Convenient Marriage: Mr. Nelson's Love Trap

Helen tried to keep calm as she replied, though the tears were welling up behind her eyes. “She is always around you all the time, and if she works for you, later on, you two will only get closer to each other. I’m scared you’ll begin to develop feelings for her.”

Since there was no point in hiding the truth anymore, Helen decided to come clean with her intentions to clear Matthew’s doubts. She was doing everything because she was afraid of losing him.

She blinked her huge watery eyes. “You’ve known me for a long time. You know very well how much I love—”

Helen stammered slightly while holding back her tears and continued, “I fear the day I would lose you, that’s why—that’s why I decided to meddle in the hiring process.”

Matthew frowned and replied, “I’ve already told you that we are going to divorce each other in one month.”

Helen was completed clear about that. If not for the fact Dolores was the woman from that fateful night, she was willing to wait as long as it might take. She’d waited all those years anyway, so one month was nothing. However, she felt like her patience was running out. She couldn’t let Dolores become too close to Matthew. She didn’t want that to happen.

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“Dolores, this is for table number two. Go serve them.”

Dolores nodded, but there was a nagging pain in her lower abdomen area. She didn’t know whether it was because she didn’t sleep well last night, that she had been standing at work for a long time, or a combination of the two.

She carried the tray of food and headed toward table number two, but before she reached the table, she caught a glimpse of Helen. And sitting opposite her—she didn’t have to wrack her brain to identify him.

Dolores hesitated for a moment but could regain her composure the next second. She was at her job and couldn’t avoid facing them.

With a polite smile plastered across her face, she greeted them politely, “Your food is here.”

When she placed one dish in front of Matthew, he suddenly grabbed her wrist. “What the hell are you doing here?”

His tone was demanding and chilly. His gaze stayed on her attire. With a white shirt, black vest, and short skirt, it exposed her long legs for every man to see. He stared at her legs for a few seconds, and his expression gradually darkened. What kind of attire was this? Who was she showing off her body to? She was a married woman, so why did she have to go to such an establishment to work?

Dolores maintained a formal smile and replied. “I got a job here.”

slightly, and his anger was palpable. She’d been pursuing money for that translation job last night, and now she was even taking on a

you please let go of my hand?”

She

Matthew’s hand and whispered. “Matthew, people are staring. Let’s

Helen didn’t want Matthew to let the public

for several more moments before he could suppress his anger. He let

want you

forming on her forehead. She wanted to argue, but her current physical condition wouldn’t allow her to do that. She could only pick up the tray

into the bathroom. The sudden attack of pain scared her out

exiting the stall, she stood by the sink and spoke

care of her mother and the

into the bathroom and, coincidentally, heard Dolores talking to herself. Her

in Helen’s expression and hastily explained herself. “The baby doesn’t

step around Helen,

old?” Helen turned around

in her tracks and turned back to the woman. “How

can tell based on your baby bump,”

As expected, she couldn’t let Dolores stay by Matthew’s side any

of the bathroom and was immediately pulled out of the restaurant

already uncomfortable and after being pulled around in such a

go!” She wanted to yell at him, but her

and only then loosened his

her with a deadly serious look on his face. “If you need money, you can just tell me. No need

few days ago, he had just seen Randolph toting his family around to splurge in luxury shops. Then there was

to the light post by the road to support herself. If she let go,

“Mr. Nelson, we’re not really a couple. This is all business. You don’t have to be