âAre you here for the prenatal exam?â The woman glanced at Doloresâ belly.
Dolores nodded politely.
âYou are very lucky. You had a wonderful wedding. I really envy you,â Emma said with a smile.
Dolores looked at her and asked, âHave we met before?â
âYou probably donât know me, but I know you,â Emma said, still smiling.
Dolores wrinkled her eyebrows slightly, remembering the woman in her mind, but she was sure she had never seen her before.
âHow did you come to know me then, may I know who you are?â Faced with a strangerâs face, Dolores was wide awake. She reached into her purse and pulled out her phone.
As soon as something happened, she could call for help right away.
Watching her, Emma thought to herself, This woman is very alert.
âHave you received the wedding present from me, have you put it on and shown it to your husband?â
Doloresâs expression changed radically. It turned out that the lingerie belonged to this woman. She wondered who this woman was and what she wanted.
How could Boyce not find anything on her?
âWho the hell are you?â Dolores clenched her fists tightly, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
Her intuition told her that this woman had come to her intentionally and that she had an evil agenda.
âYou donât need to know who I am. Iâm just a woman down on her luck. You came here for the prenatal exam, but Iâ¦â
Emma pointed in the direction where the operating room was, âI came here for an abortion.â
After that, she stood up, âI meant it. I really envy you. Your husband loves you and cares about your children, but I canât deliver my baby.â
âWhat the hell do you want to say to me? Why do you say such things to me?â asked Dolores in a cold tone.
âI donât want to say anything. I just want to tell someone about my depression. After all, a womanâs child doesnât need to come into this world. Besides, the father of my baby has a wife and children. How could my baby exist? Probably, that man came to me because of his impulseâ¦I think he still loves his wife. Otherwise, how could he treat her so well?â said Dolores deliberately.
After finishing her words, she turned around.
Dolores frowned more deeply, wondering what the woman meant.
She was hinting at something between her lines.
Dolores pulled out the phone and dialed Boyceâs number.
At that moment, Boyce was answering a call. The men she had sent to follow Emma had missed the target, so now they were relaying it to Boyce.
âWhat happened, how could you lose her?â Boyce complained.
âShe should have seen me. She went to the ladiesâ room but didnât come out for a long time. When I went into the bathroom to look for her, she was gone. I couldnât follow her there. Soâ¦itâs my fault.â
âGot it. Try to find her and keep following her.â Boyce was worried. Emma obviously had a bad intention.
She purposely sent a gift to Dolores at her wedding and could sensibly discover that someone was following her and get rid of it. It was obviously very intriguing.
Just then, Boyce heard an alert tone on his phone, indicating that there was an incoming call. He said, âFind her as soon as possible.â
After that, he hung up the phone and went on to answer the incoming call, âHello?â
âItâs me.â Dolores picked up the phone and looked around the hallway, âI know who sent me the wedding box.â
Boyce paused and asked, âHowâ¦how did you know?â
âIâve met her. Sheâs a woman. She said a lot of strange words to me. Could you help me check her out?â
âI can help you. Please tell me where you met her. Does Matthew know?â asked Boyce.
Now he could be absolutely certain that Emma deliberately approached Dolores. She should aim to do something wrong.
âHe doesnât know. I havenât told him yet. Donât forget to let me know when you get the information.â Boyce said yes.
Just then, Matthew came up with the result, âWho are you talking to on the phone?â
Dolores hung up and said it was Boyce.
âWhat happened?â Matthew could tell she looked a little pale. Reaching out, he helped her up.
âI didnât tell you. On the day of the wedding, I received a gift, but I didnât know how he sent it to me. I asked Boyce to help me look into the matter.â She raised her head, âDid you get the result yet?â
Matthew emitted a gentle âhmmâ. They then went to the office to show the result to the doctor.
The doctor told them everything was fine after reading the results. The baby was well developed. He reminded them to keep Dolores happy and come to the office on time.
Matthew said yes.
Dolores was a little clueless. She couldnât help but wonder what the woman meant.
As she sat in the car, she even forgot to fasten her seat belt. Matthew leaned over and helped her buckle up and asked her, âWhatâs bothering you? Youâve been absent-minded the whole time.â
Dolores looked up at the face so close to him, calling gently, âMatthew.â
âYes?â He looked up at her.
âWouldnât you restrain yourself in the face of seduction?â He was in his thirties, which was the age when men were most attractive. He was mature, firm, handsome and wealthy. Many women would take the initiative to seduce him.
Some of them could be exceptional.
He wondered if Matthew would be attracted.
Matthew started the engine. He looked very serious, without a smile on his face. Obviously, her question came to him out of the blue. They had been getting along all along, but he suddenly asked a question with implications, âDonât you trust me or yourself?â he asked.
Just then, the phone vibrated in his pocket. He pulled it out and saw an unread message from Boyce.
He dialed it to read it: [My men lost Emma Bailey when they were following her. She went to meet Dolores. She probably said something to Dolores and Dolores called me to look into her].
Matthew quickly entered his question: [What did Emma Bailey tell you?] Then he hit the send button.
[I donât know. Dolores told me she said some strange words, but she didnât tell me the details. Last time he sent Dolores the lingerie. This time, I suppose he said something more excessive. Otherwise, Dolores wouldnât have called me for the investigation].
Then Matthew answered: [I got it].
He tossed the phone aside, started the engine and drove.
Dolores gave him a look, âWhoâs the message from?â.
Matthew said, âThe phone is there. Check it yourself.â
Dolores didnât pick it up to read it. Pressing her lips together, she kept silent. Matthew didnât speak to her either as he drove. Soon the car was parked at the hotel.
They got out and went back to the room.
After entering the room, Matthew tossed the car key and his phone on the table. Loosening his shirt collar, he pulled Dolores to sit on the couch.
âOn the day of the wedding, the woman who sent you the gift is named Emma Bailey. She is Declan Baileyâs sixth oldest sister. Now, Declan Bailey and Roger Bailey are under investigation, so probably the Bailey Family has known that she was pressured by me. Thatâs why she wanted to approach you. Her goal was obvious. She either wanted to put a bone between us or try to set you up. After all, you are my wife, what did she say to you, you suspect me now?â
Doloresâ eyes widened, âIs she from the Bailey Family?â
Matthew emitted a gentle âhmmâ, âYes. Tell me. What has he told you?â
Dolores felt rather embarrassed for being overly sensitive. Lowering her head, she said, âHe hinted to me that you might be having an affair with her.â
âSo you believed her, did you?â Matthew raised his eyebrows.
âNo.â She looked up, âI didnât. I was afraid of losing you.â
She took the initiative to hug him, pressing her face into his chest. Her fingers fiddled with the buttons of his shirt.
âYouâre an exceptional man,â she told him in a complaining tone. There are so many women out there. Iâm already the mother of three children. Iâm afraid that one day youâll leave me. My children would have no father then. What a pity.â
Matthew burst into angry laughter. Pinching her chin, he lifted her head.
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