Chapter 32: She Looks Different
Kate was totally different from how she looked before. She had always wrapped herself with those wrinkled, baggy clothes, and her jagged bangs almost covered half of her face.
Today her new hairstyle exposed her smooth forehead; her shining brown eyes were bright and spirited and widened because of fear; her lips were glossy and full as she applied lipstick; the slightly lifted mouth corners made her face more delicate.
And the new outfits revealed her true body shape. The pearl color strapless dress showed her round shoulders and creamy arms. The tight top of the dress formed the shape of her full breasts.
The first time he saw her, she was like a kid to him, but the kid was a grownup today, young but not naïve, sexy but not lustful.
After he assessed her in his mind secretly, he looked at the watch on his wrist and said, “But I have spared the time, especially for you.”
He was pleased to find his words caused some terror in her eyes. He changed his idea, “Need to do one thing first.”
And then he pressed the remote and put his hand on her shoulder and pushed her out.
Kate was puzzled. Why did he need to drag her with him if he had something to do? Would it be something related to her? And then she pondered the possibility of running away from him.
Tristan seemed to read her mind and grabbed her hand tightly to cut off her attempts. He took long steps, and she had to half-run to keep up with him on the heels she was unaccustomed to.
When they got downstairs, his car was parked near the gate. Ed came down the open the car door, and he looked surprised to see Kate. Tristan pushed her into the car and then got in after her.
As soon as the car door slammed, the car moved on smoothly and blended into the traffic flow.
Kate was worried, and she asked uneasily, “Where are we going?”
Tristan gave her a glance and threw her the words, “To solve some physiological need.”
Her face turned even paler.
In a short time, the car stopped, and Tristan dragged her out. Ed drove the car away. It was until now that she found there was another black car followed the car they sat in.
And she turned back to see another hotel. Her heart jumped to her throat again.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
Fortunately, they went upstairs to a restaurant and sat in a private compartment. Tristan started to order food casually.
He found Kate was shivering, so he asked the waitress to adjust the temperature higher. After the waitress was gone, he turned on the TV with the remote and watched. The sound of TV eased the scary air a little bit.
However, it was a law program, and the case was about a high school girl student on a first date with her Internet boyfriend, who she had never seen before. She was taken to a hotel, drugged and raped by multiple men, and died of excessive hemorrhage from struggling and fighting.
The program made Kate scared and also awkward as it reflected her current situation. She cast a glance at the person who sat beside her secretly and happened to see he turned to look at her. She turned back to the TV hurriedly and embarrassedly.
And then the host and the law experts had a long discussion, and the words rape, seduction, gang-rape kept coming out. She was on pins and needles, and the temperature on her face rose up degree by degree.
She wished that person could switch to another channel, but the remote was by his hand, and he seemed to be enjoying the program… She cursed him morbidly in her heart.
The program finally ended, and it took Kate quite a while to pacify herself a little and resume her normal temperature. And then she asked carefully, “Why was it you in that room?”
Tristan turned to her and asked in a low voice instead, “What answer do you wish to hear?”
Kate’s heart missed a beat. She didn’t know.
He drew back his look and said lightly, “That hotel we acquired it last month.”
Was the hotel theirs? It made sense then. So they knew it when she came for an interview three days ago? Alas, she sought the insult herself.