Chapter 147: Chapter 147



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The pupils of Dolores’ eyes suddenly shrank, in which the sharp dagger was reflected. Apparently, she had already imagined how painful it would be once the sharp blade was plunged into her body…..

Beulah was so close to her, and Dolores was so nervous that she forgot to react.

At the critical moment, a dark shadow lunged at her and grabbed her arm to pull her away. She ran into a warm, strong chest. Feeling dizzy, she spun around.

Then she heard a fierce voice: “Go to hell!”. Beulah’s body flew far away, crashing directly into the legs of the desk. The china and drinks on the table toppled over, falling to the floor with a loud crash.

Matthew looked sharply to the side. “How did he get in?”

Theresa hastened to explain, “She was hired yesterday to clean the salon.”

She too was startled now. Unexpectedly, a cleaner dared to assassinate Dolores.

Dolores came to her senses. Abandoning Matthew’s embrace, she took care of follow-up business calmly. She called the security guards and asked them to take Beulah out of the room. As for why she had shown up here, he would look into that later.

“Theresa, please call someone to clean the floor.”

“Okay.”

“I’m so sorry. An accident just happened. I’m sorry I startled you.” After apologizing to the guests, she led Mathew into the living room.

Mary was standing outside the crowd, witnessing the whole scene calmly.

She felt it was a pity that Dolores was not stabbed to death.

However…

Maria’s eyes looked vicious.

Matthew followed Dolores into the living room.

“Show me your arm.” Dolores looked at his left arm. When she saw him kick Beulah away, the knife in Beulah’s hand made a cut on her arm.

Fortunately, she was not hurt. Perhaps he acted too fast and dodged it.

She checked her arm carefully.

She had not been injured.

“Are you worried about me?” he looked a little moved.

“I don’t want you to get hurt because of me.” Dolores lowered her gaze.

She had thought she couldn’t avoid being hurt today.

To her surprise, Matthew was able to appear in time and protect her in his arms.

She had to admit that she felt moved.

Moreover, she also felt her love for him.

All because of this man.

“Good thing you’re not hurt. I’ll go out and check if it made an impact…”

“Don’t you have anything to talk to me about?” Matthew interrupted her words, with a half-hearted gesture.

“What?” Dolores looked up at him.

She soon understood what he meant.

“A few days ago we met. She told me to invite her to attend the opening ceremony…”

“So you did invite her to come, didn’t you?” His tone sounded very grim and creepy. “Do you know who that is?”

Dolores held her breath, clenching her hands into fists. “Yes, I do.”

“But you’re still in touch with her, aren’t you?” This time she didn’t disguise her unhappiness, her discomfort and disappointment.

“She’s not a bad woman-”

“How long have you known her?” scoffed Matthew. “What benefits has she offered you? Has she bribed you?”

His gaze rested on her wrist. He had never seen her wear any jewelry. At most she wore a watch, which was the only jewelry she owned. He wondered where the jade bracelet came from.

“Did she give it to you?”

Dolores hid her hand behind her. Matthew, however, pulled it out. He stared at the jade bracelet. “Do you like that sort of thing?”

Dolores shook her head. “No.”

“Then why did you keep it?”

“I didn’t have the courage to refuse it.”

There were flames in his eyes, and apparently they were growing fiercer.

“Is it pitiful enough?” He couldn’t understand why she didn’t have the heart to say no.

“No, it isn’t.” Under the circumstances, looking Victoria in the eye, Dolores could not refuse.

“Maybe she had something she couldn’t confess back then.” Dolores tried to explain to Victoria.

Matthew scoffed. “How long have you known her? Now you dare to advocate for her in front of me.”

“I’ve officially met her twice. I haven’t known her for very long. But my intuition tells me she’s not a bad woman.”

The flames in Matthew’s eyes almost shot out, turning this woman to ashes.

How could he plead for Victoria?

In a tone of arctic coldness, he said, “Give it back to her. I’ll buy whatever you want for you.”

“All right,” Dolores agreed immediately. She had planned to refuse this gift. After all, it was very valuable. Just at that moment, she didn’t have the courage to refuse Victoria.

Dolores’ attitude relieved her anger. “From now on, don’t meet her again.”

“All right,” Dolores agreed bluntly.

She didn’t think Victoria was a bad woman and even a good one. However, because of Matthew, she had no intention of getting too close to Victoria.

At least, she would not take the initiative to see Victoria.

Matthew calmed down completely. He drew Dolores into his arms and hugged her. His arms were like a pair of iron pincers, trapping her in his arms tightly.

Dolores felt it hard to breathe because of the tight grip.

Pushing him off her, she said, “You want to strangle me?”

“That’s a good idea. You always make me angry.” Even as he said it, he let go of her a little.

