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

Matthew moved his face closer to Dolores’. “If you dare disrespect me like that in the future, I…” He glanced at her lips, leaned down, and bit them.

She felt a sudden pain. The taste of blood spread in her mouth. She grimaced. It hurt, it burned. Matthew really bit her.

“In the future, every time you wrong me, I’ll do this as my way of punishing you. Does that sound fair?”

Dolores felt disoriented as she gazed at the man in front of her. She couldn’t understand the reasoning for behaviors.

“Do you understand what you’re doing right now?”

Speechless, Matthew didn’t know how to answer her question. Every moment that happened after he met Dolores was so unexpected that he lost control of himself and became a different man from who he was in the past.

He realized Dolores wasn’t virtuous, as she was impure, and didn’t respect herself.

However, the fact that he was interested in such an immoral woman, and felt like a real man—a man who had the normal, physical reaction a man should have when facing a woman—was confusing. He hid his emotions well as he stared down at Dolores.

He smiled faintly and asked, “What about you? You rushed forward to protect me from the sword without worrying about your own life. Does that mean…”

As Matthew spoke, his face moved even closer to hers. When Dolores took a step back, he would take a step himself and follow her. They were very close to each other. The smile on his face was slight, soft, gentle, and could hardly be ignored.

“Have you fallen in love with me?”

Was that why she rushed forward without concern for her and her child’s safety when Matthew was in danger?

Matthew remembered how shocked he was when he turned around and saw her rushing over.

Dolores turned away and refused to look at him. “Mr. Nelson, you have quite the sense of humor. I’ve only known you for a few days. How could I fall in love with you so quickly?”

If she didn’t suspect he was the father of her child, she certainly wouldn’t have put herself in such a dangerous situation. She cherished her own life as she had to survive for the sake of her mother and her child.

Matthew didn’t anger. Instead, turning away and leaning back on the sofa, smiling. “Perhaps, you fell in love with me when we first met? Love at first sight. That happens, right?”

He was apparently speaking to Dolores, but it sounded like he was asking a rhetorical question.

that had been resting on her leg squeezed tightly, but she responded with a calm demeanor. “I don’t

deliberately ignoring the topic. They were strangers, but they lived under the

glass and gazed at the piano placed in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. Depression clouded any happiness she had been

*****

see Jessica. This time, Jessica was sober and recognized Dolores at first glance. She grabbed Dolores’ hands, not

Jessica held Dolores’s hands tightly, as if she was afraid Dolores would disappear

won’t leave. When you’re strong enough, we’ll

a small house to live in

few days, Are you angry with him?” Jessica asked,

very pleased with his personality. Besides, he was also a doctor. If Dolores could leave Matthew and marry Sampson, a majority of their problems would be solved. The problem was Dolores being pregnant with a child whose father was unknown. Whenever Jessica thought of the child,

called away on business and won’t be back for a while,” Dolores said looking

find out what happened that faithful night. So,

be with him? He’s

clasp a bracelet around her wrist, “Mom, do

shock, believing she’d never see the

to me…” Dolores trailed off, not sure how to broach the topic of the main reason for her visit, besides spending time with her mom. “Randolph is in a financial situation and he came to me

die. On the other hand, he was still her father, even if

the bracelet. “I don’t want you to worry about this, Lola. Don’t dwell on the past. Don’t get involved with

No matter what Randolph was like now, regardless of good or bad, she

“Okay.”

*****

while longer, and it was only when

room, Dolores headed to the

everything around her now; doesn’t that mean she’s

while she does remember things in the short term, but not everything in the long term. We need to keep her under observation for a while still to see if we can figure out what may be

disappointment as she thought Jessica was recovering quickly. “Please take good care of

told us about this, so please

the nurse