"Help me take good care of the two of them."
This was his only request.
Sean nodded sternly, "Don't you worry."
"Ugh--" At this time, Matthew's talking sound seemed to have awoken Dolores up. Following a gentle squeal, her body started to move as well. Matthew hung up the phone, held her in his arms, and tapped her back, "Hey, it's fine, go back to sleep."
It wasn't sure if Dolores was awake or not. She stopped moving after she heard Matthew's words and nestled in his arms.
Matthew looked down and touched her face with his broad and thick palm. Her face was cold and tiny. His quivering eyelids were hidden under the dim lights. He was hesitant with his touch, and his motions were affectionate and gentle as if afraid that he might hurt her if he touched her.
This woman was making him lose control and making his blood boil.
Matthew stayed beside Dolores the whole night. At dawn break, Matthew received a text from Boyce asking him to watch the news.
The case of a murder in the bar was reported on all media platforms.
It became the headlines. The rumours and speculations were all over the place.
A one-minute video circulated the internet. The video was about Dolores holding a gun and fire a gunshot at Sampson.
The comments section was almost unanimous. Everyone was saying that the murderer must pay with her life, while some others were ridiculously saying that it was a love killing, that the man had betrayed the woman, and so the woman killed him with a gun.
All kinds of rumours began to fly all over the place.
If the rumours continued to develop, things would become more and more serious.
Matthew made a call back home and requested for Coral to come to the hospital to take care of Dolores. Then, he called Abbott and ordered him to transfer the security guards from the office to the hospital as well. He was afraid that the news reporter might know that Dolores is in the hospital right now, and they would harass her.
Before he got his hands on Chloe, he must control the current situation first, and he definitely would not allow these harmful rumours of Dolores to continue to spread like this.
Otherwise, it would be even harder to wind up all these matters in the end.
He got back to the company and ordered the public relations department to pursue the responsibility for the released video. For now, the police department had yet released a public statement, therefore this video would be categorized as unconfirmed news. Since they had widespread this unproven news, they could sue them for rumour spreading, pursue their civil liability as their actions had already caused defamation and bodily harm towards Dolores.
Everyone in the company knew about Dolores. When this news broke out, everyone was cautious in case they accidentally anger Matthew.
Since he came into the company in the morning, Matthew had been non-stop giving orders.
No one in the company dared to discuss this matter. They didn't even dare to watch the news.
The news was so big; therefore, Sean already knew about it even if he didn't step out of the house. He confiscated all of Samuel's internet browsing tools, afraid that he might see the news on the internet.
Now he finally understood why Matthew didn't come back home last night, and why did he ask him to stay at his home.
Sean was thinking of a way to go out. Then, he saw Victoria and Jayden was trying to go out. He stopped them, and said, "Did you two see the news?"
Victoria nodded. They were preparing to go meet Matthews and ask him what all this was about.
"You two stay home and take care of Simona and Samuel. Let me go find Matthew. You won't be able to help him too if you go find him, so you can do him a favour by taking care of these two children. I have some knowledge of the internet so I should be able to help him. Let me go find him first."
Victoria gave it a thought and felt that Sean had a point. If she really went to find Matthews, she might not be able to provide any help, and no one would be taking care of the kids if Sean leaves the house.
She looked at Jayden, "Why don't you go with Sean? I'll stay behind and look after the two children."
Jayden nodded and said, "Call me if there's anything."
Victoria replied to him, "Okay."
Sean took out the car keys, "I'll drive."
"What's the matter with you people?"
Samuel could tell that there's something wrong with everyone's expression.
Victoria went over to coax him, "Something is going on at your daddy's company which is causing some conflicts. They are just going over to see the situation. Don't worry, have faith in your daddy. He will be able to handle it."
Victoria purposely told him that it was about Matthew's company. Samuel was not as easy to coax compared to Simona. This child was more sensible, so he would probably not believe her if she told her that nothing had happened.
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