However, the person behind her wasn’t the one she expected. And even more so, someone that was out of her expectation.
“Why are you here?” Dolores Flores clutched the pen in her hand unconsciously.
Matthew Nelson looked around the office. It was decorated in a white theme, representing simple and generous.
“So this is your workplace?” Matthew walked to the French windows and looked outside.
Dolores put down her pencil and stood up, “I’m asking you.”
Matthew turned around looking at her and sneered, “I’m here, just to see you, of course.”
Dolores’s hand was behind her back, clasping on the edge of the table. She was looking straight at him, trying to see through him.
What did he really want?
But she couldn’t see anything.
“Had you met Mrs. William?” She asked in an affirmative tone.
She couldn’t think of anyone else who would force her to go back.
Matthew walked over, pulled out the chair behind her and sat down. “Yes.” He frankly answered.
“Why?” Dolores roared.
She couldn’t think of any reason he did this!
“No reason.” Matthew grabbed Dolores’s wrist, pulling her and let her sit on his lap. Dolores refused and tried to break free from his grip.
“I’m hurt.”
“What is it to do with me for you being hurt?” Dolores said imperiously.
Matthew sighed, “Are you curious about what did I give Mrs. William?”
Dolores was curious about what was it that could make Mrs. William break her own rules.
“What did you give her?” Dolores asked.
“Since you entered LEO Corporation, you should have heard of her husband, Mr. William, is it?” Matthew caressed Dolores’s back, trying to calm her down.
Dolores nodded, “I’ve heard of it that the couple was very loving. Just that Mr. William passed away too soon, and his wife was still young at that time. But she never married again for his sake.”
“Then do you know what her husband, Mr. William’s work was?” Matthew had managed to take Dolores’s mind off and distract her attention.
Dolores shook her head as this was beyond her ken.
Matthew wrapped his arm around Dolores’s waist and made her sit down. Dolores struggled reluctantly, while Matthew murmured, “I’m hurt, can you be a bit more obedient?”
Dolores was aggrieved. Didn’t he know that this action was unpleasant?
Wasn’t it very intimate for them behaving like this?
Why did he always have to be like this?
“Mr. William was a jewellery designer.” Matthew said.
Dolores raised her eyebrows and was surprised by Mr. William’s identity as a jewellery designer.
“But what does this have to do with the thing that you gave Mrs. William?” Dolores couldn’t understand it.
“When Mrs. William met William, she was still an unknown fashion designer. It was a fashion conference, and it was the first time for Mrs. William’s design to be put on stage. Coincidentally, Mr. William had attended that fashion conference too…”
“So, did they meet?” Dolores was able to imagine the scene at that time, “It would be very romantic, right?’
She felt a twinge of envy. When she was young, she had also longed for love, but she had missed her chance.
Now, she was just a single mother.
Matthew had noticed Dolores’s emotional changes and held her waist tighter, “They had met, but it isn’t romantic. I would say it was rather awkward…”
Dolores frowned, “Did something happen?”
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Convenient Marriage: Mr. Nelson's Love Trap