Novel Sweet
Chapter 22: Reluctant to Probe into It
Chapter 22: Reluctant to Probe into It
“Mom, I’m sorry, don’t abandon me…”
Matthew was stunned; he looked down at her hands which were holding onto his collar. His tender
gaze fell on her face and she looked very much in pain and was close to hysterical.
Matthew frowned, “Dolores?”
Dolores could not hear him. She appeared to be in a daze. She looked very troubled but then very
quickly she came to her senses and let go of Matthew and then fell into a deep sleep. Matthew slowly
straightened up, looked at her for a couple of seconds before turning around, and left the room.
Helen was seated on the sofa and holding tightly onto a glass. Every second that Matthew was in the
room was torture for her. Didn’t this woman need to take care of her mother in the hospital? Why did
she have time to come back?
Helen knew about Abbott going to investigate Dolores and that was why Helen sent someone to A
country ahead of Abbott’s man. She managed to kill the woman who gave Dolores the business. She
was able to fake that the woman jumped to her death. This was also the reason why Abbott was unable
to find out the truth of what happened that night.
She spent all her effort to prevent Matthew and Dolores from having time together. She paid all the
people in Dolores’ mother’s apartment complex to gossip and slander against Jessica resulting in her
hospitalization. With Jessica’s hospitalization, Dolores will have less time with Matthew. But little did
she expect this woman to not remain at the hospital.
She was even carried by Matthew. Helen became distraught when she thought about this. As a result,
she forgot to control her expression. When Matthew came out of the room, he could see Helen’s
expression and he walked over to her silently.
Helen stood up and blurted out a question, “Is Ms. Flores ill?”
Matthew didn’t answer immediately but sat on the sofa. He crossed his slender legs and slowly looked
up indifferently at Helen, not revealing his thoughts.
Helen was gripped with anxiety as she was fearful of Matthew in that manner. She cautiously asked,
“Matthew…”
“What?” He grinned, “What’s up?”
It didn’t seem like something was amiss. Helen composed herself and sat beside him. Since he did not
mind her presence, her anxiety eased considerably.
“This is the contract for the land at Repulse Bay.” Abbott handed the file over to Matthew.
The reason why Helen came with Abbott was that she heard that Matthew wanted the contract of this
parcel of land.
The parcel of land at Repulse Bay was prime as it was waterfront with a hill next to it. It was ideal for
tourist and resort development which was the reason why it was highly sought after.
But she became worried when Matthew suddenly wanted to see the contract. Randolph once went to
the office because he wanted this piece of land but Matthew ignored him and didn’t grant him a
meeting.
Dolores was Randolph’s daughter so Helen was worried that Matthew would give it to the Flores Group
because of their relationship. She didn’t care for the parcel of land but she was concerned about how
Matthew treated Dolores.
“Didn’t you decide to have an auction for this piece of land?” Helen asked.
Although her question was straightforward, how could Matthew not detect her motive with such a
simple question?
But instead of exposing her, he placed his arm over her shoulders, “Helen, you’ve changed.”
Helen was stunned. What did he mean?
“I… What changed?” Helen was puzzled.
Matthew pinched her chin and looked at her, “You won’t ask this in the past.”
Helen paused as she looked into his eyes. She had never seen the coldness in his eyes and felt
increasingly anxious, “I…”
Suddenly she lost control of her usual obedient and sensible self, “I’m afraid because I’m afraid!”
She struggled out of Matthew’s embrace and covered her face with both her hands and said painfully,
“I’m afraid that you will give this parcel of land to Ms. Flores. I am afraid that you will love her because
she is your wife. I’m afraid that you don’t want me anymore…”
Helen began to cry bitterly! Matthew had never seen her behaving this way. He closed his eyes and Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
frowned deeply with a very profound expression that no one could understand. After a while, Helen’s
cry became sobs. She knew that she needed to tolerate but there were also times that she needed to
use her tears and pity to secure a man’s heart.
Matthew opened his eyes and composed himself. He stretched out his hands to bring her into his
embrace again. “Do you feel so insecure?”
Helen leaned into him and sobbed, “I’m just afraid of losing you.”
Matthew sighed, “You won’t.”
She may have some motives and ploys and wasn’t as pure as she seemed. But she was with him for
many years and he wasn’t ready to look deeply into it.
In the room.
Dolores was awakened by the ringing of her cell phone.
It was a message from Sampson. The message contained a photo of the neighbor in her mother’s
apartment complex. From the photo, it appeared to be talking to a woman.
This back view…
Dolores found the back of that woman to be rather familiar but she couldn’t recognize it immediately.
Then suddenly something erupted from her stomach, “Urgh…”
She ran out of the bedroom and into the bathroom. She leaned over the washbasin and dry wrenched.
In the sitting room, Abbott was stunned by Dolores’ sudden appearance. She went to the bathroom but
didn’t close the door and was vomiting in agony.
“Ms. Flores is pregnant.” Helen looked at Dolores’ non-stop vomiting. She thought that Matthew wasn’t
aware of it and said it intentionally.
“It must be that man who she was hugging with that day.” Helen purposely named a ‘father’ for the child
inside Dolores. In that way, Matthew will hate her.
Abbott was stunned. Did Matthew marry a woman who was pregnant with someone else’s baby? Didn’t
that mean that he was cuckolded by marrying her? He slowly raised his head to look at Matthew and
thought that Matthew would be furious but he was surprisingly and strangely calm.
Even Helen was in disbelief. Isn’t he angry and didn’t he hate her?
“Matthew…”
Matthew leaned back onto the sofa and he clearly didn’t want her to speak and Helen could only shut
her mouth. Although Dolores wanted to vomit, each time there wasn’t anything to vomit and she could
only dry heave.
After that wave of nausea, Dolores rinsed her mouth and walked out of the bathroom. Only then did
she realize that people were sitting in the living room and Helen was in Matthew’s embrace. She didn’t
want to interfere and turned to go back into the room.
But in her mind, Helen’s image flashed by. She turned to look at Helen and then looked at the picture
on her phone. Chestnut colored curls, similar height. Her eyes suddenly glared. The person who paid
her neighbors was Helen?
She thought about how she was framed and harmed and suddenly Dolores understood what had
happened! She must have hated Dolores for marrying Matthew and taking what was hers. That must
be the reason why she paid for her neighbors to hurt her intentionally and ended up causing her mother
to become mentally ill!
The more Dolores thought, the more the pain inside her churned…