"Help me take good care of the two of them."
This was his only request.
Sean nodded sternly, "Don't you worry."
"Ugh--" At this time, Matthew's talking sound seemed to have awoken Dolores up. Following a gentle
squeal, her body started to move as well. Matthew hung up the phone, held her in his arms, and tapped
her back, "Hey, it's fine, go back to sleep."
It wasn't sure if Dolores was awake or not. She stopped moving after she heard Matthew's words and
nestled in his arms.
Matthew looked down and touched her face with his broad and thick palm. Her face was cold and tiny.
His quivering eyelids were hidden under the dim lights. He was hesitant with his touch, and his motions
were affectionate and gentle as if afraid that he might hurt her if he touched her.
This woman was making him lose control and making his blood boil.
Matthew stayed beside Dolores the whole night. At dawn break, Matthew received a text from Boyce
asking him to watch the news.
The case of a murder in the bar was reported on all media platforms.
It became the headlines. The rumours and speculations were all over the place.
A one-minute video circulated the internet. The video was about Dolores holding a gun and fire a
gunshot at Sampson.
The comments section was almost unanimous. Everyone was saying that the murderer must pay with
her life, while some others were ridiculously saying that it was a love killing, that the man had betrayed
the woman, and so the woman killed him with a gun.
All kinds of rumours began to fly all over the place.
If the rumours continued to develop, things would become more and more serious.
Matthew made a call back home and requested for Coral to come to the hospital to take care of
Dolores. Then, he called Abbott and ordered him to transfer the security guards from the office to the
hospital as well. He was afraid that the news reporter might know that Dolores is in the hospital right
now, and they would harass her.
Before he got his hands on Chloe, he must control the current situation first, and he definitely would not
allow these harmful rumours of Dolores to continue to spread like this.
Otherwise, it would be even harder to wind up all these matters in the end.
He got back to the company and ordered the public relations department to pursue the responsibility for
the released video. For now, the police department had yet released a public statement, therefore this
video would be categorized as unconfirmed news. Since they had widespread this unproven news,
they could sue them for rumour spreading, pursue their civil liability as their actions had already caused
defamation and bodily harm towards Dolores.
Everyone in the company knew about Dolores. When this news broke out, everyone was cautious in
case they accidentally anger Matthew.
Since he came into the company in the morning, Matthew had been non-stop giving orders.
No one in the company dared to discuss this matter. They didn't even dare to watch the news.
The news was so big; therefore, Sean already knew about it even if he didn't step out of the house. He
confiscated all of Samuel's internet browsing tools, afraid that he might see the news on the internet.
Now he finally understood why Matthew didn't come back home last night, and why did he ask him to
stay at his home.
Sean was thinking of a way to go out. Then, he saw Victoria and Jayden was trying to go out. He
stopped them, and said, "Did you two see the news?"
Victoria nodded. They were preparing to go meet Matthews and ask him what all this was about.
"You two stay home and take care of Simona and Samuel. Let me go find Matthew. You won't be able
to help him too if you go find him, so you can do him a favour by taking care of these two children. I
have some knowledge of the internet so I should be able to help him. Let me go find him first."
Victoria gave it a thought and felt that Sean had a point. If she really went to find Matthews, she might
not be able to provide any help, and no one would be taking care of the kids if Sean leaves the house.
She looked at Jayden, "Why don't you go with Sean? I'll stay behind and look after the two children."
Jayden nodded and said, "Call me if there's anything."
Victoria replied to him, "Okay."
Sean took out the car keys, "I'll drive."
"What's the matter with you people?"
Samuel could tell that there's something wrong with everyone's expression.
Victoria went over to coax him, "Something is going on at your daddy's company which is causing
some conflicts. They are just going over to see the situation. Don't worry, have faith in your daddy. He
will be able to handle it."
Victoria purposely told him that it was about Matthew's company. Samuel was not as easy to coax
compared to Simona. This child was more sensible, so he would probably not believe her if she told her
that nothing had happened.
"Then why is mommy not back yet?"
Simona asked.
Samuel sat on the side and lowered his eyes. If this was really about Matthew's company, then why did
Sean need to take away his tablet?
Victoria held Simona in her arms, "Your daddy has to stay at the company to handle those matters, so
your mummy is accompanying him."
"Then how can I and my brother help daddy and mommy?"
The little girl looked at Victoria and asked naively.
Victoria touched her little face, "You two can help them by just staying at home and not create any
trouble for them."
The little girl nodded, cuddled inside Victoria's arms, and said, "I will not make any trouble for daddy
and mommy. I'll be obedient."
Victoria hugged her and caressed her hair, "Simona is a good girl."
Samuel was not in a good mood, "Grandma, I'll go back to my room first."
"Samuel..." "I'm fine. I accidentally knocked down my secret base in my room and they've scattered all
over the place. I'm going back to fix them up."
Victoria held Simona, "Then let me and Simona help you."
"No, no need."
Samuel quickly shook his hands, "I can just do it myself."
After saying that, he quickly ran into his room and locked the door behind me. He was afraid that
Victoria might follow him in because his secret base was not knocked down at all.
He stood behind the door and looked at his cell phone beside his pillow. He quickly picked it up and
dialed Dolores's number. Dolores's cell phone was confiscated for inspection at the police station, and
they already returned it to her after that.
After she finished her surgery, the nurse had left it on the table beside her bed in the ward.
The cell phone on the table rang as Samuel called her. Dolores, who was still deeply asleep, got
awakened by the ringing cell phone.
Coral was afraid that this might disturb Dolores's rest. Before she could walk over and take the cell
phone away, Dolores turned her head over, "Hand me my phone."
Coral looked at the caller ID. Seeing that it was Samuel, she handed the phone to Dolores.
Dolores moved her body, trying to sit up. Coral came over, helped her, and put a pillow on her back,
"You shouldn't move around now."
Dolores remained silent and answered the call.
"Mommy."
Samuel was a little thrilled.
He thought the call wouldn't go through.
Dolores was still feeling a little weak, so she tried to speak as calmly as possible, "Samuel."
"Where are you right now? Are you at daddy's company? Grandma said that something is going on in
his company. You are accompanying him, right?"
Samuel directly asked a series of questions.
Dolores's hand touched the other side of the bed. She didn't feel any warmth on it, so Matthew must
have left earlier on.
"Yes. So, you must listen to your grandma. Stay at home and don't go anywhere, okay?"
She wasn't sure if Victoria knew about it or not. But since she tried to coax Samuel like this, she
probably had already known about this matter.
If not, she wouldn't have told Samuel that Dolores was in the company, accompanying Matthew.
"Mommy, then when are you coming back? I miss you."
Samuel laid against the headboard. For some reason, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable, wanting to
see her.
Dolores held the phone and spoke in a hoarse voice, "Samuel, be a good boy, okay? Mummy will be
back very soon.
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