Chapter 325: Chapter 325



.

Dolores ran in the ‘wandering sky of stars and fire’. It was an extraordinary year. So many things had happened. Each and every one of them were beyond her expectations. This year could be lucky, it could be bad, it could be full of novelties, full of — surprises!

Holding hands with her two sons, she stood in the middle of the white place, looking up at the splendor blooming in the sky.

Matthew’s coat was covered with snow as he stood there. He looked at the three backs, one large and two small, that were not far away.

This year, was it unexpected for him?

How could it not be unexpected?

They had to stay late on New Year’s Eve. They played outside for a long time before returning. Pushing open the door to their room, they were greeted warmly. Jayden and Victoria were sitting on the couch, watching TV. The Chinese New Year Gala was playing on the television. Coral and another maid had prepared a pile of fruits and nuts on the table.

Whether it was because they had enjoyed themselves too much, the food they had eaten during dinner was all digested, was not known. When the two children came into the house, they went back to eating while watching television.

At 12 o’clock sharp, the New Year’s bell rang.

The new year had arrived.

The two children were too excited, so they did not want to go to sleep and ended up not being able to wake up the next day.

The two children spent the first day of the new year in bed.

The second day of the year was Dolores’ birthday.

Samuel bought her a super big cake.

After giving birth to her two children, Dolores had never celebrated her birthday. She had experienced severe pain during labor and understood that her birthday was a day of suffering for her mother.

So, in the past, every year on her birthday, she didn’t buy a cake, she didn’t bother to remind anyone of her birthday, she just bought a present for Jessica.

She didn’t expect Samuel to buy her such a big cake with eight tiers. On top, there was a doll dressed as a bride.

True, it was a doll dressed as a bride, it didn’t look like a birthday cake, but it did look like a wedding cake.

“Does it look good?” asked Samuel.

Dolores nodded, “It looks good, but it’s a little strange.”

Samuel pointed to the doll on top, “You mean it’s weird?”.

Without waiting for Dolores to say yes, he explained, “You’re a fashion designer and you’ve designed wedding dresses for a lot of people, but you’ve never worn it yourself. I want you to wear it once, I think, if you wear it, you will be the most beautiful.”

Samuel learned that Dolores had never worn a wedding dress by Jessica’s hand.

Once, Dolores had designed a wedding dress for a client. It was super pretty.

Samuel said, “Mom would be even more beautiful if she wore it.” Jessica looked somber next to him.

Samuel only knew that Dolores didn’t wear a wedding dress when she got married.

In his heart, he despised Matthew. He thought he was a mean man.

Matthew stood in front of the French sash to answer a call. It was Boyce who called. The results had come out. Randolph did not die suddenly, but was poisoned. He had consumed nitrite.

“According to the maid, Jessica prepared three meals a day for Randolph. She had opportunity and motive, now Jessica has been officially detained, pending investigation.”

Matthew turned his gaze, surveying the scene in the parlor. His eyes were deep.

“I, as a criminal police officer, can do nothing to condemn this matter. Of course, I know who she is, all I can do is try to make it an involuntary manslaughter. I will not let him suffer. Randolph was certainly wrong, but Jessica broke the law in doing this. About Miss Flores…”

There was a big difference between intentional homicide and involuntary manslaughter charges.

“Don’t let her find out first.” It still hadn’t occurred to him how to tell Dolores. They were very happy now. He didn’t want to upset them.

He didn’t want to spoil it.

“I know,” Boyce said.

Matthew hung up the call and walked over.

He had just heard Samuel’s words. He looked at the cake doll.

“Dad.”

“Hmm?”

The little girl beckoned, “Bend down, I want to share a secret with you.”

Obediently, Matthew bent down and tilted his ear toward her.

“The secret is that I…”

Suddenly, she reached behind her back and smeared cake on Matthew’s face.

“The secret is that I’m going to smear pie on your face, hehe…”

Matthew froze for a moment before picking her up, “Naughty little girl.” The little girl smiled happily.

“Aren’t you going to give mommy a present?” Samuel said it on purpose. It seemed to him that Matthew didn’t know that today was Dolores’ birthday.

Hearing her son’s words, Dolores was anticipating something.

Matthew pondered for a moment and said, “No, I haven’t prepared anything.”

Samuel lowered his face, “Don’t think my mom belongs to you.”

Dolores was also a little disappointed, but she knew him well that he wouldn’t prepare a gift for anyone. If she did, she would be shocked.

Matthew looked at Dolores and chuckled lightly, “Who would dare to want it? Whoever dared to ask for her would have their skin peeled.

“All right, all right.” Dolores took the two children to wash their faces and hands.

There was cream everywhere.

“I still want to eat.” Simona didn’t want to go wash her face and hands.

“I’ll wash her later,” Coral said as she walked.

Dolores thought for a moment. That was what she could do for now. She had cream on her body. She wanted to go upstairs to change into a clean shirt. There was no one in the house. She reached into the closet for her clothes, stepped in front of him and took off the cream-stained clothes she was wearing. She didn’t notice that Matthew followed her upstairs as well.

Matthew pushed open the door and saw that she was naked on the upper half of her body. The bruise around her waist had not yet faded completely. Her skin was white. Therefore, that spot was particularly noticeable. She quickly put on a sweater and this hid Matthew’s view.

Dolores fixed the collar of her shirt. When she turned around, she saw Matthew standing in the doorway. Her first reaction was to ask, “When did you come upstairs?”

“When did I come up?” He deliberately phrased a rhetorical question.

Dolores frowned. Did it mean he had been watching her when she changed clothes?

Although the two of them had been intimate. Still, she felt shy as she remembered taking off her clothes in front of him.

Matthew came in, closed the door and looked at her with a slightly red face. He lifted a lock of her hair and twisted it between his fingers, “Are you flushed?”

“No.” Dolores turned her head.

“Don’t be shy. Besides, I’ve seen your whole body.” This man!

Dolores glared at him angrily, “Can you behave yourself?”

“I won’t let you suffer.” He reached out his long arms and embraced her between his, pulling her close to his ear, his voice was soft, “For the night, I’ll let you look at me.”

Without waiting for Dolores to be angry, he placed a box in her hand, “What is this?”

Dolores lowered her head and raised her hand. It was a blue velvet box. It was not large, diamond shaped, no extra frills, plain, but nice looking.

“Open it and take a look.”

Dolores blinked, somewhat incredulously, “A gift for me?”

He responded with a serious “hmm.”

Dolores opened it under Matthew’s gaze. Inside was a huge diamond ring. It was oval shaped and pink in color.

It was a real pigeon egg.

“Pink star?”

This time it was Matthew’s turn to be surprised, “You know it?”

“I saw it at the Century jewelry auction. It was called Pink Star, oval shaped, a flawless pink diamond, bought by a famous national jewelry mogul in 2017 with $71.2 million, how come you have it?”

.

.

.