Chapter 550: Chapter 550



Dolores was now talking in a hurry and not thinking deeply about it. The more anxious she was, the harder it was for her to explain and she couldn’t say anything. She had no idea how to explain to Armand that she knew the person Declan.

Besides, she had only heard about him from Matthew and he was a person she had never met.

“Declan went to C-Town to look for her,” Matthew said out of the blue.

Armand immediately became agitated, “Why did he go looking for Dolores? It’s because…”

Armand didn’t finish his words as he knew Dolores was also listening to him.

Since Declan’s affair happened because of Jeffery, he would mention Jeffery when he talked about Declan’s affair.

There was a rest area in front of them. Matthew let Armand drive. Armand followed his instructions, drove to the area and parked the car in the parking space. Dolores woke her two children and let them get out for some fresh air.

Amanda rubbed her eyes groggily and said to Dolores, “Mom, I want to go to the bathroom.”

Dolores took a wet handkerchief to wipe her face. Soon, the little girl woke up, “I’ll take you there.”

There were not many people in the rest area at night. She took her daughter by the hand and led her to the bathroom. Andrew had not fully awakened. He was lying in the car and wouldn’t get out of it. Matthew opened the car door on his side and asked him if he wanted to go to the bathroom.

He opened his eyes slowly and shook his head. She said, “I’m a little hungry.”

“Come on, I’ll take you to get something,” Matthew said.

She got out of the car, reached out and took Matthew’s hand. He cocked his head to one side and asked, “Dad, when are we coming home?”

Matthew looked at his watch and said, “Soon.”

The main meal was not for sale at the store at that time. There were only some snacks, Andrew wanted to eat the Kanto food, “Let’s get some for Amy and Mom too.”

He spoke thoughtfully and then added a sentence, “Dad, are you hungry? Let’s buy this for Armand too, he must be tired after driving for a long time.”

Matthew stroked his head and was relieved. He thought it was good that his son always thought of others.

Afterwards, he also bought corn, bun and some drinks.

There weren’t many things to buy there for the night.

Armand came back from the bathroom and then took the dog out of the car to let him walk. He stood by the car and did some exercise. His body had become stiff after sitting too long.

“Armand.” Andrew handed him the food they had just bought, “You can eat some to fill your stomach. Since you haven’t had dinner, you must be hungry now.”

Armand reached out to take it. Then he sighed, “You’re much more human than your father.”

Matthew lifted his head and glanced up. Armand squinted with his mouth and was silent.

Andrew was eating a skewer of fish balls. It was soft and chewy. He thought it was delicious and passed it to Matthew, “Dad, you try one too, it’s delicious.”

Matthew tightened the cap on the water bottle and bent down. Then, he bit into a fish ball and ate it in his mouth with his son’s hand holding it. Just as Armand was about to ask him if Declan was going to get Dolores for revenge, Matthew’s phone rang. He pulled it out and glanced at it. It showed the caller’s name, Boyce. He had texted him almost an hour ago and only now Boyce was calling him.

He stepped aside to answer his call.

“What happened?”

On that end, Boyce felt a twinge of guilt and said, “Sorry, I didn’t go to C-Town. I had some things to do here temporarily and my phone stayed in the car, so I only saw your message.”

Matthew could understand that and didn’t intend to blame him. He had to do his job and he couldn’t be free all the time. He looked at Armand and turned to Boyce, “Declan caught Theresa.”

“What?” Boyce really hadn’t expected it to happen and couldn’t understand how Declan knew about Theresa. Even if he did know, Theresa had changed her appearance, so how did he manage to find her?

“What’s going on, did he kidnap her in C-Town, why did he take her?” asked Boyce.

Matthew didn’t know the details either, but it wasn’t hard for him to guess. Since Declan was able to kidnap Theresa, that meant he must have known about Dolores. It was certain that he was the one who did the photo thing.

He must be trying to provoke the relationship between him and Dolores. Maybe he wanted to kidnap Dolores, but he didn’t have the opportunity to do it. He couldn’t find her because Dolores had come to White City, so he simply kidnapped Theresa after learning of her relationship with Dolores.

Basically, he had guessed the truth. However, Matthew didn’t know that Declan wanted to provoke and destroy their relationship, but he didn’t succeed. Then, he planned to lure her, but his plan was also destroyed by Oscar. Finally, he had no other choice and wanted to catch her. He had found out where Dolores was staying, so he managed to send her pictures.

