Novel Square
Chapter 51: Go Wash Your Hands
Jessie drew her mind back from her recalling and said, “Didn’t you want to see my father?”NôvelDrama.Org content rights.
“Sure, I did,” Tristan said without hesitation.
“You know, in my dad’s personality, he will not have the chance to meet you in private once he starts working. You are a businessman. It is most natural that you consider it from the point of business.”
Tristan didn’t say anything, and tacitly admitted this explanation for him.
“It is the same from my point of view. There is a chance I can do something for you.”
He turned to see Jessie and heard her continue, “It is a value that one can use.” She laughed it off.
Tristan extinguished his cigarette and threw it into the dustbin by the road.
“If you need any help, don’t hesitate to let me know.” He didn’t wait for her reply and walked to the car.
Jessie waited until the sound of the car engine disappeared and sighed. People said women were fickle, but men were even more fickle than women.
Tristan was like a rock if you approached him from a distance, but as soon as you got close, he was like the wind. He was too self-protective, and tended to draw lines for everything.
Tristan didn’t get back to the office after he left Donald’s house. He went to the seaside. After the sunset, the sea was a dark color, with snow-white waves rolled up in a regular span of time. He liked the seaside at this time. Almost no one could be seen on the beach.
Here, Tristan didn’t need to play any roles but his own.
Tristan did nothing but just sit on a rock and smoke. One cigarette after another.
After a while, he went back to his car and brought a file. He lit up and saw the flame devour the paper inch by inch until it all turned into ash.
He smiled bitterly and thought of his parents.
After he got back to the villa, Tristan found Kate was curled up on the couch sleeping. An opened book was covering her chest. He took it up.
It was Financial Management, with a stamp of the LACC library. He shook his head the put it aside and then wanted to carry her to the bedroom.
She woke up when he touched her. Kate rubbed her eyes with her hand, and Tristan pulled her hand away and said, “Reading is good, especially for the stupid person. But buy new ones from the store. The books in the library were dirty after being touched by so many people.”
Kate still resented his dirty behavior, and she retorted, “They are not dirty. Only students touched them.”
Tristan was amused. “Not dirty but touched by students? That book has been in countless hands. Do you know what they did before they touched the book? Some of them might have some strange disease.”
Kate thought he was dirty in his heart, so he would regard others as the same. He himself had a strange disease. She didn’t want to bother arguing with him.
So she yawned and walked to the bedroom. Tristan followed and asked, “You have had a shower?”
She nodded.
“Go wash your hands.”
She rolled her eyes and walked slowly to the bathroom.
Tristan sighed. It was strange that with somebody to talk to, he felt much better at home.
In the evening, Jessie went to her father’s study and asked him about his opinion on Tristan.
Donald admitted Tristan’s manners and capability were impeccable. But he changed his tone and said, “But are you sure you can rein him in all the time?”
Jessie said disapprovingly, “Why should I rein him? Men are to be admired, not to be reined in.”
Donald didn’t agree with her, and he asked again, “How much do you know about him?”
Jessie told him what she knew about Tristan. Donald still shook his head. “This is what you see on the surface. He is only 35, but he has achieved a great deal. A person without a family background and…”
“His disposition made him so. He has courage, strategies, and insight.” Jessie supported the person she admired.
After his daughter left, Donald frowned. He didn’t tell her that the city prosecutors received accusations against the Chasin group for illegal commercial conduct.
It was because of this he came back from vacation ahead of schedule.