Madness
Chapter 35's

For a few hours, Lin spent his time cleaning up the traces of blood left by Nate in his living room as well as the hallway of his apartment.

He was finally able to give the man's clothes were quite dry when the time had shown at 05.00 am, and now he was very sleepy.

Knocking on the door of his room, Lin saw Nate who had been sitting on the edge of the bed. The man seemed to be waiting for him.

"This is your outfit, Nate. I'm sorry, I had to iron it out to make it drier."

Nate accepted it still while bowing his head. "Thank you."

Biting his lips disappointed with Nate's attitude, Lin finally decided to come out.

"I'll wait outside."

Lin waited for Nate to come out while leaning his head against the sofa. He was actually quite tired, but felt that the two of them should talk soon. He wants to solve this problem as soon as possible.

Not long after, he heard the door of his room open.

Looking over, Lin saw that Nate was as neat and clean as he had come this afternoon.

Seeing that the man seemed to want to avoid her, Lin decided to speak first.

"Nate. I want to talk to you."

"It's better not today, Lin. It's almost morning, I'd better go home now."

Increasingly convinced that Nate was avoiding him, Lin ventured to hug the man's body from behind.

"What's really going on, Nate? A few hours ago you were okay, why is it changing now?"

Lin hid his face on Nate's warm back. He tried to suppress his crying.

Nate's hand felt strong as it forced Lin's fingers to open her arms.

"Please, Lin. Right now, I need some space to think. We better not meet for a while."

After saying those words coldly, Nate walked out of the apartment and closed the door quietly.

Realizing that the man had left, Lin immediately tried to catch up with him.

In a hurry the woman went down to the basement parking lot, and she still had time to see Nate's car which seemed to rush out of the apartment building area.

"Nate!" Despite knowing his screams were free, but the woman still did it.

A tear fell on his cheek. What really happened to that man? He's very confused right now.

Doldrums, Lin walked in the hallway of the apartment and would open the door when he heard a voice behind him.

"He's gone?"

When he turned his head, Lin was quite surprised to see Dominic's face that looked ashen as a lack of blood. His gray veins are clearly visible around his cheeks and temples.

Deciding to look for information from Dominic, Lin began to ask questions that had been spinning in his mind.

"What really happened between the two of you?"

The red-haired man's face was completely unfriendly.

Seeing that the woman in front of him was not at all surprised, Dominic only realized that Lin had found out about the secret of Nate and himself.

"You asked him yourself what he had done to me."

Lin clenched both of his hands. He believes that Nate must have had a reason.

"Nate must have had a good reason why he did that to you."

Although he did not know exactly what had happened but given Nate's condition earlier, Lin was sure that the two were involved in quite a bloody fight. He just doesn't know the reason.

While snorting sarcastically, Dominic laughed. "Oh yeah. He has his reasons."

If Dominic can't have this woman in front of him, then he also intends to make sure that the two men's relationship will never go smoothly.

Despite knowing that he has made a fatal mistake on Nate in the past, Dominic has made up for it for a lifetime without Nate knowing.

Dominic's tears have worn out lamenting his fate because of the bloody events he once did. One incident, but it has left the future of his family shattered. At least Nate's family had calmed down in nature there.

Nate's treatment of him earlier, made him very hurt and feel humiliated. Dominic was not given the opportunity to explain or defend himself.

"I killed him first. And his children."

That shocking information made Lin freeze in place. He knew that Nate had lost his family, but did not expect that they were being slaughtered by this man in front of him.

Knowing that he had given shock therapy to the woman, Dominic continued his incitement.

"Did you know? Nathanael loved his wife very much. All his life, he had only one wish. Do you know what he wants?"

Lin's eyes twitched looking at the man in front of him.

"What's that?" His voice sounded slow.

Smiling obliquely, Dominic said, "Following his wife. He had even done many things to achieve that goal."

Before closing the door to his apartment again, the man still had time to remove one of his most poisonous venom.

"You better forget Nathanael. He will never love you. The man will only love his wife. His whole life."

In his apartment, Lin was standing next to the pantry table. His hands rested on that table, to support his trembling body.

Dominic's words seemed to hurt his heart. Although he knew that it could be sedition, but still Nate's behavior this morning made him feel hurt and like confirming the words of his neighbor.

At this moment, Lin was already unable to let out his tears anymore. He doesn't know how to react. When he opens up, he is faced with a painful reality.

Sighing heavily, the woman finally chose to sit on the sofa. He rubbed his hair with both hands. Both of his eyes were red.

No. gabe. It won't be that easy to believe. There is still his father and also Felix who can still be the place to ask.

His eyes look determined. He's gonna try to figure out, actually, what happened to Nate. Is that really what Dominic said?

Regarding Nate himself, Lin decided to make room for the man to think, as he had asked earlier.

However, their relationship did not yet have a clear status. If indeed this relationship will not work, then it is better to end as early as possible than regret later.

Lin realized that his heart for Nate had begun to bloom perfectly, and if it had to wither suddenly then he chose to immediately leave this city.

For now, the woman felt very fragile if she had to accept the fact, if Nate turned out to only consider it nothing more than a pleasure n*fsunya.

