In the villa…
“Alas-” everyone heaved a sigh.
Victoria was whimpering, trying to use her hand to cover the pain again. Her sobbing from time to time
finally turned into a continuous low cry. Her eyes were closed. She bit her fist with her teeth, trying to
stop the sob.
As a man, Jayden had good composure and could keep his emotion steady. Helping up Victoria, he
said, “Let’s go home. You are still in poor health.”
She looked up to suppress her tears. “I want to stay here-”
Before she could finish her words, she realized that she had acted recklessly. Based on Matthew’s
personality, how could she allow her to stay here?
Jayden knew what was in her mind. “We can come over often to see the kids.”
Victoria was still worried. She was quite emotional. “How could he be such an asshole? Didn’t he know
what he had done?”
Matthew’s reaction implied that he had really known that he was the father of the two kids.
She could tell that Matthew was far sadder than anyone else in this room just now.
“Tell me. How could I rest assured?” Victoria sighed. “He’s always a smart guy. How could he make
such a stupid mistake?”
Jayden patted her on the shoulder. “I believe he’ll figure it out himself. Listen to me. Let’s go home. If
you want to see the kids tomorrow, I’ll take you here again.”
To persuade Victoria to go home with him, Jayden continued, “If Matthew’s not at home, you can take
them back to our house for a whole day as well. Now we have two lovely grandchildren, we should be
happy. Why are you crying? It’s not good for your health either.”
Victoria knew he was happy. Wiping her tears, she said, “I just felt so sorry for the two kids and also
Dolores. As a single mother, she took care of the two children...”
“It’ll be better in the future.” Jayden heaved a sigh. “You’ve worried too much. Listen to me. Let’s go
home first.”
Jayden helped her up. Victoria knew that she wouldn’t be able to stay. What Jayden said made sense -
they could come here to visit the kids when Matthew was away, or they could take the kids back to their
own house.
Thomas trotted ahead to open the door for them.
Coral sat on the sofa, staring at Jessica. “You shouldn’t have hidden it. You should have told the truth.
Although you are quite unhappy, you shouldn’t have hidden it for such a long time for the sake of the
children,” Coral complained.
Jessica looked down. If she had known it earlier, she would have told them the truth.
She also expected that the children would have a father.
However, Dolores said that man was a local that night. It had been a long time and nobody had
mentioned it. Nobody had connected Matthew with the kids.
Jessica didn’t explain it to Coral. After all, it was her daughter’s privacy.
She couldn’t expose it.
If Coral misunderstood, it was alright.
Coral could tell that Jessica’s mood was quite down as well. Hence, she didn’t continue.
The breeze blew and the moonlight was obscure.
Samuel was sitting in the car quietly. Looking out of the window and seeing the landscape passing fast,
occasionally, he closed his sister’s collar. He comforted her, “We’ll see Mommy pretty soon.”
Matthew noticed Samuel’s action from the rear-view mirror, his Adam’s apple bobbing, feeling a stream
of heat going through his throat.
No matter how smart Samuel was, he was just five. He was so sensible and good at taking care of his
sister. His sensibility made Matthew’s heart ached.
He still remembered this little guy despite getting to the danger just for revenging for Dolores. Even
until now, the wound on his head was still not recovered.
This boy...
No word could describe how Matthew was feeling now.
He was always mature and steady, but now he was in a panic.
Soon the car had arrived at LEO Corporation. The door of the store was closed. There was no light in
it. Dolores wasn’t there. Matthew looked down to check the time - it had been two hours after Dolores
said she would come here. Now she was not in the store. Where had she gone?
He pulled out and dialed Dolores’ number, but he got the same reply: “I’m sorry. The subscriber you
dialed cannot be connected for the moment. Please try later...”
He frowned deeply. Carefully thinking of Dolores’ behaviors back then, he could tell that she was quite
different from the usual.
In the daytime today, she hid from the crowd and cried in secret.
He wondered what on earth had happened.
The more he thought about it, the worse his hunch became.
He looked through Abbott’s phone number. Shortly, he stopped. Then he dialed Boyce’s phone number.
Beulah suddenly appeared today and Dolores was missing now, seemingly they were connected.
Boyce was in charge of Beulah’s matter. Hence, it would be more convenient for him to find out if
Dolores’ disappearance had something to do with it.
Soon the call was connected. “Where are you now?” Matthew asked.
Boyce was taken aback. He was surprised because of Matthew’s attitude because Matthew sounded
quite anxious. Boyce could feel it even he was on the other end of the line.
Hence, he was not used to it.
Looking back at the forensic doctor doing an autopsy, he said, “I’m still in the mortuary, investigating
the cause of Beulah Shawn’s death.”
Matthew hung up the phone. When he was ready to go there, he realized that he still had two kids in
the backseat.
He couldn’t take them to such kind of place.
“Where is my Mommy?” Samuel blinked. The door of the store was tightly closed, and their Mommy
wasn’t seen at all.
Matthew didn’t know how to explain. “I’ll drive you guys home first. Then I’ll go look for your Mommy. All
right?”
Samuel frowned, looking much alike Matthew when he frowned just now. He asked again, “Where is
my mommy?”
She was a grownup and couldn’t be missing. He wondered if something dangerous happened to her.
