A Force Love Contract With GANG LEADER

After it ended, they lay on the carpet panting.

They were both waiting for the shock, which was different from previous times and was from inside to outside, to fade away. Tristan leaned against her back and asked gently, “Are you cold?”

Kate’s only reply was the slight shivering of her body.

He took off his half wet shirt to cover her and fumbled for the remote to adjust the temperature higher. The bedroom was not far away, but they didn’t want to move or forgot about it.

Kate slept for a whole day. Though she was tired, she was sobered and sobered in the dark. And she knew the person beside her felt the same.

When the climax faded away, and the temporarily forgotten subject came back, the joy was diluted by the sorrow accumulated little by little. It became a cloud hovering above both of them.

She heard Tristan ask in an even huskier voice, “Do you believe there is heaven?”

“I am not sure, but I think the good men would go to a place that is not too bad.”

He said sarcastically, “That sounds good. My mom did nothing bad except for giving birth to a son.”

Then he said again after a short pause, “My father is a good man too, but he died when I was thirteen.”

Kate’s heart missed a beat.

Thirteen?

What age was that? Junior high school?

When she got back from school, her father always received her on the porch. Though their family was poor, it was complete. She was simple and satisfied as a child and a teenager.

The sound of the rain outside was lower than before like somebody weeping.

The air inside was damp and sticky. It gave people the desire to talk.

Tristan sat up and reached for a cigarette. After he put a cigarette to his mouth and lit it, he thought of her and stubbed it out immediately.

She said, “Smoke if you want to.”

He felt warm inside, but he threw the cigarette and lighter away anyway.

After some time, he started again, “My dad didn’t die of illness or an accident. He was murdered.”

“By his teammate in the army. The one who he trusted most and went through life and death with.”

“Just for money.”

“He didn’t just murder him, but also tried to kill my mom and me, to remove future trouble by setting our house on fire.”

His words, each sentence more shocking than the last, were as calm as if he were talking about another person’s story.

Kate was so shocked that she sat up, wrapping his shirt.

She saw his naked back shining in the dark.

They were just inches away from each other, but it felt like a great distance.

At this moment, Tristan was living in his memory.

She could see two muscles on his back move when he spoke.

“For a long time, I couldn’t understand what kind of temptation could make a person ignore the brotherhood and even lose the basic humanity.”

“Until one day when I had to do something I didn’t want to in order to make enough money to change my life. I realized there was a thing that could erode a person’s heart and change a person into a demon.”

His voice turned from cold to sarcasm as he talked.

Kate’s heart jumped. Was he admitting that he did something illegal?

Then she heard him chucked and said in a low voice, “Tell you a secret…”

Kate’s heart shrank again. She was not sure if she wanted to hear it, but his voice continued and what he said surprised her.

“The face I have now is not what I was born with.”

He turned slowly to see her. Even though there was no light, he could still see the water in her eyes and could imagine how shocked her pure eyes were.Content is property of NôvelDrama.Org.

He turned back and continued, “The cost of the fire my mom and I escaped was half of my face.”

“I had a face that could scare a child to tears for years. In that period, I was cynical and full of hatred. I thought good men were bound to be victims. I wanted to be a bad guy because they could do whatever they wanted. There were no rules or restrictions on their behaviors. They could take revenge however they wanted.”

He stopped and put his hand behind him to support the floor and raised his head.

Kate saw it was shining at the corners of his eyes. He wasn’t as calm as his tone made him seem.

The shiny thing was flowing, and it seemed to be flowing to her heart too. She asked softly, “Then, did you take revenge?”

Tristan kept silent for a while and then said, “I have taken half.”

Kate didn’t understand the concept of the half, but seeing he was not willing to explain further, she didn’t ask again. After a while, she thought of something, “Is this what you meant when you said ‘too many things in your heart’?”

He recalled where the words came from and said, “Yes.”

“I thought the reason why I neglected my wife Julia was because all my thoughts were about revenge. But later, I realized that it was more than that.”