of a person, and she was shocked.

She told Ed that she wanted to have milk tea.

They just walked past a milk tea shop at the corner of the road. She saw a long queue outside the takeout window. The young girls all liked this kind of thing. She said she would wait here, so Ed went back to the milk tea shop.

As his back was turned, she walked across the street immediately.

It was a bar.

It wasn’t a busy time, and there were few people inside. The lights were dim, and the music was slow and soothing.

She saw that figure again. She was standing with her back to Kate and talking to the bartender at the bar counter.

She had auburn hair and was now taking off her coat, revealing a turtleneck sweater and a short leather skirt.

The woman said to the bartender at last, “I am going to take a nap. Call me when the guest comes.” And then she swayed her hips and walked inside.

She was moving slowly, and Kate followed her through the corridor and turned to the stairs. The person in front of her seemed to detect something and paused a little.

“Caroline?”

The back of the person stiffened, but she didn’t turn back.

Kate said in a low voice, “I recognized your voice.”

A half-minute later, they sat across from each other in a booth.

The door was closed.

The woman took out a cigarette and lit it swiftly.

Kate was excited, “I thought you…”

“I was dead?” The woman took a cloud of smoke and exhaled, and then said with a bitter smile, “I did go to hell and came back.”

“What happened? I was waiting for your call then.”

Caroline showed some apology now. “At first, I was afraid of dragging you in, so I didn’t contact you.” She sighed, “But you were dragged in all the same.”

Her eyes scanned Kate from head to feet. “You seemed to be doing okay. I almost didn’t recognize you in these expensive outfits.”Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.