Snare of Love novel Chapter 87

Dolores lowered her head in silence, shocked by what Victoria said.

Last time Matthew told her that he had called off the engagement, but Dolores didn’t take it seriously. Much to her surprise, he really had done it.

“After he returned from Country A, he said he wanted to cancel the engagement. His father was quite angry about that. They were not close originally, now they can’t get along at all.”

Thinking of her relationship with Matthew, Victoria also felt helpless.

Clenching her hands, Dolores asked, “How, how did you know?”

She wondered why Victoria was so certain that Matthew only called off the engagement after meeting her.

“He wanted to cancel his engagement so suddenly, so his father was very annoyed. He asked our butler Thomas to look into the matter. Otherwise, I wouldn’t come to you,” said Victoria frankly.

Suppressing the fluctuation in her heart, Dolores asked calmly, “And you came to me today...”

“I don’t mean to do anything, just want to meet you in person. When we asked Thomas to investigate this matter at the beginning, we indeed wanted to stop Matthew from canceling his engagement. However, he had already canceled it in a self-harming way, so nobody could do anything further. He could even break up with a woman who had been with him for so many years. It meant that he had already made up his mind firmly. Even his father could only let him be.” Victoria stared at Dolores.

“I came to meet you just because of my own intention. No one knows about it.”

In her opinion, It must be Dolores that Matthew was so determined to cancel his engagement.

Since she got to know what Matthew had done it for his ex-wife, Victoria became quite curious, wondering what kind of woman his ex-wife was.

She didn’t meet Dolores when Matthew and she first got married, so she came to Dolores as soon as Thomas had found the information.

Dolores was still at a loss. She had thought that Victoria came to her for asking her to leave Matthew, so that he could continue to be engaged to Maria.

But it turned out that her prediction was wrong.

Seeing Dolores look confused, Victoria smiled. “You and Matthew didn’t marry for a long time, so you might not know him very well. No one can stop him from doing what he has determined to do. Originally, Jayden didn’t agree with him to call off the engagement, but he had to compromise at the end.”

Dolores looked down as a faint helpless smile appeared on her mouth corners. It was true that she didn’t marry to Matthew for a long time nor did they get along long enough, but she knew clearly the ways he did things.

Take what happened to her since she returned from abroad this time as an example, if Matthew hadn’t got in the way, she would definitely not have come back.

Obviously, for the thing he wanted to do, he would achieve his goals for sure no matter what mean he used.

“I apologize for disturbing you today.” Victoria stood up. “I’ve been out long enough. It’s time to go home.”

Following her, Dolores also stood up. “Please let me see you off.”

Victoria smiled and didn’t refuse.

Walking out of the office, Dolores saw the decoration materials on the floor outside the door. Afraid that Victoria would trip over, Dolores kindly reminded her, “Watch out.”

Looking at Dolores, Victoria smiled tenderly. Obviously she had a good first impression of Dolores. “I hope you could keep the secret about our meeting today.”

She didn’t get along well with Matthew.

If he knew that she had come to see Dolores, Victoria was worried it would cause some unnecessary misunderstandings.

“I see. I won’t tell anyone.” Dolores agreed.

Seeing Victoria walk out from the store, the driver hurriedly pulled the car’s door open. “Mrs. Nelson, please...”

Victoria bent over and sat in. The driver closed the door for her. Rolling down the car window, she looked at Dolores. “I’ve never seen Matthew care about a woman so much.”

Upon hearing it, Dolores felt bitter and grieved in her heart, as if she had gulped down a cup of broad-leaf holly leaf tea mixed with vinegar. She felt contradictory.

After confirming that Matthew had really canceled his engagement and it was because of her, she couldn’t continue deceiving herself that she felt nothing about it.

However, she herself was uncertain about her feelings for Matthew now.

Victoria wanted to say something but she changed the topic when the words reached the tip of her tongue. “His mother has passed away long ago. He doesn’t like me ... If possible, please take care of him.”

Pursing her lips, Dolores dared not to promise her easily.

‘Taking care of him?’ she reechoed Victoria’s request inwardly.

Even if he had canceled his engagement, it was still impossible for them to remarry.

