Chapter 290: Chapter 290



Dolores couldn’t believe her ears. Jessica’s words hit her like a thunderclap, and she felt as if cold water had been poured on her from head to toe and her whole body was numb.

Jessica grabbed Dolores’ hands immediately, “Lola…”.

Dolores roughly shook off Jessica’s hand and stood up. She backed up a few steps, her lips trembling, “Do you forget how he forced you to divorce him and threw you, pregnant, abroad and didn’t even care about you? You’re telling me you want to remarry him now!”

“I used to be a bad person. But, while you were away, he visited me often. And he regretted things from before…”

“Can you believe it!” Dolores cut her off with a stern tone. She scratched her hair angrily, how could this happen?

“Mom, how can you easily trust his sweet words? You have to be aware that he has abandoned you, just like Beulah. He is a heartless person, how can you continue to believe in his sweet words?”

Jessica remained stern, her head lowered, “I’ve made up my mind.”

Dolores leaned against the wall and looked at Jessica, “So, you’re just reporting to me today then?”

“You can say it.” Jessica clenched her own hands tightly, and an icy glint crossed her eyes. She felt guilty in front of her daughter, “I’m sorry you’re suffering with me…”

“You know this doesn’t matter to me. I’m afraid Randolph will hurt you again.” Dolores hadn’t expected Jessica to want to tell her such a thing.

“I know.” Jessica moved closer to Dolores. She wanted to grab her hand, but she shook it off.

Dolores turned her head and was reluctant to look at her.

Jessica’s fingers flexed as she slowly withdrew her hand, “I’ve made up my mind.”

There was no room for rebuttal. Dolores refused, leaving Jessica with no choice, “I’ll move in today.”

“Why are you in such a hurry?” Dolores couldn’t understand how she could forgive him so easily for causing her so much pain.

“Have you already forgotten about Jeremy?” Dolores didn’t want to talk about it, but tried to persuade her at Jessica’s insistence.

Jessica’s heart fluttered for a moment at the sound of that name. She wouldn’t forget, and she wouldn’t forget for the rest of her life. But just because she couldn’t get it out of her mind, she wanted to remarry Randolph.

She clenched her fists. The death of her son would be a lingering pain in her heart forever.

But for Dolores, she was more to blame.

“Our marriage certificate is done.” continued Jessica.

Dolores wiped her face and smiled disappointedly, “You’ve already made up your mind?” She snorted, “As your daughter, I’m in no position to criticize you. But after so many years of sharing our lives and depending on each other, shouldn’t you ask my opinion?”

“I’m sorry.” Jessica didn’t know what she could say to him except these words.

“You don’t need to apologize to me. This is your business and I have no right to interfere. Do as you wish.” Dolores waved her hand. She was not able to stand here any longer. She was afraid to act or say anything inappropriate to Jessica.

“Lola…”

“Don’t say anything.” Dolores left the room with a staggering step.

She couldn’t accept Jessica’s decision. But she knew she couldn’t change her mind because of her attitude.

She drank the entire glass of water that was on the table. She wasn’t sure when she poured herself the water was already cold.

She shuddered, and her heart broke too.

She couldn’t understand Jessica’s decision.

Why did she want to repeat it after she knew Randolph was dangerous and risked repeating all her previous difficulties?

“Why?” Dolores leaned her body on the table with her hands.

She wasn’t sure when a broad palm cupped her shoulder. She slowly raised her head.

“What’s wrong?” Matthew wiped away her tears.

She wasn’t sure why she cried even harder after he wiped away her tears.

Her tears rolled one after another.

She threw herself into his arms and her shoulders shrugged endlessly.

Matthew stroked her back and silently comforted her. He couldn’t ask her anything if she was like this.

Jessica opened the door and saw them in the living room. She lowered her eyes, “I’ll put you to the trouble of taking care of her.” Then she loaded her purse and walked out.

“Where are you going?” Matthew asked.

It was already very late.

Before Jessica could answer, Dolores yelled, “Let her go!”

Jessica’s eyes were also red as if she had cried before. However, she would not regret it, and would not even back down after she had made her decision.

“She had been through a lot with me. Our lives were not easy when she was little. So, if possible, I would like to ask you to take good care of her in the future.”

“I don’t need it!” Dolores’ eyes filled with tears, “If you still remember our hardships, you won’t marry Randolph again! Since you want to go back to him, you don’t need to worry about me anymore. You just need to be happy.”

Dolores was trembling because she was agitated.

Matthew hugged her tightly, “Calm down.”

“How can I calm down? Randolph sees only interest in her eyes. Who had he loved? Now he comes to flatter my mother because I married you. He wants to have a chance with the moon on a stick. But she doesn’t understand and thinks Randolph has moved on-is that possible?”

Jessica looked at Dolores, who was agitated, and sighed. Then she turned and walked away without explaining.

When the door to the room closed, Dolores cried even louder, “Is her heart blinded?”

Matthew did not share the same opinion as Dolores. On the contrary, he thought Jessica had her mind set on it.

Dolores was so agitated that he feared she might not be able to hear anything he said to her.

He could only hug her and physically comfort her.

“He forced my mother to divorce him when I was ten years old, ten years old, how little am I? He sent my mother and me overseas to fawn over the other woman. She didn’t care about us. But she wishes to remarry Randolph just for his few words. Does she forget the hardships she suffered in the past? Does she forget Randolph’s heartlessness and how it hurt her?”

“Maybe he has his own thoughts, or maybe he has some difficulties he doesn’t want to reveal…”

“What does Randolph have to threaten her? Even if he has, she can tell me.”

“You’re too agitated.” Matthew wiped the tears from her face, “Calm down first.”

He carried her upstairs and let her sit on the side of the bed when he finished talking. He headed to the bathroom to get the hot water ready. The bathroom was enveloped in a cloud of white mist in a moment. He came out, “Go take a bath to relax. Then, we’ll go find her again to talk to her. She is so agitated that anything inappropriate she says will hurt her feelings.

Dolores lifted her head expressionlessly, and there were still some traces of tears on her cheeks, “Did I say anything out of line?”

“No.” He stroked her messy hair to the back of her ears, “Be obedient. Go take a bath to calm down and get a good night’s sleep. Then, if you think she shouldn’t remarry Randolph, we can go talk to her again…”

“She had even gotten the marriage certificate to Randolph when I was gone.” Dolores’s eyes turned red again.

“Trust me. If your mother isn’t willing to remarry Randolph, I have a way to get the marriage certificate annulled.” Matthew said quietly.

Dolores’s eyelashes were still glistening with tears. She blinked, wrapped her arms around Matthew’s neck, and looked up at him, “Really?”

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