Chapter 309: Chapter 309



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The smile on Matthew Nelson’s face gradually disappeared, leaving only a cold expression.

Victoria Forbis was serving the cooked meatballs, she happened to see what had happened in the dining room a moment ago, the smile on Matthew’s face was disappearing.

She felt very sad, but didn’t dare express it. He pretended nothing had happened, smiled and said, “The meatballs are done, would you like to eat some?”.

Matthew glanced around, all the meatballs inside looked good, so that meant they had all been made by Victoria. He pretended not to hear her, pulled the chair over and sat down holding his daughter in his arms.

Victoria stood still, not knowing what to do next.

The two children thoroughly enjoyed making the meatballs, but as for eating, they didn’t rush.

When Dolores Flores just wanted to say she wanted to eat, Jayden Nelson walked over to them, pulled the chair over and sat in the seat of honor, then said, “Gimme.”

Victoria lowered her eyes and served the meatballs.

“The meatballs will be eaten along with the vinegar, I’ll go get some for you.”

Samuel Flores slid down the chair and said, “I’ll go get some for Grandpa.”

Jayden Nelson looked kind, his eyes filled with gratification when he smiled. Since marrying Victoria, his relationship with Matthew was not good, but he hadn’t expected his grandson to be so considerate.

Samuel laughed, “Grandpa will give me a big red package during Chinese New Year.”

In the past Chinese New Year, Dolores Flores and Jessica Lennon were always the people who gave him red packages, he didn’t care about the amount of money inside, but he enjoyed the happiness of receiving the red package.

Happiness was important during Chinese New Year.

Jayden Nelson laughed out loud, “Alright, I’ll give you a big one.”

The brother was going to receive a big red package, Simona Flores was not willing to be outdone too, she shouted, “I want a big red package too.”

“Ok, you’ll both have it, how can I not give one to Simona?” Jayden reached out his hand and rubbed her head, “Come here, grandpa will feed you the meatballs, let’s try them.”

The little girl was a little foodie, she was attracted when she heard about eating. She stretched out her hands to let Jayden hold her in his arms, Jayden then held his granddaughter on his lap and placed the meatballs on the plate, “The meatballs are hot, let’s cool them down first before we eat.” The little girl smiled and nodded in his arms.

With the help of the busy servant in the kitchen, Samuel got them a small dish of vinegar, as well as the chopped garlic and cilantro the maid had prepared.

Matthew sat there alone, as if he were the outsider and the happiness of this place had nothing to do with him.

Perhaps because he was feeling so bored, he got up and left.

This was a good opportunity to build the relationship between family members, Dolores called and stopped him, “Will you help me make the meatballs.”

“I don’t know how,” he said.

Dolores smiled as she spoke, “I’ll teach you.”

Matthew’s eyes fell on the meatballs made by her, he frowned in distaste. Even she herself made them so ugly, how dare she want to teach him?

Dolores seemed to notice the objection in his eyes, and said purposely, “Mama can make good looking meatballs, should I let Mama teach you?”

Victoria was standing next to her and suddenly felt anxious, she was anxious that she would accept, but at the same time she was afraid of being rejected by Matthew.

However, she was mostly hoping for a miracle to happen, what if he agreed with her?

She lowered her head and looked forward with much joy.

“I’m not interested.” Matthew declined outright.

Victoria felt so dejected in a moment, he still wasn’t ready to accept her.

Jayden didn’t look up, he seemed to be talking to the two children, but he also seemed to be talking to Matthew, “Do you guys like Grandma?”

“Sure,” said the two boys smiling.

Jayden ruffled Simona’s hair and her words were loaded with meaning, “Yeah, don’t regret it only after you lose someone.”

The little girl didn’t understand the meaning of this sentence, her big eyes blinked, “The last time I met grandma, there was an old teacher who had given some gifts to my brother and me.”

Matthew looked up, when was the last time they had seen each other?

He squinted, Dolores was still in sneaking contact with Victoria as he expected.

Dolores looked at her daughter, but said nothing. She was not as mature as Samuel, it was too late to take back words. Based on Matthew’s keen observation, perhaps she had already figured it out.

Victoria was in a bit of a panic, she was worried about provoking a fight between Matthew and Dolores over this matter, so she purposely touched Dolores’ hand, “Almost there, you can stop and go rest first, we’ll have dinner later.”

Dolores was clear on what Victoria meant, she looked at Matthew and said, “I’ll finish these first.”

Victoria sighed because it seemed she was making everyone unhappy again.

The little girl was unaware that she had made a mess, she enjoyed eating the meatballs, “I still want some vinegar with my meatballs.”

“Greedy little girl.” Jayden touched her little nose, giggled cuddly and dipped the meatball in the vinegar, “I’m helping Simona’s meatball get some vinegar.” The little girl giggled happily.

She ate the meatballs.

Matthew left quietly and returned alone to his room.

Victoria took the meatball out of Dolores’ hand, “You should go take a look at it.”

Dolores pursed her lips, “I had anxiety.”

There was no medicine for this.

To be honest, she could understand his feeling. If it were her, without knowing the deep facts inside her, she couldn’t also accept that her father would marry a new woman just a month after her mother’s death.

“I’ll go take a look.” She washed her hands, pulled out her apron and went upstairs.

Knowing they were back, Victoria had ordered the room upstairs for them to stay in, and she would stay downstairs with Jayden.

Matthew was standing in front of the window with his hands behind him, the window was open and the cold wind was blowing. Dolores closed the door and walked over to him, then closed the window.

“Aren’t you cold?”

“I’m cold.” Matthew didn’t move. His wife was not beside him, how could he not feel cold?

Dolores was silent for a while, “Are you angry with me?”

“Why would I be angry?” he asked.

“Because of the relationship between Victoria and me, you’re not comfortable with her, that’s why you’re angry. From the beginning, when I forced you to come, you were unhappy, weren’t you?” said Dolores directly.

Matthew looked at her silently, didn’t she know about the relationship between Victoria and him?

Why would he do that?

Dolores gave him a hug and stayed in his arms, “I know you have a knot in your heart, but the past is the past, can we forget it?”

Matthew didn’t move, he didn’t hug her, could the past be forgotten so easily?

No, he couldn’t.

Jolene Harris’ legs did not recover, he learned it was because of an accident that had occurred shortly after his birth, and Jolene’s legs were injured from saving him. At age five, he accidentally spilled a bowl of hot soup when he was eating, and Jolene had burned her hand to protect him. The scar on the back of his hand was still there, it couldn’t heal even after using the best scar gel.

He always kept that in mind.

If he accepted Victoria, how would Jolene feel in her grave?

“I can’t do it,” she said directly and decisively.

Dolores frowned, “You can’t forget it, so you want to remember it forever and still have this kind of bad relationship with them?”

“So what?”

Letting him accept Victoria was impossible.

Dolores kept wanting to persuade him, but suddenly someone knocked on the door.

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