At the thought of it, Samuel inhaled deeply. “Is my mommy missing? You can’t find her either, can you?”
The boy was way too sensitive. Matthew couldn’t hide anything from him at all.
He looked at Samuel. “I’ll find her for sure.”
Samuel clenched his small hands into fists, his eyes reddened. “Maybe you don’t like my mommy. But,
for the sake that Mommy has given birth to us, you must find her and guarantee her safety. Perhaps
you don’t want to recognize my sister and me, but your blood was also on us. For the sake of this
connection between us, please make sure to find my mommy.”
Matthew looked away, his hand supporting his forehead. Most of his face was hidden under the
shadow. He said in an extremely hoarse tone, “Why do you think I dislike your mommy and don’t want
to recognize you guys?”
“If you like Mommy and love her, you wouldn’t have divorced her.” As he spoke, Samuel lowered his
head and looked at the tip of his toe. “No other man has appeared around my mommy. Just now, after
you read the test result, you didn’t believe that we are your children. You’ve hurt us as well as Mommy.”
As Samuel felt speaking, the whole compartment quieted down.
They all could hear each other’s breath, which was slight but quite chaotic.
After a long while of silence, Matthew finally could find his tongue. His voice was out of tune.
“No. I didn’t mean to not recognize you. As for the divorce-”
He couldn’t explain it clearly. It was he who proposed it.
He had nothing to explain.
“I understand,” Samuel said like a grownup. “It’s normal for a man to love the new and loathe the old. I
originally wanted to find Mommy a man, who’s more handsome, richer than you are, but I couldn’t find
this man so far. I’ll continue trying my best.”
Matthew was speechless.
He wondered if this was truly his son.
What a good son!
He turned to look at Samuel. “I’m your father.”
“Biologically.”
Matthew was rendered speechless again.
“You and Mommy have divorced. My mommy has the right to find a new husband.”
Matthew felt helpless.
He pressed his lips. “Hasn’t your Mommy told you? We hadn’t received the issued divorce certificate. In
the name, we’re still a couple.”
What the heck?
Samuel gaped. Didn’t Mommy get the official divorce certificate yet?
He wondered how they got divorced back then.
“How could you adults do such imprecise things?” Samuel was quite annoyed. If they still have the
marriage certificates, they were still a legal couple. How could he find a better man for his Mommy?
“Samuel, where is Mommy?” Simona tugged the hemline of Samuel’s shirt, feeling quite sleepy. “I’m
too sleepy. I want Mommy to hold me and sleep.”
“I’ll send you guys home first.” Matthew restarted the engine, driving back home.
Soon they had come back to the villa. On the way, Simona had already fallen asleep in Samuel’s arms.
Matthew pushed the door open and got off the car. Opening the rear door, he bent down and held
Simona in his arms. It was not the first time he was holding Simona, but he felt quite different than
before.
His heart couldn’t help trembling, and his fingers were also shaking. She was his daughter, his blood
was in her body.
She was born by Dolores for him.
Her little body was so soft. His heart had become extremely softened.
Samuel didn’t want Matthew to hold his sister. However, he couldn’t be able to hold Simona up. Hence,
he could only let Matthew hold her.
He followed Matthew tightly, afraid that he would steal his younger sister.
“Please send her to my room,” said Samuel.
Matthew turned around and looked down at him. The short little boy was looking up at him right now,
afraid that he would steal his younger sister.
Since he would go out again to look for Dolores, he didn’t plan to put Simona upstairs, because it was
inconvenient to take care of her.
He walked into Samuel’s room, put Simona in his bed, and tucked her in the quilt.
Simona’s face looked ruby probably because she fell asleep in the car, where the air was enough fresh
enough. Her eyelashes were curly and thick, just like butterflies kissing on her eyes.
She pouted, sleeping soundly.
Matthew stroke her cheek, her skin tender and smooth. He was about to bent over to kiss her forehead,
but Samuel pushed him away. “She’s my sister.”
As if he was declaring the ownership, he told Matthew that Simon belonged to him. Matthew couldn’t
kiss her.
“She’s also my daughter.”
“You never raised her.”
Matthew failed again in front of Samuel.
Thinking that Dolores was still missing, he said to the little boy, “Take good care of your sister.”
“I will.”
Matthew wanted to rub his head, but he didn’t reach out. After taking a glance at them both, he turned
around and walked out of the room.
Since nobody had dinner, Coral recooked some food. Seeing Matthew coming out, she said, “Mr.
Nelson, please eat something.”
“They are in the room. Please take good care of them,” Matthew said. He was not in the mood to eat.
“All right,” Coral agreed, “Don’t worry. I’ll take care of them.”
Matthew turned around and looked at the tightly locked door. Then he strode out of the villa.
As he walked, he called Abbott. Soon the call was connected.
“Send me a few skillful and trustworthy bodyguards to the villa.”
Dolores was suddenly missing. He didn’t think it was quite simple. Now the two kids were staying in the
villa. Without enough bodyguards to guarantee security here, he wouldn’t rest assured.
“Sure. When?”
“Tonight.”
That soon! Abbott curled his lips. It was such short notice.
“What? Can’t you do it?” Matthew’s voice became cold.
“Well... I’ll send my men over in an hour.” Abbott braced himself up.
Matthew hung up the phone and sat in his car. He would head to the detention house of City B.
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