Snare of Love

Two days ago, she was drinking alone at the bar. Coincidentally, she bumped into Annabelle.

They were seated next to each other, and Annabelle was pretty drunk from her flushed face. Due to the fact that Matthew was not crippled anymore, she had missed her chance to marry into the Nelson family. She was very resentful about this fact as she couldn't stop cursing at Dolores.

Helen then inched closer towards her to build some rapport between them. She learnt from Annabelle that she was also from the Flores family, and she hated Dolores very much.

Helen was always close to Matthew all the time, so if she was going to launch an attack at Dolores, she would be easily found out.

Therefore, she came to a conclusion that she had to manipulate Annabelle for her own gain.

Although Annabelle resembled Beulah a lot, she was a far cry in terms of intelligence. After all, she was only seventeen. She still had a long way to go before reaching maturity. Helen was well-versed in the way of the society since she was young, and to top things off she was always learning from Matthew. She was very good with words as a result.

She had told Annabelle that she was working at WY Group, and it was easy for her to help eliminate Dolores.

Under the enticement of Helen, Annabelle had reached an agreement with her. After Annabelle returned home, she immediately reported this to Beulah.

On the other hand, Beulah was also afraid of Dolores' revenge.

Eight years ago, by bearing a son, she was able become the new young lady in the family. Having a child granted her the opportunity to entice Randolph into sending Dolores and her mother away. Therefore, Beulah was able to agree to Annabelle's proposal almost immediately.

The two of them had conspired with a guy and they planned to bring Dolores to somewhere secluded and had her raped while taking photos of the process. They wanted to destroy her, and induced Matthew's resentment towards her.

It was just that they didn't expect her to escape.

After answering Helen's call, Annabelle immediately descended the stairs, wanting to discuss with Beulah about their next step in targeting Dolores. However, when she reached the living room, she sensed an ominous atmosphere hanging over the living room.

Both Randolph and Beulah had a grave expression on their faces.

She walked towards them and sat beside Beulah and wrapped her arms around her mother's, "Mum, what's wrong?"

Beulah just remained silent.

Randolph was very moody as he barked, "I never asked you to do anything funny. I just wanted you to apologize to her so that she wouldn't be so petty about past matters anymore. Now that the company is in trouble, we need her help!"

To be precise, they needed Matthew's help.

It seemed that Dolores had somehow garnered Matthew's fondness, so they figured that they had to make a move on Dolores first.

Based on Dolores' tone on that day, she seemed like not being able to let go of the past yet.

Randolph still harboured some feelings towards Beulah, so if they weren't in the worst scenario, he wouldn't even want to divorce Beulah.

"Dad, who are you asking mum to apologize to?" Annabelle couldn't figure out what was going on.

"And you... Dolores is still your sister. You should try to treat her even nicer." Randolph cast a glance at Beulah, "Think about what I've said. I will call her now to invite her over for dinner at night." Annabelle wasn't as calm and composed as Beulah. When she realized that her mother was being asked to apologize to Dolores, she immediately got up and retorted, "Dad, how can you ask mum to apologize to her?"

Randolph's eyes trembled slightly as he couldn't comprehend her usually obedient and sensible daughter acting so strangely forceful at that moment.

"I'm your dad. Do you think you should talk to me like that?" Randolph finally flew into a rage, "Let me tell you straight, if you are willing to apologize, then everything is still up in the air; but if you refuse to apologize, I'll immediately divorce your mum!"

Compared to his wife, he still prioritized the company.

As long as he could maintain his status in society, he wouldn't be short of women at any given time.

If he lost his wealth and status in society, it would mean that he had reached his doom!

"Dad..."

"Annabelle!" Beulah instantly interrupted her daughter. She was very clear-headed about Randolph's priority. Why would he care about her dignity at this juncture?

If he was being serious, he would really divorce her.

The reason this was possible was because of what had happened to Jessica and her mother. Although they had been a family for a long time, he could still abandon them as soon as he got the chance. Annabelle stomped her feet as she retorted, "Dad, but why? Who does Dolores think she is? Why do we have to say sorry to her?"