There were too many people and things that had happened between Matthew and her.

“He has someone else to take care of him. I can’t do it,” Dolores refused.

Victoria heaved a sigh. After all, they were already divorced. It would take time and process for them to remarry. Hence, she changed the subject and said with a smile, “All right. By the way, when will your store be opened? Don’t forget to send me an invitation card.”

“Sure, I will.” Dolores also smiled.

“Let’s go.” Victoria ordered her driver in a light tone.

“Yes, Mrs. Nelson.” The driver quickly started the engine and the car roared away.

Standing in the roadside and staring the receding car, Dolores felt puzzled about Victoria.

From what Coral had told her before, she knew that Matthew didn’t get along with Victoria.

Dolores had thought that Matthew’s stepmother would be the same as Beulah ... they both had pretty faces but were vicious inside. However, after meeting Victoria today, Dolores realized that they were totally different.

Victoria is gentle, elegant, and with great charisma, so different from those flirtatious mistresses.

She was absolutely different.

She almost subverted Dolores’ perception of the mistresses.

“Lola.” Theresa came out from the store, standing beside her. She asked curiously, “Why did she come to you? What did she want?”

If Matthew hadn’t use certain means and failed to cancel his engagement, Victoria should have come here to ask Dolores to leave him.

The funny thing was that she had never been with Matthew.

However, in others’ opinions, she was the initiator of evil that caused Matthew to cancel his engagement.

She was really wronged.

Since Victoria didn’t tell others before coming to see her, Dolores believed that she just wanted to see her for real.

“Nothing much.” Dolores turned to look at Theresa. “How about I treat you for lunch?”

“Great!” Theresa grabbed Dolores and held her tightly. “I’m almost worn out. You even asked me to take care of the interior construction. Shouldn’t you treat me for lunch? It shouldn’t only be a simple lunch but a big meal for you to reward me.”

Although she was bitching about Dolores, she didn’t look like complaining. Instead, she looked delighted.

How could she not to be happy as her lunch was taken care of?

“Sure. Tell me where you want to go,” Dolores agreed. Although she knew that Theresa was kidding, her assistant was indeed tired.

She was the only one who was taking care of the whole store.

“Really? Are you sure you let me to choose where to go?” asked Theresa with a smile.

“Really,” Dolores confirmed firmly, smiling, “I’ll treat you for lunch. How could I deceive you?”

“OK.” Theresa stretched out her small hand and pointed to Kong-Tsing Hotel nearby. “Let’s have lunch in there.”

Dolores fell into silence.

“What now? You hesitate?” Theresa put her arm around Dolores, pressing her chin on Dolores’ shoulder and acting like a spoiled child. “Lola, you can’t be so stingy! You just promised me!”

“Sure, I’ve promised you. I’ll do what I said. Let’s go.” Although she earned a lot of money, she had two kids to feed. For her kids’ sake, she always saved and only spent wisely.

Unless she needed to spend some money for her kids, she would be generous.

She was also stingy to herself.

“Are you sure?” Theresa was just pulling her leg just now. She was clearly aware that all Dolores’ money would be saved except for the necessary expenses.

“Of course. I’ve promised you, haven’t I?” Seeing it was green light, Dolores pulled Theresa to cross the street.

“Lola, I was really kidding. Now Samuel and Simona are growing up, and you need to spend much money on them. I feel guilty to waste it.” Pulling Dolores back, Theresa wanted to head back.

“I wouldn’t become poor after one lunch.” Dolores grabbed back Theresa, approached her, and whispered in her ear, “In fact, I’ve never come to such kind of place alone. I want to run wild today. Let’s see if the domestic five-star hotel is the same as the foreign one.”

She had been to countless restaurants run by five-star hotels, but she didn’t have to pay the bills herself. As a famous designer, she always attended some events and dinner parties, so she could go to such kind of places.

“Then, may I order an Aussie lobster?” Theresa acted as a spoiled child to Dolores.

“Of course...” Dolores laughed. She raised her head and inadvertently found a woman in front of the hotel entrance. With her arms across on her chest, the woman was gazing at Dolores in a gloomy way.