Sex and the City Contract

When reluctantly leaving the next morning, Lawrence gave Gabriel the key to the house and asked him to lock the door.

In the absence of a deliberate agreement, they went back to the same place to have Chinese food together at noon with a tacit understanding, and then continued to flirt with each other as a matter of course.After that, Lawrence met Gabriel there for lunch almost every day; in just two hours, they became Law and Kiki again.Afterwards, they worked and rested as usual, and each arranged their own lives.

Based on previous experience, Gabriel did not and did not dare to ask Lawrence what the relationship between them was. He vaguely felt like a "secret lover" in his heart: Lawrence seemed to be quite secretive, even Come by yourself by bicycle, don't let the driver follow you, and of course don't answer the phone.

Gabriel accidentally found a box of used condoms under the bed, which made him depressed.Of course, he understood that this was originally the place where Lawrence and his bed partner had a date, so the whole house only had a comfortable bed, complete bathroom supplies, and nothing else.Lawrence had never used a condom with him—though, Gabriel thought, he was half to blame—and the discovery suggested that Lawrence might have been dating other people at the same time, having sex in the same bed.

Compared with his aboveboard bed partner, he is very clear that the current relationship is as fragile as crystal glass.However, he still has a bad habit, just like his mother's studio before, and slowly began to put furniture in that empty place: first started with the carpet, then the wardrobe, bookcase, desk, table and chairs, and swings. decoration in an attempt to create a sense of attachment.

Lawrence never said much, and Gabriel thought to himself, this probably means that the other party doesn't care.

As if picked up, or somehow compensated for by guilt and responsibility.The more he thought about it, the more unbearable Gabriel felt.

At noon that day Gabriel came to the dating building again, inserted the key, turned it, and found that the door was unlocked, which meant that Lawrence had arrived first, and Gabriel was a little happy.When I was about to open the door, I couldn't pull it open smoothly. It turned out that the door chain was on.

Gabriel was puzzled, and Lawrence rushed over when he heard the sound of the door lock turning, untied the door chain, and poked his head out, "Today...no, not now." Then he simply walked outside and half closed the door "I'll explain it to you another day."

Gabriel nodded, glanced casually at the crack of the door, and vaguely saw a rather elegant man with light brown hair and green eyes in the room.For a moment, he seemed to hear the sound of crystal glass shattering somewhere in his heart.

After being stunned for three seconds, Gabriel took a deep breath, licked his lips, and showed a faint smile, "It can be seen that you have a partner." He spread his hands a little helplessly, pretending not to care Said, "No problem. I can understand . . . totally understand."

"What are you talking about?" Lawrence reached out to touch Gabriel's face, but he subconsciously took a step back to avoid it.Lawrence couldn't help frowning and looked at him suspiciously.

"Then... I won't waste your time." Gabriel immediately walked back to the elevator and pressed the button, "That's right. This—" As if suddenly remembered, he turned around and returned the door key to Lauren s. "Don't worry, I won't come here again."

Then, he immediately turned his head and strode away from the safety stairs.

Gabriel ran down the stairs in three steps and two steps, knowing that he must not stop, otherwise, he would be paralyzed in place and unable to move again.His heartbeat was extremely fast, and he kept blaming himself for being stupid, naive, and ignorant, and stepped into the same trap again and again, and couldn't help but start to hate himself deeply.

After finally rushing downstairs from the top floor, looking at the glass door with warm sunlight, it seems to see Orpheus at the exit of hell: You must never look back, as long as you step out of there, you will enter the world.

Gabriel then rushed forward quickly.Suddenly, he bumped his head into something.

"To get down from the top floor, the elevator is definitely faster."

Then, the "object" grabbed his arm and pulled him to a dead corner of the stairwell, where no one else could see.

"Damn it!" Lawrence grumbled angrily. "What do you mean?"

Sure enough, Orpheus was stopped by the dogs of hell.Gabriel thought to himself, bowed his head and said nothing.

