Snare of Love

In Herbert family…

Maria tossed and turned in her bed, unable to fall asleep. She looked at her cellphone for a while but there was no call or any message coming in.

Finally, she couldn’t bear it. She got up holding her phone, thinking about it. She couldn’t stop herself from making a call.

Her hands were trembling with nervousness and excitement as she held the phone.

She had installed a camera in that room that day, even Sampson didn’t know.

Now, this was her only card that she could use to threaten Matthew.

If he cared about Dolores, he was not going to just watch an erotic video of her being stripped circulate the internet.

Matthew looked at his phone, his finger hovering over the screen in conflict. Just as the call was about to disconnect, he picked it up.

“Ah, Matthew!” Maria said in surprise.

She thought Matthew was not going to answer her call.

Matthew did not respond. Her happiness or anger could not influence his mood.

Slowly, Maria calmed down. Holding the quilt in her hand, she clenched and relaxed it a few times before she spoke, “Did you see the video? Brilliant, right?”

Matthew’s eyes were half-closed lazily; the storm in them was silent.

“Let’s meet, I booked a room at the S&H Hotel, room 108. I am waiting. You don’t really need to come, but I promise the video of Dolores will spread everywhere online and become the object of obscenity for every kind of men.”

After saying that, she hung up. Her heart was still beating fast.

She was nervous.

But thinking about meeting Matthew she became very excited.

She got up from her messy big bed and ran to the closet barefoot to find the clothes to wear tonight.

Her closet was full of expensive skirts and dresses; she still couldn’t find anything that would suit this moment; none of them felt pretty enough.

But now it was too late to go shopping. She could only take out the clothes one by one and try them on.

She looked excited, like a young girl in love going to meet the man she had long admired. She wanted to look more beautiful and show the most beautiful appearance of herself in front of him.

To make him amazed and fall in love with herself…

for Matthew to fall

Coral. Coral’s expressions

head in embarrassment

she

stand

ready soon.” Carol called from

didn’t hear

out at dinner

the initiative to run up to Matthew to sit beside him,

went to pick her up, “You will be

was afraid if they stayed there for a longer period of time, Simona would not want to

a good thing; after all, Matthew

will sit with my daddy.” Simona said clinging on to Matthew’s arm

one could separate her from

“Simona…”

her sit with

pondered for a moment and then said, “Don’t mind

just think of this as your home. I really made you unhappy

towards him had always been very lukewarm and Matthew

knew, Jessica decided to not hide it anymore, “You and Lola are already divorced. There is no reason for me to bother you

you have some misunderstanding.” Matthew didn’t rush to explain, he said

at Dolores, “Me and Dolores didn’t apply for a divorce certificate,

looked at her daughter in

Dolores nodded honestly.

this information really incredible. She had always thought that Matthew and Dolores

husband and wife by law.” The subtext told Jessica that it was reasonable,

wasn’t going to eat dinner at home, but he didn’t want Jessica to feel uncomfortable living there so he had told her about

you not going to eat at home?” Dolores asked him but immediately regretted it; it seemed a

to stay in that room. Samuel is there too,

arranged it well, Dolores was grateful. She nodded and

polite with me.” He put emphasis on the first part of the sentence. While saying that to Dolores, he was also saying it to

Simona kept clinging to his arm, “Where are you going? Can I

looking up

little

disappointment. She wanted

he left and never

would have no

couldn’t let him leave

coaxed her, “Do you