Snare of Love
Chapter 332 Phoebe’s Plot

The man was stunned. What did he say?

He suddenly realized what Matthew was saying. He looked at Abbott, "I told Mr. Nelson that your girlfriend is pretty."

Abbott froze. His knees went weak. Then Abbott widened his eyes and glared at the man, "Damn, are you blind? I don't have a girlfriend." Dolores stood beside Matthew, and she could see Matthew's blue veins bulging out on his temples. Dolores silently leaned against Matthew.

But Dolores was complaining in her heart. That man didn't know about them, and that was why he misunderstood.

Why the fuss?

The man was confused. What was going on in here?

He looked at Abbott, then he looked at Dolores.

Did he say the wrong thing?

The man was sweating, "I..."

Dolores knew Matthew was bad-tempered. She didn't want to disturb Matthew when he was working, which was why she didn't head into the office right away, and that caused a misunderstanding. Dolores didn't want Matthew to throw tantrums at someone else.

Dolores looked at the man, "I was actually looking for Mr. Nelson. You should leave now."

The man didn't dare to make any move. He looked at Matthew like he was waiting for his order.

Matthew scolded the man, "Didn't you hear what she said?"

The man was stunned. He gazed at Matthew slack-jawed. Did he replace out something he shouldn't?

This woman...

"Why are you still here?" Abbott glared at the man.

The man rushed to the exit and accidentally hit the door. A bump appeared on his forehead right away. Abbott made fun of him, "It seemed like you are poor-sighted. You should go to the hospital for check- ups."

"Yes, yes, I should," the man ran out of the office covering his forehead.

Abbott laughed fondly, "He wasn't seeing things right. He made a mistake."

However, Matthew didn't buy Abbott's story. He continued glancing at Abbott.

Abbott was terrified. He looked at Dolores and asked for help.

It wasn't his fault. Don't let Matthew torture him.

When Dolores wanted to say something, Matthew stopped her, "You want to put in words for him?"

Dolores changed her mind right away.

Abbott gave up.

He felt like he was having bad lucks today.

Dolores held Matthew's arm and asked, "What time do you get off work?"

Matthew was still mad. He didn't reply to Dolores' question.

Dolores stood on tiptoe and hugged Matthew's neck, trying to be cute, "I'm hungry. Can we please go eat?"

Dolores waved her hand at Abbott behind Matthew. Abbott understood her signal and slowly moved towards the exit.

Matthew lowered his head and looked at Dolores. The way Dolores smiled made her eyes looked like the bright crescent moon. Matthew ordered Abbott without raising his head, "You'll be responsible for the acquisition."

Abbott took a breath of relief, "Sure."

Then, Abbott quickly walked out of the room and closed the door.

Dolores let go of Matthew and wanted to take a step back. However, Matthew hugged her waist and pulled her back into his arms. He pouted, “Why? You want to leave once you finished using me?” Matthew and Dolores were so close to each other. Dolores lowered her head and said softly, "You're petty."

Matthew raised Dolores' chin and kissed her lightly on her lips, "I'm petty?"

Matthew thought that he was only being human. No man could ever stand the thought of having his girlfriend recognized as somebody else's.

"So domineering," Dolores thought.

Dolores said carefully, "Please call Armand. I need to see him."

Matthew felt speechless.

"Oh, why did you ask me to come here?" Dolores suddenly reminded.

Matthew was so busy around the clock lately that he didn't have time to sit down and have a proper meal with Dolores. He asked his secretary to make a reservation at a restaurant and planned to invite Dolores over for dinner. That was why Matthew asked Dolores to come over to his office.

Matthew didn't answer Dolores' question, but instead, he replied to her with another question, "What do you need Armand for?"

Dolores took a deep breath when she reminded of the suffering and the struggles Theresa went through. She raised her head and looked at Matthew, "I want to beat him up.”

Matthew stared at Dolores and paused for a while. Then, he blinked his eyes and rubbed his temples. He didn't know how to react to Dolores' request.

"Call him now," Dolores threw herself into Matthew's arms and pulled his collar. It was not an everyday scene to see Dolores acting so affectionate, especially in a coquettish way.

Matthew smiled and remained silent.

