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

Abbott walked into the office with Dolores on his heels. Matthew was talking on the phone and gestured for them to keep quiet as they entered.

Although Dolores anxiously wanted to know what happened, she knew she needed to wait for the time being.

Several minutes later, Matthew hung out the phone and waved at Dolores. “Come here.”

Dolores walked over and stood in front of the desk, wiping her sweaty palms on her clothes.

“Give me your phone?” Matthew said, reaching out to her.

“What?”

Dolores’ eyes widened. Wasn’t he going to tell her what happened? Why did he want her phone?

What the hell was going on?

Abbott stood silently at the window, looking at the sky while praying in his heart, ‘god, Helen White, please come back as soon as possible. If you’re not here soon, I’m afraid Dolores Flores will snatch Mr. Nelson.’

Matthew raised his brows and asked in an unhappy tone. “You don’t want to give it to me?”

“No, no, sorry,” Dolores said, hurriedly getting her phone out of her bag and handing it to Matthew. “It’s not locked.”

Matthew took the phone and unlocked the phone. He then opened the contacts and entered his phone number. Staring at the screen for a long moment, he abruptly moved his fingers to type ‘Mr. Nelson’ into the name column. ‘Dolores always addressed him in this way, after all.’ He then dialed the number he saved and his phone sitting on his desk lit up and vibrated.

Dolores shifted her gaze between Abbott and Matthew, still trying to understand what they were doing.

“What the hell just happened? Hey, say something!” Dolores hated being ignored.

Matthew handed the phone back to her. “This is so I can find you any time I need to in the future.”

When he tried to contact Dolores that afternoon, it shocked him to discover he didn’t have her phone number. The worst part was that he was extremely and inexplicably unhappy to discover that.

Dolores didn’t take the phone. She stared at him as if she was questioning: So Abbott was so eager to find me, and it turns out to be because Matthew wanted my phone number?

Matthew put the phone on the desk and sighed heavily. “Please, prepare yourself.”

Dolores understood what Matthew meant, the large screen in front of her Matthew used for videoconferencing lit up and a high-definition

top floor of the Flores Group office building, looking

stood below, creating a large crowd. Screams and cries of concern came across the video. Dolores could feel

to look at Abbott.

house anymore but, according to the contract, once you buy the house it cannot be returned. So, now she’s standing on the

“She… Is she really going to

important. Not to mention that she was clearly pregnant. Her choices were no longer just about

money. However, you also know how your father is. If he returns her money, and if the other buyers follow suit and use potential suicide to threaten him, he knows he can’t raise enough money based on his company’s condition to refund all of them,” Abbott

do something but didn’t know what.

stared at her coldly.

a building constructed by the company with chronic collapsing incidents. If the company didn’t do anything soon to resolve the situation and repair its reputation, the Flores Group would have to announce bankruptcy and the judicial

Dolores said as

and

“Abbott, bring some men.”

be a mess, and Matthew didn’t want Dolores to get hurt because of

enraged by the whole scene that had played out in

not being qualified to be Matthew’s lover. He realized he needed to warn Matthew and bring up the situation to him in case something irreparable happened

of WY Group, Dolores was waiting

up to the curb

glance, then pulled open the door and climbed in without hesitation. “We need to head to

savings. Originally, she planned to use the money to buy a house, but now she knew she had no other choice but to use it to save

you can save? If this woman gets money, more and more buyers are going to try this same approach. Can you afford it?” He couldn’t understand Dolores’ reasoning behind her

were policemen at the scene. And, at least to Matthew, it didn’t look like the woman really intended to jump from the building. He assumed she was only using that approach to force Randolph to

money in the eyes of business people like you? That woman is pregnant and if she dies, then so does her child. This is all my father’s fault and, whether or not I like it, I am his daughter…” Dolores trembled and curled her lips into a helpless smile. “I know I can’t save him. But I don’t want to be responsible

eyes on Dolores’ cheek. She was kind-hearted

if Randolph had abandoned her and hurt her, she still chose to help him. It was a senseless act, but Matthew was touched by it

ask Abbott

car in gear and pressed the Bluetooth button at the same time to call Abbott, asking him to bring around

so willing to help. “Oh… Thank you. I

ahead. “We’re a couple now, you don’t need to

to look at him, but he was good at hiding his emotions and she couldn’t glean anything from his expression. So she slowly

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