Snare of Love

Chapter 50: We’re A Couple

Abbott pushed open the door and then walked into the office with Dolores following behind. Matthew

was talking on the phone at the moment and gestured them to keep quiet when seeing them coming in.

Although Dolores urgently and anxiously wanted to know what had happened, she had 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 office desk.

“Give me your phone?” Matthew reached out to her.

“What?”

Dolores widened her eyes. Wasn’t he going to tell her what had happened? Why did he ask for her

phone?

What the hell was going on?

Abbott stood silently aside looking into the sky while praying in heart, ‘God, Helen White, please come

back as soon as possible. If you’re still absent, I’m afraid that Mr. Nelson will be snatched by other

woman.’

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

“No.” Dolores hurriedly produced her phone and then handed it to Matthew, “It has no screen lock.”

Matthew took the phone and slid to unlock the phone. He then opened the Contacts and entered his

phone numbers. Fixated his gaze on the screen with his head lowered, he suddenly moved his fingers

to input ‘Mr. Nelson’ into the Name column.

Dolores always addressed him in this way.

He then dialed the numbers that he saved just now. Soon, his phone which was on the table vibrated.

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

“What the hell had happened? Hey, say something.” It was really not funny to be ignored.

Matthew handed the phone back to her, “Make sure that I can find you at any time in the future.”

When he tried to connect Dolores back then, He found he didn’t have her phone numbers!

This made him feel inexplicably unhappy. Extremely unhappy!

Dolores didn’t take the phone. She stared at him as if she was questioning: So just now Abbott was so

anxious to find her, and this turned out to be because Matthew wanted to save her phone numbers?

Matthew put the phone on the table and heaved a sigh, “Prepare yourself mentally.”

Before Dolores could understand what Matthew meant by saying this, the large screen in front of her

that was used for videoconferencing had lit up and a high-definition video was displayed.

A pregnant woman was standing on the top floor of the office building of the Flores Group and it looked

as if she wanted to jump from the building.

There were police vehicles, reporters as well as onlookers downstairs, making it crowded.

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Dolores could feel the chaos of the scene through the screen.

She stiffly turned to look at Abbott, “What… what’s going on?”

“This woman has bought a house of the building invested by your father, but now there’s a collapse

accident during the construction of the building. Naturally she doesn’t want the house anymore. But

according to the contract, once you buy the house, it cannot be returned. She’s now standing on the

top floor and asserts to commit suicide, trying to force your dad to return the money.”

Dolores gasped and staggered, “She… Was she really going to jump from the building?”

Even if money was important, life was even more important, not to mention that she was now pregnant.

This was not just about her own life.

“Who knows? Maybe this is just an approach to force your dad to return the money. But you also know

about your dad’s characteristics. If he returns her the money, and if the other buyers also follow suit

and use building jump to threaten him, I’m afraid that he can’t raise too much money based on his

company’s condition.” Abbott said coldly as this was none of his business.

Dolores had mixed feelings, “Is there any way to save this situation?”

Abbott threw a wet blanket on her, “NO!”

The situation had deteriorated to the present state, and the Flores Group was bound to be doomed. No

one would be willing to accept the building construction project which had had a collapse accident. If

the crash flow problem remained unsolved, the Flores Group will have to announce bankruptcy and the

judicial department will intervene in this and auction its assets. This was a strong case.

“I have to go to the scene.” She ran out of the office before finishing the words.

Matthew slightly knitted his brows and then stood up and followed her out, “Abbott, bring some men.”

The scene would definitely be in a mess and what if she got hurt again as she had come there rashly.

Just as Abbott was about to replied, Matthew had left the office. Abbott, who was the only one left, was

confused and felt it incredible,

Was the person just now the graceful and arrogant Matthew Nelson?

He hadn’t cared this much about Helen White, right?

Abbott felt restless when he thought that Dolores was not qualified to be Matthew’s lover.

He thought he should give a reminder to Matthew in case that something irreparable would happen in

the future.