Dolores pulled Matthew's collar towards herself. The tip of their noses was so close to each other's that Matthew could even see the peach fuzz on Dolores' face and the tiny sweat drops on her forehead. Dolores put on a fierce-looking face, "Are you going to call him or not?"

Dolores had a plan. There was a difference between she made the call herself and Matthew made the call for her.

If she made the call and expressed her discontentment over the phone, it will be only between Armand and her. But if Matthew made the call and Dolores filed her complaint, or if she said something unfavourable, it would represent that Matthew too thought the same.

After all, Matthew made the call.

Matthew blinked his eyes, and there was a strand of Dolores' hair on his eyelashes. He chuckled then laughed as he felt interesting yet resign, "Your wish, my command."

Then he paused, "But under one condition."

Dolores stopped and asked, "What would that be?"

Matthew looked at the floor and acted like he was considering. Then he said mockingly, "Take charge the next time when we're in bed?"

Dolores felt speechless.

Dolores face flushed red. Matthew held her tight and stopped teasing her. He hugged her with one of his hands and used another hand to make a call with the office phone. He dialled Armand's number and invited him over for dinner.

Armand accepted Matthew's invitation right away.

Matthew hung up the phone and looked at Dolores, "What do you think?"

"Yes," Dolores replied him softly.

But Matthew couldn't get off work just yet. Matthew needed to get some documents done. He asked Dolores to sit on his lap and hugged her with one of his arms. Then he continued flipping through the pile of documents on his desk. Some were in English, and some were in Mandarin. There were so many statistic charts and jargon that Dolores couldn't understand. She felt dizzy just by reading these contents. Dolores hid in Matthew's arms and started to fall asleep. Matthew stroked her back and asked her to take a nap, "I'll wake you up later."

"Alright," Dolores replied with her eyes half-closed.

Then Dolores fell asleep safe and sound. She woke up when Matthew carried her into the car. "You done with your work?" Dolores asked. Matthew nodded and covered Dolores with her jacket, "Hungry?"

Dolores nodded.

It was way past the dinner hour. Dolores wasn't sure if it was a dinner or supper they were heading for now.

The city lights were dazzling. The night looked like daytime under those lights.

The car soon stopped in front of an expensive restaurant.

Dolores looked out of the window and saw Armand talking to a woman at the side of the road.

Dolores lowered her window, and cold wind filled the air. She tidied her coat and stared at the woman. "Is that Armand's ex-girlfriend?" Dolores thought. And they are still talking to each other?

Dolores squinted her eyes. She wasn't very happy with what she saw.

Phoebe had some people tailing Armand since the day she left the hospital. She was trying to replace a chance to damage Armand and Theresa's relationship.

Phoebe knew Theresa left the Bernie family manor, and Mrs. Leslie lost the ability to speak at the moment.

Phoebe thought it was the best time to make Armand come back to her.

But she knew she couldn't have things the forceful way. So, it was a plot that they met today. She didn't make conversation with Armand, but instead, she played the victim- a helpless sexual harassment victim But of course, the sexual harassment offender was her people.

If Phoebe can't be the one who made conversation with Armand first, then she will make Armand want to talk to her.

Phoebe didn't believe that Armand would stand and watched her harassed. Even if they broke up, Armand did love her, wasn't he?

They were more than strangers, weren't they?

Phoebe acted according to her script. Just like how she expected, Armand helped her out when he saw Phoebe harassed by some guy in the street.

And Phoebe 'accidentally' twisted her ankle when she tried to fight off the harassment offender.

Phoebe acted like she didn't want to trouble Armand. After Armand rescued her from the harassment offender, she quickly left with her limping leg after thanking Armand.

Armand didn't want anything to do with Phoebe at first, but he pitied her when he saw her limping.

"Where are you heading? Let me send you there," Armand held Phoebe's arm to support her.

Phoebe looked down, "It's alright. I don't want to trouble you."

"I would still help even if you are a stranger."

Phoebe didn't turn down Armand's offer to help this time.

"I'm so sorry. I wanted you back so badly, and I did so many things wrong. I never wanted to cause trouble for you. I'm so sorry," Phoebe put on a sincere face, as if how she were like a long time ago. Armand's mind went blank.