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 re