Snare of Love
Chapter 49: It Has Something to Do with My Dad?

As the car window was slowly rolled down, Dolores gradually see the appearance of the 'Madame' that the driver mentioned just now. She looked as graceful as she was in usual times. The 'Madame' turned out to be Sampson's mother.

Why did she come to replace her?

Dolores tried to dig out some information from the driver, "Why your Madame came to replace me?"

The driver shook his head, "I have no idea about this as I'm only the messenger."

Thinking that Sampson had treated her quite well, Dolores thought she had to agree with it no matter what his mother's intention was. So she told the driver, "Let's go."

She then walked to the side of the door and took the initiative to greet Camilla politely, "Hello."

Camilla, who was sitting straightly, curled her lips into an elegant smile, "Ms. Flores, are you free now? There's a café not far away? What about we two having a drink there?" Dolores nodded in agreement after hesitating for a second.

"Get on the car."

The driver came over to open the door for her, and Dolores stooped to board on the car.

The car soon stopped in front of the café and Dolores followed Camilla to walk into the café.

Camilla chose a relatively quiet place and seated herself, while Dolores took a seat opposite to her. A waitress walked over and asked, "Excuse me, what would you like?" Camilla put her handbag onto the sofa and looked into Dolores' eyes while asking, "What would you like to drink?"

"A cup of plain boiled water, please." Dolores replied blandly.

"Me too, please. We will call you if we need you later."

"All right." The waitress left and the place quieted down again.

Dolores was sitting on the sofa silently, waiting for Camilla to start the conversation.

Camilla suddenly came to replace her and Dolores guessed she didn't simply come to invite her for a cup of coffee.

Camilla took a sip of the water and put down the cup before speaking, "How did you get to know my son Sampson?"

"He was the doctor of my younger brother back then, and we gradually got to know each other over time." Dolores replied honestly.

"Oh, then how long have you been together with him?" Camilla looked up and down at Dolores when she was speaking and continued, "You look a bit young. Is my son your first lover?" The questions bewildered Dolores. So it turned out that Camilla thought she was her son's girlfriend?

Dolores suddenly remembered that when Sampson introduced her to others on the banquet, he used the word 'girlfriend'. This must be the reason why Camilla asked those questions. Just as Dolores was about to explain it, Camilla spoke again, "I don't want to see you two falling into love."

Camilla said with seriousness written all over her face, "I hope his wife will have similar family background with him. But I heard that so many accidents have happened to your family recently." Dolores tightly curled her lips into a straight line as she finally realized why Camilla came to replace her today.

"With your family conditions presently, I'm more intolerant of you being his girlfriend. You will understand this, right?" Camilla said in a softened tone. She then produced a card from her handbag, put it on the table, and pushed it towards Dolores, "There is some money in the card. Although it's not enough to help your family to come through the crisis, it can at least guarantee your life."

Dolores pushed the card back to Camilla and smiled, "Mrs. Herbert, I have legs and arms and I can work. How can I receive your money?"I

Was Camilla trying use money to drive her away?

Dolores smiled bitterly in her heart. She was sent to abroad by her father when she was ten years old, and it was because Matthew was 'crippled' that she was given the chance to come back home. She had never enjoyed the reputation of the Flores family, but she now had to suffer from the impact brought by the decline of the family.

"Mrs. Herbert, I understand what you want. I will not be together with him because I've always regarded him as my brother. If there's nothing else, I have to go back first. I have some work to attend to." Dolores stood to her feet after finishing the words.

"Wait a minute." Camilla stopped her. She had prepared a lot in advance, but those verbal tricks were prepared under the assumption that Dolores might reject her proposal. Nevertheless, when Dolores acted cooperatively, she herself appeared to be mean.

"I don't know whether if Sampson has told you the accident happened to his younger sister. That accident was a great shock to him and thereafter he had been staying abroad. Now he finally comes back as he has screwed up his courage to confront the past. And I feel quite relieved to see this. Just now you told me that you regarded him as your elder brother, I think he may also have other feelings for you. Maybe it's because you look so cute and he takes you as Maria."

Dolores also had the same guess when she learnt that Sampson had a younger sister who had been lost. She guessed Sampson's care and concern for her was because he regarded her as his younger sister Camilla looked so dejected and sorrowful when talking about her lost daughter. She had three children and her only daughter had been lost.

Nevertheless, as the lady of the Herbert family, she could not be immersed in the past or always look sorrowful in front of her husband as she had to attend to the affairs of the family, trivial or important. Just like the saying goes, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."

Naturally she had to put in efforts when enjoying the reputation and status of the Herbert family.

"I also wish that my son can be together with a woman whom he likes. But he was born in the Herbert family and has enjoyed the honor bestowed by the family without worrying about food or clothing, so he has to sacrifice something for this." Camilla took back the card and handed a name card to Dolores, "Since you're easy to talk with and I'm not a mean person, if you need my favor in the future, just come to replace me."

Dolores felt it would be impolite if she kept refusing her, so she took the name card and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Herbert."

Dolores then stood to her feet, "If there's nothing else, I have to leave."

"Wait... I hope that you'll not tell Sampson about our meeting today. He's a stubborn person. If he knows about this, I'm afraid that..."

"Mrs. Herbert, please rest assured. I will not tell him about this." She originally had no romantic feelings for Sampson after all. People like her were not deserved to be in love.

No matter what reasons behind were, she was not a pure woman, and she was not qualified to be in a romantic relationship.

Dolores walked out of the café. She reached out to cover her belly, "Mommy will not feel lonely or helpless with you by my side."

The unborn child was the source of her courage as well as her future.

She took a deep breath before leaving.

She walked back to the company along the road side and bumped into Abbott Baron who was also coming back from outside.

"Where did you go?" Abbott closed the car door and walked towards Dolores, "Didn't you say that you wanted to go to the hospital? Why I failed to replace you in the hospital?"

She had informed Matthew of this before going to the hospital as she was working in his company after all and was not free during the working time.

"I came back early. But I bumped into an acquaintance and had a short conversation with her. What's wrong?" Dolores asked because Abbott looked very worried. Did anything happen?

"Come into the company first." Abbott strode to the hall. Dolores followed behind him feeling a bit unsettled, "What happened? Is it related to me?"

Abbott stopped at the doors of the lift and clicked his phone while stealing glances at Dolores from time to time.

"Check it by yourself."

Dolores moved her lips trying to say something. What did he mean by saying 'check it by yourself'?

Just as she wanted to ask the question, the doors of the lift were opened. Abbott walked into the life. Dolores, who was restless, was slow. Abbott urged her, "Quickly."

Dolores then walked into the lift.

"It has something to do with my father?" Dolores tried to probe into it again.

She just came back from her mom's residence, so this must have nothing to do with Jessica. So it could be deducted that it was related to her father.

After all, Jessica and Randolph were the only two persons that had intimate relationships with her.

Abbott replied in a nasal sound and at the same time, with a 'ting' sound, the lift arrived at the wanted floor and the doors were slowly opened.

Abbott walked out of the lift and then headed towards Matthew's office with Dolores following behind.

When they arrived at the door, Abbott raised his hand to knock on the door.

A low voice came from the inside, "Come in."

Abbott pushed open the door...☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