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 him sleeping

here today to

looking at him and pretending

Buzz buzz…

the table suddenly buzzed. It was her son’s

“Samuel.”

me up from school

important than her son. She took a glance at the clock on the

“Can you come now?”

“Sure.”

wait for

“Okay.”

waited for him to hang up first, and then she hung up. She packed her files and drawing paper, preparing to

“You’re leaving?”

“Yeah.”

her lips, “My son wants me to go

hostile he was toward him, and asked, “Did you bad mouth me to

confused, “Bad mouth

me why the kid was so hostile

Dolores understood now.

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

say that Samuel saw Matthew forcibly kissing her; that was why he had a grudge against

to the door, looking back at him,

but Matthew didn’t expose her, leaving

“AC University.”

AC University?

when he set himself up to 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

could achieve

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

was very proud when they talked about her son, “He’s very smart, he always sounds like an adult, taking care of

it felt like light

was proud

walking

that he didn’t have any feelings

most people already

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

felt that he was

most stuff he did, no one ever understood

to it; instead, she just walked

to go to her son’s school. Samuel was already

out from

“Mommy.”

happily when