"How do you keep decorating the house without the key?" Lawrence forced the key back into his coat pocket.

"..." Gabriel was silent for a moment, then raised his head and asked unadornedly: "You gave me the key, so it was just to help you decorate the house?"

Facing Gabriel's rhetorical questions, it was Lawrence's turn to remain silent.Then he breathed out impatiently and said in a knowing tone, "Listen, the only one I'm having sex with right now is you." Looking him straight in the eyes, "Tell me: you didn't sleep with anyone else. "

Lawrence confessed with a natural attitude, but Gabriel was stunned, his cheeks flushed, but he was speechless.Seeing that Gabriel hadn't answered, Lawrence suddenly reached out and attacked his groin unexpectedly, Gabriel couldn't help shrinking, screamed softly, and Lawrence took the opportunity to kiss him.

Gabriel embarrassedly wanted to push and stop the other party, but it didn't help. Lawrence kissed him deeper and deeper, and then kissed his cheek, jaw, and ear, and whispered in his ear: "You want to Trust me." Lawrence's attitude became extremely serious: "I hope you trust me, [-]%...no matter what happens, trust me."

That night, Lawrence knocked on Gabriel's bedroom door before going to bed.Kissing, caressing, hugging, rubbing, orgasm; although it is nothing more than a cliché love affair, Gabriel has a unique kind of happiness and joy every time: he likes Lawrence, loves to be loved by Laurence Hugs.

I don't know if it's because of the compensatory mentality, Gabriel felt that Lawrence seemed to be making love to him very hard and eagerly; even when he went to the bathroom to clean, Lawrence followed, so they continued in the jacuzzi Lingering for two rounds.

As a result of indulging, the next day Gabriel found that in addition to back pain, he also found several hickey marks on his collarbone and inner thighs near the groin.

Lying on the desk, Gabriel casually looked at the minutes of the meeting.Recently, he became more and more disinterested in Antique's work, and instead seriously studied Prince Albert's work proposal.If everything is as shown by the data, the new job will be more challenging, and it will also bring a greater sense of accomplishment, making him eager to try.

While thinking about it, Gabriel received a call from Jie Xi, inviting him to attend the opening reception of the modern artist's solo exhibition.

"The son of the general manager of a medical equipment company, I had to attend...the producer is very snobby, the artwork is very hypocritical, and the manager is very arrogant. I can guarantee that it will definitely be a disgusting solo exhibition." Jie Xi He said half-jokingly: "But the Buffet is very good, Atelier's takeaway... So, I want to find a better companion so that I won't be overwhelmed."

The exhibition was indeed as boring as Jie Xi had predicted.But the Buffet was really delicious, and Jesse was easy to get along with, so Gabriel didn't go home with Jesse until it was close to midnight.

Gabriel jumped up the steps briskly, and when he was about to turn the doorknob, he found that it was locked.Probably because it was getting late, he thought.He took out the key from his pocket and was about to insert it into the lock, but found that it didn't fit at all: the door had been locked.

Is the lock broken?He frowned suspiciously, connected the doorbell several times, and Nelson finally came to open the door.

"Nelson, why didn't you tell me the door lock was changed?"

When Gabriel took a step forward to enter the room, Nelson held the door and blocked his way, "Master, I'm sorry, but you shouldn't come here again." Nelson lowered his head and said reluctantly: "Here It's not your home anymore."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gabriel exaggeratedly rolled his eyes and smiled, "Stop making trouble and let me in."

"Master, I'm sorry. The order I received is that no visitors are accepted now, please leave."

"What are you kidding?" Gabriel became angry, "Get out of the way!"

"What he said is true." Lawrence's voice suddenly came from behind Nelson, "Gabriel Gussman, this is not your home anymore."

"Fuck, what the hell are you doing? It's no fun! I warn you..."

"No, I should warn 'you'—" Lawrence interrupted him forcefully, "This house is already my 'exclusive' property, and you are now trespassing illegally."

