Entwined Destinies: Captured Hearts

Helen tried to keep calm as she replied, though the tears were welling up behindher eyes,”She is always around you all the time, and if she works for you, lateron, you two will only get closer to each other. I’m scared you’ll begin to developfeelings for her.”

Since there was no point in hiding the truth anymore, Helen decided to comeclean with her intentions to clear Matthew’s doubts. She was doing everythingbecause she was afraid of losing him.

She blinked her huge watery eyes,”You’ve known me for a long time. You knowvery well how much I love-”

Helen stammered slightly while holding back her tears and continued, “I fear theday I would lose you, that’s why-that’s why I decided to meddle in the hiringprocess.”

Matthew frowned and replied, “I’ve already told you that we are going to divorceeach other in one month.”

Helen was completed clear about that. If not for the fact Dolores was the womanfrom that fateful night, she was willing to wait as long as it might take. She’dwaited all those years anyway, so one month was nothing. However, she felt likeher patience was running out. She couldn’t let Dolores become too close toMatthew. She didn’t want that to happen.

“Dolores, this is for table number two. Go serve them.”

Dolores nodded, but there was a nagging pain in her lower abdomen area. Shedidn’t know whether it was because she didn’t sleep well last night, that she hadbeen standing at work for a long time, or a combination of the two.

She carried the tray of food and headed toward table number two, but before shereached the table, she caught a glimpse of Helen. And sitting opposite her-shedidn’t have to wrack her brain to identify him.

Dolores hesitated for a moment but could regain her composure the next second.

She was at her job and couldn’t avoid facing them.

With a polite smile plastered across her face, she greeted them politely, “Yourfood is here.”

When she placed one dish in front of Matthew, he suddenly grabbed her wrist.

“What the hell are you doing here?”

His tone was demanding and chilly. His gaze stayed on her attire. With a whiteshirt, black vest, and short skirt, it exposed her long legs for every man to see.

He stared at her legs for a few seconds, and his expression gradually darkened.

What kind of attire was this? Who was she showing off her body to? She was amarried woman, so why did she have to go to such an establishment to work?

Dolores maintained a formal smile and replied,”I got a job here.”

Matthew knitted his eyebrows slightly, and his anger was palpable. She’d beenpursuing money for that translation job last night, and now she was even takingon a waitressing job. Was the Flores family really so desperate?

“Can you please let go of my hand?”

Dolores didn’t understand Matthew’s actions. She was just earning money forherself.

Helen held Matthew’s hand and whispered,”Matthew, people are staring. Let’stake this outside.”

Nobody knew about Matthew and Dolores’marriage. Helen didn’t want Matthewto let the public know.

Matthew stared at Dolores for several more moments before he could suppresshis anger. He let go of Dolores’wrist.

“I don’t want you to keep working here.”

Dolores could only focus on the nagging pain encircling her belly at everymoment. Beads of cold sweat were already forming on her forehead. She wantedto argue, but her current physical condition wouldn’t allow her to do that. Shecould only pick up the tray and leave.

As soon as she could, she put down her tray and rushed into the bathroom. Thesudden attack of pain scared her out of her wits. Luckily, there was no sign ofblood.

After exiting the stall, she stood by the sink and spoke to her stomach whilecaressing it,”Quiet down, my good baby.”

She needed to earn money to take good care of her mother and the child in herstomach.

Helen walked into the bathroom and, coincidentally, heard Dolores talking toherself. Her gaze was fixated on Dolores’belly, and all color drained from herface.

Dolores noticed the change in Helen’s expression and hastily explained herself.

“The baby doesn’t belong to Matthew, so you don’t have to worry.”

Dolores smiled and tried to step around Helen, wanting to leave the bathroom.

“Your baby is two months old?” Helen turned around and asked.

Dolores stopped in her tracks and turned back to the woman,”How did youknow?”

“I-l can tell based on your baby bump,” Helen replied, thinking of a quickresponse.

Dolores was pregnant all along? And to top it off, the baby could be Matthew’stoo. As expected, she couldn’t let Dolores stay by Matthew’s side any longer.

Helen suddenly had an urge to annihilate this woman from Matthew’s life.

Dolores walked out of the bathroom and was immediately pulled out of therestaurant by Matthew.

She was already uncomfortable and after being pulled around in such a way, shefelt the intense pain returning in full force.

“Let me go!” She wanted to yell at him, but her voice was weak from the pain.

Matthew dragged her to the curb and only then loosened his grip.

He stared at her with a deadly serious look on his face,”If you need money, youcan just tell me. No need for this whole acting in front of me!”

He couldn’t make himself accept the Flores family had degraded to such a state.

A few days ago, he had just seen Randolph toting his family around to splurge inluxury shops. Then there was Dolores, working as a waitress in a restaurant.

Dolores clung to the light post by the road to support herself. If she let go, shewould’ve lost her balance.

She tried to calm herself,”Mr. Nelson, we’re not really a couple. This is allbusiness. You don’t have to be mad at everything I’ve decided to do.”

“You know very well you’re my wife. Do you know you’re embarrassing me bydoing this kind of job?”

Matthew couldn’t understand Dolores at all. He couldn’t understand the motivesbehind her actions.

Dolores pursed her lips hard, trying to endure the pain.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

Just as she was on the brink of collapsing, Sampson rushed toward them,”Lola, Iwas looking for you, but I hadn’t expected you’d really be here. Are you feelingokay?”

As a psychologist, he was extremely well-versed in the workings of the humanbody. Although Dolores was trying to conceal her discomfort, it didn’t gounnoticed in Sampson’s eyes.

Ever since they’d parted ways at the hospital, he’d gone looking for Jessica andlearned of the truth about Dolores’baby. He didn’t know how to describe thefeelings in his heart. It certainly wasn’t pleasant, to say the least.

Why hadn’t she sought help from him if she was so burdened with troubles?

He wanted to look for her, but he hadn’t known where she was staying.

Therefore, he tried his luck at the spot they’d met the day before and luckily wasable to bump into her.

Dolores couldn’t focus on anything else. The pain in her abdomen was too much.

She grabbed Sampson’s arm and pleaded,”Please take me to the hospital now.”

Sampson glanced at her stomach and was about to pick her up when a massivehand landed on his shoulder.

He turned around and saw Matthew’s darkened face,”She is my wife.”

His tone wasn’t particularly strong, but it was intimidating.

It was an obvious threat. Dolores was his wife and nobody could touch her.

Sampson smiled at him, a quite sarcastic one,”You guys are husband and wife?”

Before Matthew could respond, Sampson added,”You guys are only doing thisbecause of an agreement. You’d never marry a woman who is already pregnant.”

Suddenly, Matthew glared at him with narrowed eyes,”Does the child belong to you?”