Dolores was able to breathe again. After resting for a while, she asked, “How come Beulah Shaw showed up here?”

She smelled something fishy about this incident.

“Does it have something to do with Randolph Flores?” She showed up because Randolph had shown up.

“I don’t think so.” Matthew twisted the corners of his lips. Randolph was a ruthless man. He’d left Beulah just then-how could he pick up the useless chess piece?

As soon as he’d left her, Randolph hadn’t wanted her back.

They would never work together again.

Remembering the similar scene Beulah had provoked in the past, Dolores frowned. “Isn’t she in jail, how could she get out?”

Matthew raised his hand and on his palm was a slight scar, caused by the wound from back then. To this day, he could still remember how Dolores lunged at him upon discovering that Beulah wanted to stab him.

It was an unexpected move, which also made him remember her deeply.

“I’ll look into it.” His eyes grew sharp.

The last time the woman hurt him, she used some methods, for which Beulah was sentenced to life imprisonment. If no one helped her, she wouldn’t be able to get out.

What happened today was obviously a prelude. She was just a pioneer.

“Don’t go out alone in the last two days.”

“Okay.”

Knock… Knock…

There were several knocks on the door. Then they heard Theresa’s voice. “Excuse me, Lola. The fashion show has started. Please come up on stage.”

Dolores wasn’t going to do the runway, but she had to kick off the show as hostess.

“Okay.” She turned and looked at Matthew. “I’ve got to get out. I don’t think you’d like this kind of occasion. If you’re too busy, please go ahead. Or you can rest here.”

Matthew gave her a slight nod.

Dolores was about to leave…..

“Wait a minute, Dolores.”

“Yes?”

Dolores turned around and looked at him.

Matthew reached up and stroked a lock of her hair and tucked it behind her ear. Without leaving it immediately, he stroked the entire contour of her ear and stopped at the lobe. Her eyes were deep-set. As his warm fingers ran down the side of her neck, he said softly, “You look beautiful.”

Dolores avoided eye contact with him. She lowered her head slightly to cover her flushed face at his words. “I have to go.” After finishing his words, she hurried to leave.

It looked like Matthew was going to do something off limits if she continued to stay.

Matthew could tell that she seemed to be shy at the moment.

A trace of a smile appeared on her face.

“Wow, what have they done in the room, why are they so happy?” Armand and Boyce walked in. Since Dolores was here, they didn’t want to come in to disturb them.

Now that Dolores was gone, they went in immediately.

“You weren’t hurt, were you? It was very dangerous just now.” Boyce said with concern.

“Nothing.” She kept her smile, looking rather sharp. “Please help me check on how the woman got out of jail just now.”

“Sure.” Boyce sat down. “I’ve asked my men to take her back. Please give me a day.”

Armand clicked his tongue, feeling bored. He sat down on the couch, putting his arm around Boyce’s neck. “Let’s go to the ‘Club’ tonight, shall we?”

“You want to get laid?” Boyce shot him a look.

“I want you.”

“Save it. It doesn’t suit you.”

Armand played it cool, reaching out to rub Boyce’s chest. “You’ve never tried. How can you know you don’t suit me?”

“Fuck you!” Boyce shoved him away, flinched because he felt disgust, goose bumps covering his body.

Armand fell onto the couch with all four legs up. Boyce had used too much force.

He sat up, looking at Boyce. “Forget it. How boring. Let’s go out and watch the fashion show. There must be beautiful girls.”

“What else is in your brain but women?” Boyce looked at him. “What a Casanova!”

“I just want to get laid. Why did you call me Casanova? It’s the nature of men, do you understand?” Armand was in no mood to argue with him. “You’re a fool. I don’t want to argue with you. Why… It’s Dolores!”

It was Dolores’ turn to give a speech on stage.

These three men were standing at the back of the audience group. They looked at Dolores on stage across all the heads and shoulders of the audience.

Under the spotlight, the pink dress looked very pretty. The design of the shirt collar exposed her beautiful shoulders. Her luscious and sexy collarbones were lovely. Although she was not wearing a necklace, she looked neat and elegant.

She looked extremely stunning on stage.

Matthew’s eyes were filled with love and pride.

This exceptional woman now belonged to him.

“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I am Dolores Flores, the manager of the LEO Corporation. It is my great pleasure to open a branch of LEO Corporation in B-Town. Thank you very much for attending this ceremony. Please come to our store often in the future.” Dolores curved her lips into a proper bow, looking elegant and confident.

Mary was sitting in the chair, looking at Dolores coolly, curving her lips slightly.

All her cunning was hidden under her skin.

Since what happened last time, she calmed down.

Pulling out her phone, she sent a photo to Dolores’ phone, which was taken when Dolores left room 608 of the MOEN Hotel in Country A. She also added some texts, “Do you want to know who was the man from the night six years ago?”

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