Convenient Marriage: Mr. Nelson's Love Trap by Hannah Baker

Dolores slowly lifted her head. When she saw the man’s face, she gasped in surprise.

“Dr. Herbert?” There was a group of people with Sampson, and they made Dolores even more surprised. “Why, why are you here?”

Sampson was the one that had helped treat Dolores’ brother’s autism. During his treatment, Dolores and Sampson got to know each other.

Sampson smiled gently.

Before he could speak, the director of the hospital spoke, “Dr. Herbert’s here to carry out a forum in the hospital.”

Sampson was a famous psychiatrist. He was especially an autism expert.

“What about you? Why are you here? Are you sick?” Sampson asked.

Dolores trembled when she thought of her mom’s resolute attitude.

“Lola!”

Jessica rushed over from the other side of the corridor with the checklist in her hand. When she came back and the nurse explained that Dolores had run away, she was very shocked. Jessica couldn’t help but shout agitatedly when she saw Dolores.

Dolores pursed her lips and was on the verge of tears. “Mom…”

Sampson turned to the director of the hospital standing beside him. “Please, go on ahead of me. I’ll be there shortly. I have something to do.”

“Ah, of course.” The director smiled at Sampson. “We won’t bother you then. I’m formally inviting you to work in my hospital, Dr. Herbert. Just no matter what you need, please let me know and I’ll do my best.”

Sampson smiled back and nodded. “I’ll consider it.”

Once the director and the others left, Sampson turned back to Dolores and Jessica. “Let’s head outside to talk. This isn’t the right place,” Sampson said to Jessica.

The hospital was full of people who had little to do other than listen to the conversations of strangers.

Jessica also knew Sampson. When her son received treatments, she couldn’t scrounge together the funds all the time and this Dr. Herbert was the one who helped pay for it. Therefore, Jessica had a lot of respect for him.

Jessica held Dolores’s wrist tightly, fearing she would run away again.

As soon as they were out of the hospital, Dolores kneeled in front of Jessica. “Mom, I beg you. We already lost Jeremy. Please, let me give birth to this child.”

protectively covering her abdomen. When he saw the reports

how to respond. He wanted to know how it had happened, but knew it wasn’t the right time to ask. Dolores seldom cried in front of Jessica. Even when her brother died, she cried secretly,

to force her to have the abortion. Instead, she worried about what would happen if

a mother alone was enough to make a vulnerable woman stronger than before. Jessica knew how stubborn Dolores could be

sigh, Jessica

finished speaking. Her heart overflowed with sadness, and

down her cheeks. She didn’t want to cry,

discovered that Dolores and Jessica had returned to their home country and the Jeremy had died from his injuries from a car accident. He didn’t know what happened between then, just running

comforted her. When he first met her, she was just a teenager. Even back then, she

to afford a proper meal. Instead of letting her mother worry, Dolores gave the food she bought to her mother and brother, telling Jessica she had already eaten. She was a thoughtful and mature

head and comfort her, but before he could, Dolores raised her

the past. I’ll pay you

He slowly clenched his fist, let it fall to his side, and said with a smile, “Silly girl, I volunteered to help you, so you don’t need to

know you’re a kind

the future, she was determined

her up. “Where do you live? I’ll drive

Dolores worried about Jessica. So, she

their destination, Dolores opened the car

her. “Will you go back to

look at him and shook

for her to escape the abortion and go back

chair and wiping her tears. Dolores’s emotions hit her like

away her tears, not looking at Dolores. “I’m fine.

“Mom…”

all Mom’s fault for not taking good care of you.” Jessica wiped fervently at her tears, but she couldn’t

and hugged Jessica. The two hugged each other while sobbing their hearts out to vent their

a long time for them to calm down. Dolores told Jessica

was astonished. How could the marriage be treated so irresponsibly, like it was

Jessica was not in favor of the marriage with a deal, Dolores already lost her virginity pregnant and was pregnant

care of her daughter in the

*****

Dolores walked around the villa courtyard to digest her food and to have a good

However, she found herself too thirsty to sleep, so she went to the kitchen to pour