He asked Juan to get people to kidnap her. However, Dolores was not there. Thus, they only managed to get Theresa. They might think that since Theresa lived with Dolores, the relationship between them must also be very close.

When he investigated Dolores, he learned that she had a friend, Theresa, with her. However, Theresa had changed her appearance now, so John simply assumed that Theresa was another friend of Dolores.

“What can I do now?” Boyce was a little chagrined. He felt that, if he had gone to C-Town, maybe Declan wouldn’t make it.

He felt sorry for Armand.

“Come to the villa and wait for me there at six.” He predicted they might be back at the villa at that time.

Boyce said yes.

After hanging up the phone, he walked over. They were still standing and eating in front of the car. The hood served as a table for them.

He walked in and was surprised to see that the food was getting more and more plentiful.

“Mom had bought too,” Andrew explained to her at the mention of her confusion.

Dolores didn’t know that Matthew had already bought something to eat. So, she also bought some food because she was also feeling a little hungry. Maybe she was pregnant and her baby was growing, she just felt hungry when she didn’t eat something.

Almost all of the few types of food were bought repeatedly. Dolores put a piece of dried bean curd in her mouth, “You eat too. There’s too much food here and it’s a waste if you can’t finish your meal.” Matthew was speechless.

He thought she was worried that he was hungry. However, it turned out that she was afraid of wasting the food and so she gave him food…..

Dolores didn’t know he was thinking so much in his mind. She brought the dried bean curd close to him and pressed it against his lips. Then she spoke in an authoritative tone, “Eat it.”

Matthew opened his mouth and ate it. Before he swallowed it, Dolores handed him another string of crab meatballs, “Open your mouth.” Matthew was speechless.

He hadn’t even finished eating it.

“Hurry up, we’ve stayed here too long. You have to eat fast.” urged Dolores.

Matthew opened his mouth and meant that, even if he could eat fast, he had to chew it before swallowing. He couldn’t swallow it all, could he?

However, Dolores merely shoved a few more meatballs into his mouth just as he opened his.

Matthew was speechless again.

Dolores also realized that she was too eager. She hurriedly handed him water. Matthew drank the water. He swallowed the food in his mouth before taking a sip of water. He used the water to wash the taste out of his mouth. Then, he asked, “You want to beat me to death, don’t you?”

“No.” Dolores feared he wasn’t used to eating that food.

After all, it was not a good thing to eat. However, they couldn’t have any more demands there and it was already good that they could eat something to fill their stomachs at that moment.

Dolores tugged his sleeve and whispered, “Don’t be angry.”

Mathew didn’t get angry. His wife was feeding him. Therefore, he had to eat it, even if he might choke to death. Seeing her look of admitting his mistake at that moment, how could he bear to blame her?

He pretended to be angry, “I’m going to punish you when we get back.” Dolores was speechless.

Some of the food they didn’t finish eating they used to feed Cotton. They had stopped there and had been delayed for more than half an hour.

It was early morning when they returned to B-town.

Matthew just drove back to the village. His two sons had not slept well or eaten well in the car. Coral, at the villa, could take care of them. Then he could relieve himself and went to take care of Theresa’s business.

Coral was happy to see them all back. She had a big smile on her face and hugged the two children. She took a look at Dolores’ belly and said that the time had gone by so fast.

Matthew asked Coral to help the two children shower and change clothes as there were clothes for both children. After that, he and Dolores went upstairs.

Since he was going to meet Declan, he had to shower and change clothes.

Dolores sat by the bed and waited for him.

After a while, the water in the bathroom stopped running. Soon, the bathroom door was flung open and Matthew stepped out with a white bath towel wrapped around him. He looked at Dolores, “You haven’t slept all night, go get a good night’s sleep now. Let Coral cook whatever you want to eat.”

After saying that, she went to the closet to put on her clothes.

Dolores sat there for a while. Then, she got up and went to the checkroom. She had put on her shirt and pants and was buckling her belt. She came in and picked up his suit to help him put it on. Then she grabbed a tie from the rack that matched his attire and gently tied it for him. As a fashion designer, she not only knew about women’s clothing, but she also knew a lot about men’s clothing.

Matthew raised his eyebrows as she rarely “served” him so gently.

“Is something wrong?” he asked.

Dolores helped him fix his shirt collar. She stroked the flattened, ironed collar and then spoke softly, “Promise me you’ll bring Theresa back unharmed no matter what happened.”

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