With a loud crashing sound, Randolph hurled the glass on the table in a random direction. He glared at Beulah coldly, "Is this how you have been educating our daughter?"

Beulah immediately stood up, "Randolph, Annabelle just don't want to see me suffer from embarrassment. She doesn't know what she is doing." She explained while tugging at Annabelle, "Apologize to your father now."

Annabelle was reluctant to do that since she didn't think that she had made any mistakes.

"Do it now!" Beulah shouted in a low voice. It was fine if this was any other time, but they couldn't afford to be stubborn now.

If she continued to be stubborn, that would only anger Randolph even more. They would meet their doom if they were being shunned by him!

Annabelle was heaving heavily now, not willing to back off.

Beulah was getting more and more anxious as she slapped hard on Annabelle's back, "Is this how I've taught you in the past? Faster apologize to your dad now!"

As Beulah continued to persuade her daughter, she was also trying to send her hints with her eyes.

Annabelle still didn't want to change her stance, but she finally sensed the severity of the current situation, "Dad, I'm sorry. I'm mistaken."

Randolph didn't want to continue arguing with them as he said blandly, "Prepare more dishes for dinner."

He immediately departed to the company after that since he still had a lot of matters to handle in the company.

When was at the door before leaving, he turned around and looked at them one last time, "You guys can't help me at all regarding the matters in the company while only know how to spend my money. What use do I have for you guys if you can't do something as simple as this?"

Randolph was still a heartless man in the end, despite the fact that he loved Beulah deep down.

He could differentiate very clearly between hard benefits and feelings.

Annabelle gnashed her teeth vehemently, "Is dad crazy?"

Beulah plopped down onto the sofa as she said sarcastically, "He isn't crazy in the slightest and he's the exact opposite. Now that Dolores has gained Matthew's trust, his scheming mind is planning to manipulate her to lure Matthew to his side so that the crisis in the company can be resolved."

Annabelle was even more infuriated when she heard that, "If I was the one who ended up marrying Matthew, dad would never treat us with that kind of attitude!"

Beulah stared at her daughter and indeed, she was not inferior at all compared to Dolores.

She pulled Annabelle to her side and tried to advise her, "Now is not the time to be angered by such trivial matters." She then glared intently into Annabelle's eyes, "Do you like Matthew?" Why was she asking about the obvious?

At the thought of Matthew, she couldn't help but blush. She was still a youth so she wasn't really good at concealing her emotions. She just lowered her head low shyly while mumbling a silent response. Beulah held her daughter hand tightly, "Actually, you still stand a chance."

"What chance are you talking about?" Annabelle was mildly surprised.

Beulah already had a good plan in mind. She looked at her daughter and said, "You don't need to know about that. You just need to doll yourself up nicely and leave everything else to me." Before she got off work, Dolores received a call from Randolph, asking her to go back home for a dinner together with the family. He was asking her to bring Matthew along.

Dolores couldn't gauge Randolph's thoughts at all. Was he getting suspicious about her? He was nosing already around her relationship with Matthew.

If Randolph had found out that she was actually not favoured by Matthew, it was very likely that she would not be able to regain everything and get back at Beulah for what she had done to her. However, on the other hand, the notion of inviting Matthew to pay the Flores family a visit sounded even more ridiculous.

After finishing her last translation job, Dolores remained seated while immersed in her thoughts. She was thinking about how to convince Matthew to go back home with her. After thinking for a long time, she was unable to come up with anything.

Helen was not in the office due to work, so Dolores grabbed this chance, wanting to have a conversation with Matthew.

She stood up from her seat and wracked her brain to come up with a reason to enter his office. As her eyes fell on one of the translated documents, she immediately picked it up.

All the while, Helen had been eliminating any contact between Matthew and her. Helen would always fetch her translated work and hand them to Matthew herself.

As she stood in front of the door to his office, she sucked in a deep breath before mustering enough courage to knock on the door.

After a faint reply came from inside the room, she then pushed the door inwards...☐☐☐☐☐☐