Outside the office building of WY Group, Dolores was waiting for cabs by the roadside with an anxious

look.

Matthew, who was driving a car, stopped by her side, “Let me give you a ride.”

Dolores threw a glance at him and then pulled open the door and board on the car without hesitation,

“Please sent me to the bank first.”

She need to withdraw some cashes. Originally, she planned to use the money to buy a house, but now

she had no time to care about this as this was a life-and-death matter.

“How many people can you save? If this buyer gets the money, more and more buyers would ask for

money by this approach. Can you afford it?” Such action was very reasonless in Matthew’s opinion.

There were policemen at the scene. What’s more, it looked like that that woman didn’t intend to jump

from the building. She was just using this approach to force Randolph to return the money.

“Is life less important than money in the eyes of businessmen like you? That woman is pregnant and if

she dies the unborn child will also die. This is the sin that my father has committed and I’m his daughter

after all…” Dolores trembled slightly and curled her lips into a helpless smile, “I know I can’t save him.

But I just don’t want him to commit too many sins.”

Matthew fixed his eyes on her cheek. She was soften-hearted towards Randolph in the end.

Even if Randolph had abandoned her and hurt her, she still chose to give him a favor.

This was obviously a silly behavior, but he was actually touched by this.

“I will ask Abbott to bring money there.” He started the engine and pressed the Bluetooth connection at

the same time to give a call to Abbott, asking him to bring cashes worthy of one million to the scene.

Dolores hadn’t expected that he would do this, “Hmm… Thank you. I will withdraw cashes when we

come back and return the money to you.”

Matthew looked steadily forward, “We’re a couple and you don’t need to be so courteous to me.”

Dolores turned her head to look at him. But he was good at hiding his emotions and she could not

figure out anything. She slowly retrieved her gaze and looked straightly forward.

Around twenty minutes later, they arrived at the Flores Group. Although it was a bit far away from the

scene, Dolores could see the clamorous crowd.

Matthew parked the car by the roadside.

“If you don’t return the money, I will not go.” The pregnant woman, who was standing on the edge of

the top floor holding a flag writing ‘RETURN MONEY’, was confronting the rescuer personnel face to

face.

She looked very emotional, “I’ve spent all the money my parents have saved to buy this house, but in

the end, this turns out to be a building where collapse accident has happened. I will by no means

accept this! Return my hard-earned money! Return money!”

As the pregnant woman was shouting on the top floor, people downstairs also chimed in.

The mother-in-law of that pregnant woman cried out loud at the entrance of the Flores Group, “Even if

the money is lost, we can earn it later.” This mother-in-law cherished the unborn child very much and

her voice broke after a long time of crying.

But the pregnant woman who was on the top floor turned a deaf ear to her words. Relying on her

identity as a pregnant woman, she was forcing Randolph to return the money.

Dolores squashed herself into the crowd. Matthew frowned when seeing her petite figure wandering

through the crowd and then bit his teeth to follow her.

He was carving out a way for her, which was a kind of protection.

The rescue person shouted with a loudspeaker at hand, “Get down there first. It’s negotiable, even if

it’s about money.”

The position that the woman was standing was not suitable for the rescue personnel to take initiatives.

Therefore, some of them could just try to negotiate with her while the others were trying to find out

other means.

Dolores walked over the rescue person who was holding the loudspeaker and asked, “Can I talk to

her?”

The rescue person didn’t dare to hand her the loudspeaker rashly. Who would be held responsible if

this stimulated the pregnant woman and then she jumped from the building?

“It’s useless to say any others if you don’t return the money.” The pregnant woman said in a firm tone.

As they had been stalemated for about two hours, the pregnant woman was soaked in sweats under

the sun.

But she still refused to budge.

“Please trust me. I will not stimulate her.” Dolores begged.

The rescue person hesitated for a while and then handed the loudspeaker to her.

Just as Dolores took the loudspeaker and was about to tell the pregnant woman that she will give her

the money, there suddenly came a scream…