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

Matthew readjusted his expression, “Since you’re not thrilled, just go back now.”

Dolores’ hands that were on her side were clutched together tightly. She asked with a big mess inside her heart, “Can you tell me why you are doing this?”

Did he know that what he was doing was actually saying ‘I love you’?

She knew that Matthew would never like this kind of woman like her, but she could not understand his actions.

She couldn’t find a single explanation.

Matthew stood up.

Why?

Matthew also didn’t know why; he just knew that he wanted her to go back to where she was from, “You were the one chosen by my mother. I have to live up the expectations from the deceased ones.”

Dolores wanted to laugh, but she couldn’t.

She had no idea about what kind of expression she should be doing right now, be it happy or upset.

“So, just because I was the one your mother who betrothed, you want me to go back?” Dolores was at loss of words; she didn’t know why she was expecting his negative answer.

Matthew turned around, facing behind her, hiding his facial expression in the light refracted from the windows, and agreed faintly.

This was the most expected answer.

But she was disappointed.

She smiled bitterly, “You think I’m suitable for this position? Plus, aren’t you engaged with Maria Herbert? Are you teasing or playing with me now? Is that fun?”

Matthew’s face suddenly tensed up, like a bowstring being pulled behind.

He had been deliberately ignoring that one thing, which was Dolores had been married before and given birth too.

He didn’t want to mention nor think about this thing; since now she had said it out, he had to face it.

“I’m not going to marry Maria. As for your position, nothing is inappropriate,” he said.

Dolores managed to squeeze out a smile, “Nothing is inappropriate? Are you for real?”

Matthew turned around, looking at her, “You’re not a pure woman, nor am I a good man. We’re equally same; we shouldn’t dislike either of us.”

She already knew it; she didn’t understand why it hurt more when she heard it from Matthew’s own words.

He was a normal man, after all. Maria had been with him for so long, it would be weird if nothing happened.

She knew this.

She also understood.

would feel down about

today.” He came here today

Dolores faced somewhere else, not looking at him

Buzz buzz…

was her

“Samuel.”

pick me up from school

She took a glance at the clock on the table,

“Can you come now?”

“Sure.”

wait for

“Okay.”

her files and drawing paper, preparing to leave. And then she realized that Matthew who was

“You’re leaving?”

“Yeah.”

lips, “My son wants me

he was toward

“Bad

me why the kid was so

Dolores understood now.

she refused to answer, changing the topic deliberately, “Don’t you

say that Samuel saw Matthew forcibly kissing her; that was why

looking back at him, “Not

was apparent that she was changing the topic deliberately, but Matthew didn’t expose

“AC University.”

AC University?

kidnap him, it was evident that he was very thoughtful and action-oriented, knowing how to use his advantage from being a child to attract other’s sympathy to

five-year-olds could achieve this kind of

he knew he was smart, he never expected to enroll in AC

about her son, “He’s very smart, he always sounds like

felt like

was proud of

sneered while walking toward his

he said that he didn’t have any feelings for it,

years old; most people already had their own

had to listen to how her wife described how smart and knowledgeable the child she had with another man, it was hard to be

felt that he was very

no one ever

give too much thought to it; instead, she

to go to her son’s school. Samuel was already out of the classroom, waiting inside the

came out from it, and

“Mommy.”

happily when he saw