Snare of Love novel Chapter 31

The nature of Helen and Matthew’s relationship was widely-known in the company.

Helen had been sending out signals about their relationship here and there, yet Matthew never objected blatantly or denied the rumours. Therefore, the others would have thought that he had admitted to the rumours.

At the moment, Helen was not only his secretary; she could potentially be the young lady of the Nelson family too. It was only natural that the other employees caught on to the importance of this fact and had tried to suck up to her in the company. This made her feel entitled and proud.

When Matthew was busy with work in his office, there was immediately someone scurried after her and whispered, “Ms. White, what did you have for lunch with Mr. Nelson just now? We are really envious of you guys.”

Helen cast a sideway glance at Dolores who was at one corner of the office and produced a smile, “Nothing much. We had the typical vegetables, crispy pigeon meat, chicken, some prawns...”

“Wow, these are your favourite food.” Sheryl continued to flatter Helen, “Mr. Nelson has been very thoughtful towards you.”

Helen replied with a faint smile while casually flaunting her freshly-made fingernails. Her silence was interpreted by others as admitting to their relationship.

Sheryl inched even closer, “Ms. White, when are you going to marry Mr. Nelson?”

Helen’s movements paused slightly as her thought began to race upon the notion of marriage. If it was not because of Dolores, she would have already been the young lady of the Nelson family.

It was all because of Dolores who had stood in her way!

Since she still had to keep up her good image in front of Matthew, she couldn’t really do any harm to Dolores in public. However, she could still inflict pain on her through the hands of others. She could still manipulate others to make Dolores’ life difficult in the company.

She flashed a friendly smile, “Sheryl.”

“Ms. White, yes?” Sheryl had an expression of flattery.

“Our newest recruit who handles the translation job is really ignorant of the ways of the company.” Helen pretended to be frustrated slightly as she grumbled.

“Did she offend you in any way?”

“Not exactly, but it’s alright. You should go back to work now.” Helen purposely ended the conversation without answering her directly. She was sure that Sheryl would have understood what she had wanted to say.

Sheryl shot a glance at Dolores and turned over a thought in her mind. Was this new recruit not aware of Helen’s relationship with Mr. Nelson? Did she offend Helen because of that?

That must be it. Since she was new in the company, it was possible that she had innocently went up against Helen, judging that she didn’t know about the workings of the company yet.

As she returned to her seat, she was thinking to find a chance to teach Dolores a lesson soon.

After finishing her lunch, Dolores got up and disposed of the food packaging. She then headed to the tea area to pour herself some tea.

Sheryl caught sight of her movements and decided to grab this chance to reprimand her. She followed Dolores to the tea area.

She positioned herself behind Dolores and just as Dolores was turning around with a cup full of tea, she purposely took a step forward and caused Dolores to bump into her, seeing that Dolores couldn’t know that there was someone behind her. The tea in her cup spilled over Sheryl’s skirt as a result.

“Didn’t you know how to walk properly?” Sheryl immediately launched into a scolding.

Dolores immediately apologized since it was the tea in her cup which was spilled onto others, “I’m really sorry, I didn’t do this on purpose.”

“If you’re not doing this purposely, then why is my skirt wet now?”

Dolores was stunned for a moment. She didn’t expect Sheryl to retort her so aggressively.

“I have already apologized. It was really an accident.” Dolores continued to explain patiently.

“What use is there in apologizing? If I slap you across your cheeks and apologize to you, does that mean that you won’t pursue this matter anymore?” Sheryl didn’t plan to let her off the hook just yet. She was making things hard for Dolores.

Dolores couldn’t help frowning. Wasn’t this woman being too forceful with her explanation?

How could she compare being slapped and being spilled with some tea? They were two totally different things.

“What do you want?” Dolores’ voice lowered a notch.

Since Sheryl wasn’t going to accept her apology, she had no choice but to seek for another way to resolve this.

Sheryl poured herself a cup of water and looked at Dolores, “Since you’ve spilled water all over me, I will consider things to be even if you let me do it back on you.”

Dolores stared at the cup of steaming hot water in her palms incredulously. She couldn’t believe what she was being told. Sheryl was obviously trying to destroy her.

She would definitely suffer burns if that cup of hot water was poured onto her body.

Her own cup of tea just now was only lukewarm at best since she was in a hurry to finish her drink. Even though some of the contents had spilled over to Sheryl’s skirt, it wouldn’t do her any harm at all. Her skirt was just slightly wet.

Dolores showed the palm of her hands and glared at Sheryl intently, “How is that considered even? If I am scalded by hot water, you have to take responsibility for me!”