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Dolores was in no mood to talk to her. âNow everything is clear â can I go now?â
Mrs. Meyer hastily waved her hand. âMy mistake. Yes, please.â
Dolores glanced at Matthew. She was quite tired and whispered, âCome on.â
Matthew looked down at her, only to see that the weariness was overwritten on his face. She also looked cheerless. He guessed she must be upset about the affair that had happened.
Grabbing Doloresâ hand that was gripping his arm, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Charles coolly. He warned Charles, âLeave my wife alone in the future. This is the last time. Next time I wonât let it go so easily.â He then turned a cold glare on Tiana and Mrs. Meyer, leaving with Dolores.
As they left the lingerie store, Matthew asked, âWhy did you go out alone?â
Dolores let out a sigh. She said jokingly, âOr what, Iâm asking you to come shopping with me?â
She had no friends and Theresa was the only friend close to her, but she was injured and staying home now. At the thought of Theresa, Dolores felt more depressed.
Matthew turned to give her a look. âWhat do you want to buy? Iâll go with you.â
Dolores wasnât out shopping for herself. She was joking. She knew he was always busy and it couldnât be like a husband from a normal family to go shopping with her either.
She gave Matthew a look with a bright smile and said in a flirtatious tone, âAre you really going shopping with me?â
Matthew lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, laughing. âDonât I look serious to you?â
Charles, leaving the lingerie store, witnessed the scene not far from him, and kept his cool. However, a trace of different feelings passed through his eyes. He realized that Dolores and Matthew loved each other very much.
gαâηÏνððsï¹cðm has it all Mrs. Meyer did not notice Charlesâ expression. She was still surprised that Matthew had married and his wife was already pregnant.
âThe public always calls Matthew Nelson a golden bachelor-how come heâs already married?â
Charles gave her a sidelong glance, powering the wheelchair to leave quietly. Tiana hurried after him. When Mrs. Meyer came to and saw her daughterâs action, she let out a sigh.
Her daughter was not only pure-minded, but she cared very much for Charles and obeyed him very much. If one day Charles left her, he wondered what his daughter should do.
Not that she always had the bad foresight and wished her daughter to have an unhappy life, but in her opinion, her daughter was too naive and did not know how bad a man could be. She did not believe that Tiana knew how to please her husband and win his heart. If this continued, Mrs. Meyer was afraid.
She reminded her daughter, âTiana, slow down.â Then she followed them.
On the way home, Charles had been quiet the whole time, as if he were expressing how unhappy he was in this way.
He noticed that Dolores was quite angry.
She could not be happy since she was being slandered as a woman and watched for amusement by so many curious onlookers.
He had never expected that Mrs. Meyer would be able to stop Dolores from going out in public disparaging her own identity.
That was too much.
The Meyer residence was in a community next to the City B government office building. There was a large park across the street from the government office, so the surroundings were quite pleasant. The community was on the right side of the park, covered by the parkâs forest. It gave you a rather inconspicuous look, but the people who stayed in this community were almost the families of the government officials.
The low-key community had very good facilities and security.
Soon, the car stopped. With Tomâs help, Charles got out of the car. Mrs. Meyer and Tiana also got out of the car.
Meyer and Tiana also got out of the back seat.
It was the first time Charles had come to visit his in-laws with Tiana after their wedding. He was also discussing some business with his father-in-law, Alan Meyer.
Alan was not a businessman, but a government official. He had a professional title in government, so he had a lot of power.
His wife, Maisy, was the third child of the Bailey Family, but she did not grow up in the family. She was raised by her fatherâs sister. She was not close to her parents. It was probably because they hadnât raised her, so she didnât love them at all.
After she married Alan, she became more distant from the Bailey Family. She rarely contacted them.
Her husband did not like the Bailey Family at all, especially his younger brother, Declan, who was always doing bad things. Alan was a man of integrity, a completely different person, so they were not close to the Bailey Family at all.
However, Maisy and Alan loved each other very much. Tiana was their only child. Although their daughter was slow and childish, they never looked down on her. They went out of their way to protect her and did not have a second child.
When Charles got Tianaâs message, he was talking to Alan. Then he ran out. Seeing that they were coming back together, Alan asked him, âWhy did Tiana ask you to come out?â
Charles did not answer, still unhappy with Mrs. Meyer. Although he did not love Tiana, and he really wanted to use the Meyer Family background, but he had never thought of hurting Tiana. He really wanted to keep the naive girl by his side and treat her well.
He didnât like to have suspicion and speculation about him.
Alan realized he wasnât happy with just one look. He turned to his daughter. âTell me, Tiana.â
Tiana told him what had happened at the lingerie store with sincerity. âI couldnât convince Mom at all, so I sent a message to Charles.â
Hearing her words, Charles said, âI married Tiana because of her family background, but I really like her. Sheâs not smart, but sheâs the purest and kindest girl Iâve ever seen in my life. I want to spend the rest of my life with her and, moreover, I want to take care of her to the best of my ability.â He did not love Tiana, but he liked her purity.
He did not like scheming against each other at all. Since he didnât have the destiny with the woman he was in love with, he would rather spend the rest of his life with someone he liked to get along with.
Charles glanced at Maisy, âWhat you did today made me think that you donât trust me at all. I thought you knew me well and that you trusted me so you have accepted me to marry Tina. However, it seems now. Iâm quite upset about it.â
Maisy wanted to explain herself, but couldnât find the right word. After all, she was suspicious of Charlesâ character.
âItâs all right. I was too reckless this time. I wonât do it again next time, okay? You canât just focus on my mistake all the time.â Maisy was pretty open-minded. Since she had made a mistake, she admitted her fault even though she was a senior citizen. âIâll go apologize to Mrs. Nelson another day. After all, I have disgraced her in public.â
As he spoke, he added, âWho could have known that woman was Matthew Nelsonâs wife?â
Charles was not an unreasonable man. He respected the Meyer couple very much.
After a momentâs thought, he said, âI donât think itâs appropriate for you to go there in person. Youâre an elder. I will ask Tiana to go on your behalf. She is about the same age as Mrs. . Nelson. It is good for her to go there.â
Charles had his own goal: he wanted Tiana to become a close friend of Dolores.
He didnât want to get close to Dolores by taking the opportunity, but just wanted to see her more often.
Maisy thought her words actually made sense. It was a bit humiliating if she was going to apologize as an elder. Her daughter could go on her behalf.
However, she was worried that Tiana couldnât do it because she didnât know how to socialize.
Charles realized what was worrying her, so he said, âMom, donât worry. Mrsâ¦. Nelson is very nice. She wonât make it hard for Tiana.â
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