"What..." Gabriel was confused. He still believed that the other party was teasing him, so he forced a smile and said, "Lawrence, what do you mean? If you don't like me coming back so late, next time... "

"Your work and rest time has nothing to do with me." Lawrence took out a document beside him, "Don't you know? According to this contract, you have already transferred the property rights to me—" He lit the contract on In front of Gabriel, "Now I am the sole owner of this property."

Looking at Lawrence's expression, Gabriel began to believe that the other party was not joking. He snatched the contract with a trembling forehead, and was shocked to see that the contract was marked with "property transfer of the house", and it did have his signature in the end.

Before he had time to read it carefully, Lawrence withdrew the contract again. "Are you satisfied? Please leave immediately."

Gabriel is in total disarray.He didn't remember any bird contract he signed at all, "There is a misunderstanding..." His face turned pale, and he began to speak incoherently, "No...someone must have used my signature forged..."

"Mr. Gabriel Gusman, you have already signed the contract, and it is too late to go back on your word." Lawrence said impatiently, "Let's go." "Lawrence..." Gabriel's mind was full Puzzled, he looked at Lawrence with pleading eyes, but the other party was as tough as a stone.Gabriel couldn't comprehend how a man could turn his back on him so quickly and completely.After a while, the words that Ryan had reminded him a long time ago "You are so simple, you will be deceived miserably" flashed through his mind. Only then did he really realize that he was not turning his face, but that it was false from the very beginning. Make a show.

"I understand, it was you who moved your hands and feet..." Gabriel trembled uncontrollably, his voice was bleak, and then he began to laugh miserably, "...these days, everything... your purpose has always been the property rights of the house... ...I thought... how could someone be so nice to me..."

Gabriel finally understood that he was completely designed, and was eaten alive by the wolf in human skin in front of him, not even a bone left.

Closing his eyes weakly, Gabriel felt that someone had cut him open with a sharp knife without warning, and grabbed his heart naked. He seemed to see his heart leave his body and flick it stupidly and frantically on an invisible hand. move.Suddenly, his eyes darkened, he felt dizzy for a while, his center of gravity was unstable, he took two steps back, staggered and rolled down the steps, and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

Looking at Lawrence with the last bit of hope, he found that he was looking at him with his arms folded in a lofty posture, not at all moved, let alone reaching out to help him.

"Come on, don't come here again."

Compared with the affectionate voice Lawrence whispered in his ear during the noon date, the voice now seemed strange and disgusting.In just a few hours, Gabriel suddenly fell from the seventh heaven into Purgatory. He collapsed on the ground and couldn't even stand up.

"Enough, Lawrence!"

Jie Xi, who had been witnessing all the situation, came quickly and helped Gabriel who was stunned by the shock, "There is no need to go so far." He blamed the other party, shook his head, and brought Gabriel who was in a daze Column, difficult to get on the bus.

A person who doesn't understand chess should not play chess at the table.

Sitting in Jiexi's car, Gabriel stared blankly at the night outside the car window, and kept asking himself in a weak voice like a raving: "What did I do wrong? What did I do? Why……"

The windows of the buildings along the road were either bright or dark, like a black and white chessboard. Gabriel saw the chess pieces on the chessboard being destroyed one by one, until he was called "General" at the end, and he still didn't understand which move he made wrong.Or, in fact, from the first step to the last step, they have never been right.

"Gabriel..."

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Jesse, who was sitting in the driver's seat, put his hand on Gabriel's knee and found that he was trembling constantly; he kept talking to comfort him to stabilize his mood, but Gabriel didn't hear a word, only felt Heart-wrenching remorse, but speechless, I didn't even have the strength to say "I knew it would happen, it shouldn't have happened at all", my whole body collapsed, my mind went blank, and I couldn't even cry.

