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

Samuel lowered his head and said nothing.

Dolores frowned, “Say something.”

Samuel rubbed his hand on another, “He did something bad to mummy, so I need to kick his ass for mummy.”

Dolores frowned harder. Samuel had been stressing the fact that Matthew was hurting her before too.

He...

Suddenly Dolores opened her eyes wide. Did Samuel see that Matthew forced himself on her and kissed her?

“Samuel...”

Dolores didn’t know how to explain to Samuel.

Samuel firmly patted his own chest and said, “Mummy, though I and Simona don’t have a father, I am a man now. I will protect you.”

Hearing Samuel say that they didn’t have a father, Dolores felt like her heart was suddenly stung by something. It was a fact that she had been purposely ignoring.

She didn’t want to mention this.

She thought that as long as she loved them very much, they would forget that they didn’t have a father.

However, when the matter was suddenly mentioned by her son, she could only feel her chest hurting silently.

She hugged her son and lowered her head to kiss on his hair. Though he was indeed smart, he was only five years old, which made him still a kid.

But he said he would protect her.

Her hand rubbed on Samuel’s back, “It is mummy who should protect you...”

Samuel disagreed and shook his head, “It should be men who protect women. I am a man, so I will protect you.”

“...”

Dolores didn’t know what to say. She looked at her son and thought how old he was and why he was chauvinistic in personality already?

“Who taught you?” Dolores frowned and asked.

Samuel blinked his big eyes and thought for two seconds, “My teacher.”

Dolores carried her son to take him to a bath while thinking on the inside whether she should go talk to his teacher.

Was it appropriate to tell such a young child such things?

“Mummy, actually my teacher is handsome and he is good to me...”

“Stop!” Dolores interrupted her son. He was such a little child, how could he have such complicated thoughts?

Samuel muttered, “Even though you don’t think for yourself, I have to.”

“...”

now on,

“Why?” Samuel asked.

no why. This is my decision. Didn’t your teacher tell you to listen to and do

His teacher did say that children should listen

said that mummy was very tired trying to raise him and his

he shouldn’t make his

if he had a father, mummy

And he

him

father must be an irresponsible man who had abandoned

hands to hug

stream of warmth was traveling through her heart. It was like a spring

worth it. Seeing her two kids being so adorable and

Samuel on his cheek, “Mummy

during the day, at

tugged them to sleep since they

busy during the day and didn’t have much time to accompany the kids. So at night she was closest to

She told them stories.

her chest, which made her feel on top of

were families bonded

work, Samuel wanted to follow her. He said he wanted to protect her. He looked quite determined and didn’t accept “NO” as an

though Dolores wanted to reject him,

of danger will I face when I am working?” Dolores was

needed to be protected by

He almost blurted out what

he was a little kid, he

couldn’t persuade him. She agreed to take him to work.

safety belt and closed the car door. When she was about to sit on the driver’s seat, she noticed someone

offend anyone

peek at people under

think too much

at home and

through the rearview mirror, Dolores accidentally found the car

tightly. If it was her illusion before,

felt like her heart was grabbed by

to

morning, so

her son from any danger, she slowed her car. When she arrived at the

the car and asked Samuel to get out too. Then they entered

the man following her was planning something evil, he dared not to just

and ensured Samuel would

out who was stalking her and

was black film on the car windows, so Dolores couldn’t see who was inside. She

the window didn’t descend

me all the way here and got caught up now.

Dolores but he was in a rush and hadn’t gotten much sleep these two days. He slept in the car last night. So he wasn’t mentally fine. And

hands and rubbed them on it,

the window and smiled, greeting, “Long time no