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

Dolores’s thought that was swallowed and restrained was inexplicably triggered by him. Her entire body felt uncomfortable and her face was slightly burning.

Matthew opened her collar and asked huskily, “Will it change?”

Dolores turned her head to look at him and reached out to caress his face. Her voice was soft, “It will become very ugly.”

When she was expecting Samuel and Simona, it changed especially fast in the latter months and turned dark grey.

“No matter what it becomes, I won’t mind.”

Matthew grabbed her hand that was stroking his face. He held her palm, pressed it against the pillow and kissed her lips.

The residual sanity told her that they could not…If they continued, she would only be more uncomfortable.

She mumbled, “The doctor said we can’t…”

His kiss became even wilder as he said in a mumbled voice, “You don’t know how much I want to make you comfortable.”

The body’s need did not diminish but grew stronger. She turned her head sideways, “You stay away from me.”

With the two of them hugging each other like this, the fire simply could not be distinguished. If this continued, they might not be able to resist doing…

Matthew was also trying very hard to control himself. He pulled her hemline down, turned over his body and lay flat on the edge of the bed. Both of them did not say anything and just lay quietly like that.

The clock on the wall kept ticking and time kept passing.

After about ten minutes, Dolores first broke the silence.

“Have you ever resented me in your mind? If I hadn’t gotten close to Victoria, there wouldn’t have been so much trouble.” When Dolores heard Victoria saying about the past, she knew that Jeffery had deep feelings for Jolene. However, she did not expect that Jeffery could be crazy to this extent.

“No. I didn’t understand at first but I know you have your own thoughts.” Matthew’s voice returned to normal without the previous hoarseness.

Dolores turned her body sideways and buried her head in his arms, “You know what? I’ve fallen in love with you and I wish to…” take care of someone whom you can’t take care of.

Matthew held back the joy in his mind, “Are you confessing to me?”

Dolores said, “Sort of.”

He turned sideways and took her head out of his arms, looking at her face.

Dolores caressed her eyelashes, “It isn’t settled yet, is it?”

Matthew kissed her forehead and embraced her in his arms, “It’ll be done soon. You just have to rest and recuperate at ease, don’t worry about what’s going on outside. Don’t take anything you hear to heart too as those may be expedient approaches, you just need to trust me.”

Since he said this, something would happen for sure later but she did not know what exactly it was.

“I trust you.”

to be relaxing to ease the atmosphere as he did not want such a topic to make her worry, “You trust me so much,

you dare to run away,

force was a bit hard and Matthew frowned in pain, “If they were crippled, would you

I would take care of you. I

happened, perhaps she would really do that. Even if he could only lie

give them

on the same bed and after our deaths, we’ll stay in the same coffin. I’m so much elder than you so I surely will die first. When the time comes, don’t forget to tell the children to put me

raised her head to glare at him, “Don’t say all these ominous words. If you

“You can’t find an old man

slightly uglier one is fine also.”

whoever that dares to want you to hell

Dolores was speechless.

people did not bring up that matter again. In the evening, Coral knocked on the door

leaned against the bedhead, “What

every day so she was somewhat looking forward to the dishes every day. She stayed in the ward all day as if she was isolated from the world because other than sleeping,

on the doctor's advice and

time consisted of shredded cabbage, egg yolk with pumpkin, sauteed spinach, yellow croaker soup and steamed tofu.

be good-looking so I specifically went to buy these small plates.” The chopsticks

He glanced at Dolores and said, “It’s true that we

Matthew was

him. He

dishes, “Wash your

the bathroom to wash her hands. Then, he placed her on a chair, sat opposite her and ladled soup for her, “Drink

he let her drink the soup first

scoop and taste it. The things she ate basically did not have condiments and the flavour was the original taste of the ingredients themselves. It was bland and

ones. The bed-sheets and quilt were changed every day. The weather was a bit hot and Dolores’s body could not get cold. So, the air conditioner was not on and sometimes she would slightly sweat. Coral worried that she

Dolores and Matthew had already finished eating. She cleaned up and put the dishes into the lunch box, “I’ll go back tonight. Can I come over tomorrow

there should not be anything that

took his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a

a shower, she put it down, “I’ll leave after cleaning the bathroom. There can’t be water in the bathroom. Otherwise, one might easily slip and fall when going

Coral was very careful. Even if the bathroom was non-slip, she was still

worried about and

“When have you ever done

just need

go back and rest. Let him mop the floor.” Dolores would like

with

becoming more and more like a wife and husband. She said and agreed, “I’m leaving then.” She

was she thinking, “I can