Finally arrived at the residence, Jiexi parked the car in the garage, but Gabriel didn't realize it, which made Jiexi really worried.Gabriel has been sitting blankly, he no longer mutters to himself, just staring at the unknown nothingness with vacant eyes in a trance.

Gone, everything is gone, Gabriel heard a voice in his heart say.

Indeed, when he thought that a certain person really liked him and fell in love with him with all his heart, he realized that everything was a lie, and the purpose was to deceive him of everything.Whether it's the passion in bed, the care in daily life, all the tenderness and consideration are actually just for a signature on the house contract.

"Here we are, get out of the car." Jesse said softly.

Gabriel opened the door unconsciously and got out of the car, then rushed to hit the wall with his head, and fell to the ground with a bang.

"Gabriel!"

Detective Rabéry sighed impatiently as he sat in his Buick.He casually picked up the coffee can next to him and took a sip. According to calculations, the caffeine he ingested should be enough for a normal person to stay awake for 48 hours, but he was still tired.Looking at his watch, he had been waiting for more than half an hour in front of this mansion with a large garden.

If he hadn't been convicted of "offending" for offending the deputy director, he wouldn't have been dispatched from his original violent crime duty to be a cold bench in the heavy money team to assist in the investigation of some ghost crime of bank fraud; and his partner Barwell— —a guy with a lot of faces, a lot of people, and the ability to buy a small yacht — hasn't arrived yet.

He waited for a while, and finally a Vovol appeared from a distance with flashing lights as a greeting.Rebery then opened the car door, and several auxiliary police officers behind him got out of the car.

Bawell parked the car and got out of the car, but still kept his mobile phone in his hand, "...No problem, Booker, I have already got a warrant...I will contact you later." He finally cut off the mobile phone communication, nodded casually, "Let's go."

Ribery listlessly followed the other party to the gate of the mansion.

"FBI special agent Pavel." After ringing the bell, Pavel showed his ID to the person who opened the door, "I want to have a word with Mr. Gabriel Gussman."

"I'm sorry, but this is Broadis's private property and there are no Gussmans."

Standing at the back, Rebery didn't say a word, and silently looked at the person who opened the door. Judging from his words and attitude, he was a butler-level figure.Seeing that the opponent blocked him, Pavel took out the warrant from his pocket, and said impatiently, "I have a warrant. Ask Gusman to come out immediately, don't worry, we just want to invite him to the bureau for a chat, half an hour is enough." .”

"If it's just an explanation, why is there a ticket?" Another voice said coldly.

When Rui Baili saw it, he couldn't help frowning, subconsciously taking precautions.That person must be the owner of the house. He is tall and calm, with a smile on his face, and a strong sense of menace in his eyes occasionally.

"Mr. Brodys, please do not interfere with the FBI case." Barwell said, "You should know better than me that Mr. Gussman is an important person in the Metropolitan Bank fraud case, but he has been avoiding seeing him. He should have come to the case to explain and help clarify the case. Wouldn't you like to have the case cleared sooner? It's 'your' bank after all."

"Indeed, thank you for caring so much about 'my' bank." Lawrence said with a smile, "I just don't understand, I'm the real plaintiff, the tormentor of the case, why would the FBI come to me? "

"The Metropolitan Bank's executive committee reported that one of the bank's shareholders, Gabriel Gussman, was suspected of defaulting on stock trading transactions and embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars and then disappeared." Barwell's tone seemed impatient. "According to reliable information, Gesman Sman..."

"I have to remind you that the information provided by Mr. Booker, the 'former' CEO of Metropolitan Bank, is not completely credible." Lawrence interrupted the other party bluntly, "To put it bluntly, the whole case is very simple: someone stole the bank ——To be precise, my bank—the money, I hope more than anyone else to find out and get my money back. Instead of wasting time with me, why not investigate the ins and outs of the incident?”

Ribery has been silently listening to the conversation between the two.He vaguely agrees with Broadis that there is something wrong with this case.