Biting his lips, Lin tried to consider a few things. After feeling confident about his decision, he took his phone and contacted someone.

The next day, Marcus is seen entering his superior's room on the 60th floor.

"Good morning, sir."

"Marcus. What are you carrying?"

Nate's aura looks dark. Not at all like two days before, when the man looked brightly cheerful and full of life. What the hell's going on?

"I'd like to report an investigation into Allard Corp." Marcus started out carefully.

Hearing that made Nate throw his back into the chair behind him. He sounded like he was breathing out loud.

"I already know. Dominic Allard, right?"

Marcus's eyes are breaking. He was shocked when his boss found out first. The cold man nodded and continued.

"More precisely the great-grandfather of Dominic Allard. Danielle Allard is the official owner."

"Allard has a great-grandfather?"

Nate's heart ached, when he realized that he had lost his only successor as well as the chance to have offspring.

"If you remember Mister, Allard once had a wife but he suddenly left her with no news."

Still leaning in his chair, Nate nodded.

After doing the rationing, Dominic did suddenly disappear. No one knew of his whereabouts and even his family was quite hysterical at the time.

Although he was a few years under Nate, but the man married faster and at the time of the fateful incident, Dominic has had a 10-year-old daughter.

What irony, when the man who has become the father of a princess, with his brawn takes the life of a child from another man.

Removing her glasses, Nate rubbed her two eyes that felt very tired at this moment.

"Otherwise?"

"A few decades ago, about 30 years ago, Allard suddenly transferred all his assets and holdings to his direct descendants."

"Thirty years ago?" What happened 30 years ago?

"What happened 30 years ago, until Dominic suddenly diverted his assets?"

Unknowingly Nate uttered the first name of the man who had been her best friend once.

Marcus shook his head.

"Right now, no one knows. Looks like we should ask Felix for help if we want to know more complete information, because this seems to be related to the V."

The man in front of him was seen holding his forehead and massaging it slowly. His head hurts at the moment, when it was only about a month ago that he 'eat' and hibernate.

"Frankly, Marc, I doubt Mr. Felix would help us. Right now, it seems that he wants nothing more in his life. I can't imagine at all what he'll ask for later for his services."

Marcus nodded his head. He agreed to the anxiety of his superior.

"Yes. I'm worried about that too."

While rendering back, Nate turned his gaze towards the window that was currently shining brightly. Showing a sunny weather, but not as bright as his heart now.

"Try digging again from a human perspective, Marc. If it's dead, then we'll try to ask Mr. Felix for help on this."

"Good Sir. I understand."

The cold man was also cool. When Marcus was about to reach the exit, suddenly his superior asked quietly.

"Have you seen Lin today?"

Marcus's hand was already holding the door handle, and he slightly turned to his superior. Without being told, the man had monitored Alina Johan's movements while in the office.

"Miss Alina decided to take Mr.'s sabbatical, which starts from today."

This news surprised Nate. He felt so guilty that he ignored Lin yesterday and decided to apologize to him.

"When will he come back in?"

"In writing, next week sir."

Be careful Marcus answered. He thought his boss knew about this. The surprise of his superiors showed the opposite.

"What do you mean in writing, Marc?"

Turning around, Marcus finally faced his superior. The man who was still sitting looked a little agitated. His hand tapped the table with a fast rhythm.

"It seems likely that Miss Alina will not return again, sir."

Nate's hand movements stopped suddenly. "Where do you know?"

"Robertus said that Miss Alina had applied to work from home, and that she would be handing over to her successor for a week."

The suddenly silent atmosphere made Marcus feel like he had made a grave mistake.

"i guess... I guess you two have talked about it before."

Just this time Marcus' tone was a little stammered. He really did not expect that there was a problem between his boss and the woman.

"Please leave me, Marc."

Finally Nate said. He turned his face away from his assistant.

Marcus stared at the face of his superior who looked turbid. He lowered his head.

"Good Sir. Excuse me."

After Marcus died, Nate got up from his chair and walked towards the large window that extended to the end of the room.

Nate's gaze looked blank as he looked outside. Right now, the man was feeling uneasy.

His encounter with Dominic leaves his old wounds reopened. He himself was surprised to learn that his wound was still bleeding and had not healed completely.

With her unstable condition now, Nate does not know if she can start to establish new relationships with others.

His heart that had been steady to choose Lin, seemed to start to waver. Not because his feelings for the woman are reduced, but because he himself is still not sure he can step up and dare to take new risks.

Nate realized that Lin was young. The road is long. Dominic's interest in the woman suggests that other men are likely to appear in Lin's life later.

As a man, Nate had enough confidence to claim the woman as his own. But now?

Especially with the rejection from Johan who blatantly considers the man inappropriate for his daughter.

Can he risk a second heartbreak? And this time, it is likely that he will never be able to rise again from his slump.

Nate looked up and closed both of his eyes which were warming up.

Yesterday Johan said that he was a coward.

Right now, Nate really felt like a coward.

He is just a cowardly man who doesn't even have the courage to claim the first woman he's ever loved.