Convenient Marriage: Mr. Nelson's Love Trap

Dolores turned up the heat and refilled the bowl. Matthew then left with the tray.

Since the afternoon, Carol and Jessica had been busy preparing for the reunion meal at night. The whole table was full of delicacies but no one was eating them now. Everyone seemed to lose their appetite.

This time, when Matthew sent in a new serving of dumplings, Jayden only managed to eat two. He said, “Ask… Kevin to come in.”

Matthew went out to summon Kevin.

Kevin’s eyes were reddened and there were moisture in them too. He sat on the edge of the bed and said, “Whatever you want to tell me, I am all ears.”

Jayden began, “I have something to tell you… If I were gone, you must look after them more.”

Kevin knew who he was referring to. He assured Jayden, “Don’t worry. Your child is Victoria’s child, no? His wife and children are naturally my relatives too. As long as I’m around, I will help you to look after them.”

Jayden slowly nodded as if he was satisfied with what he heard.

“I think… I am almost on my way to see her.”

His voice was especially hollow and weak.

Kevin held his hand and for some reason he couldn’t stop shaking. He still had something to say, but all he could manage was to let his tears flow.

Jayden curled his lips slightly and teased, “Why are you crying now?”

Kevin wiped his face and knew that his control over his emotion was deteriorating with his advancing age too. He said, “I don’t want to cry, but I can’t stop myself.”

Jayden was at death’s door, and his mind had transcended everything, “Aren’t humans bound to face this at some point or other?”

It was the natural law of life and death. It was something nobody could alter.

were muddy. However, his mind

and he went to summon

Jayden seemed to be in some limbo for a moment.

out of

said nothing as he silently gazed at

the family, Matthew never had a good relationship with Jayden. Eventually he left home and was rarely back here. This father and son duo had missed a lot

there was

what

had missed too many things,

to grasp something in the air. Matthew bent down to grab the half-extended hand made sure his

“You didn’t have much happy memories when you were growing up, and it’s all my fault… I shouldn’t have concealed the truth from you and allowed you to miss so many things, especially the warmth of a

reveal that secretly honestly long ago, the three of them would have been a

planted those regrets

His regret was deeply-rooted.

let out a faint sigh, but that sigh alone contained all the sorrow

his airway getting

wavered, “Ask Lola to see me. I need to talk

went to summon

sprang to his face. He was really fond of his daughter-in-law, and he wouldn’t worry much about

stood beside Matthew

so I won’t worry… I feel sorry for him. He never knew what a family’s warmth

“He’s my husband, and the father to my children. We are a family, and I will always take care of him, and

sounded breathless as his breathing became intense. Dolores was gripped by fear when

thought that she was composed enough, but every time she spoke, her voice would

as emotional as Dolores, but his body was visibly