A few days ago, the Metropolitan Bank's fraud and shortfall scandal broke out, the stock market plummeted 13.00%, and public opinion was in an uproar.The Drakkar Group to which he belonged ordered the bank to close all problem accounts after learning about it. At the same time, the executive committee that implemented the banking business officially admitted to the outside world that a fraud of hundreds of millions of dollars broke out in the bank.Later, the president of the group expressed "extreme disappointment with the executive committee's inability to detect early warning signs of risk control" and ordered CEO Booker to be dismissed.

The next day, Booker held a breaking news press conference, claiming to have discovered the evidence of breach of contract signed by one of the bank's shareholders, Gabriel Gussman, accusing Gussman of being the main culprit of fraud, but making him a scapegoat.Since the case turned sharply, the bank asked the FBI to assist in the investigation, and the authorities handed over the case to the economic team. Dear team leader even appointed the ace special police officer Bawell to handle it.

A fraud case has evolved into a fight among the executive unit, shareholders and the general group. It is very obvious and simple that "the ghost is in my safe", Ribery thought, so obvious that it is suspicious.However, at this moment, he didn't care at all, he just hoped to call it a day.

"Mr. Broadis, we are only following orders." Ribery finally spoke, and said lazily, "Whether Gusman is involved in the case, the judge will naturally decide in the end."

Lawrence shrugged disapprovingly.

Barwell then sneered, "I expected you to be smart enough to be kind..." He pulled another piece of paper from his pocket. "This is a search warrant. We're searching arrests under federal law."

After reading the search warrant, Lawrence said calmly, "There is a small mistake...a fatal little mistake: this is my private property, not shared with Gussman, and he doesn't live here either." He spread his hands, "I have the right to protect private residences and property from unreasonable arrests, searches and seizures. You should investigate thoroughly so that it does not become an illegal trespass."

Bavel ignored it completely, and led a few police officers into the house to search.

Lawrence took a step back, "You just need to step through this door... You will be responsible for the consequences."

About half an hour later, Bavel and Rebery walked out with the police officers dejected.Lawrence waited calmly at the door. When he saw Bawell, he said to the mobile phone in his hand, "O'Brien, they're here... please." Then he smiled and handed the mobile phone to Bawell.

Bavel looked at Lawrence strangely, not knowing what kind of trick he was playing.

"I'm Pavel." He took the phone impatiently, and when he heard the voice from the microphone, his attitude instantly became humble and cautious, "Yes... yes, sir... no, I don't want to disturb the bureau. I will be more cautious..." Then, he kicked Lawrence resentfully, and reluctantly handed back the phone.

Ribery found it amused.This Brodys cell phone must have a heavyweight phone list, and he can find the boss in the bureau immediately.He doesn't like snobbish rich people, but he even despises detectives who are stalking. After a rough assessment of the situation on the scene, they didn't achieve their goals and shouldn't stay for a long time, so he waved for the police officers to leave.

Good you Lawrence Brodys, he thought.Suddenly, the name stimulated a certain nerve in the brain.

More than ten years ago, when Ribery was a rookie police detective of the FBI, by chance, he participated in Interpol's reconnaissance mission of an international criminal organization: the Bureau of Investigation received a tip that a cruise ship would spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the high seas. drug trade.However, when they rushed to the cruise ship, they only saw dozens of corpses of Russian gangsters and Sicilian mafia families. It seemed that the two gangs were fighting each other, but they did not find any stolen money or drugs.

After an in-depth investigation by Ribery's superiors, they vaguely felt that it was a revenge incident of borrowing a knife to kill people. It seemed to be a series of schemes set up by an Italian family for revenge. However, they never found any direct or indirect evidence, so the speculation became fantasy. The case is over.

If his memory is correct, his boss guessed that the big boss behind the scenes is called Brodys.

Rebery looked back at Lawrence. More than ten years ago, this man was only a young man in his early twenties, so he couldn't have been so scheming; he was still wary that this fraud case might not be that simple.