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Chapter 1023
Chapter 1023
Chapter 1023
“He hasn’t taken a vacation for a long time indeed. Let him rest longer this time.”
Matthew wondered if Dolores had sensed something. He asked tentatively, “Do you want me to work longer in the company?”
Dolores put his clothes into the suitcase and closed it.
"You've assigned a lot of work to others in the past decades." She raised her hand to stroke the corner of his eyes. "You have so many wrinkles here."
In fact, she knew that Matthew had given up a lot of things for her over the years.
“I’ll help Joshua buy a new house, so it will take a long time. Joshua has move out when he was quite young. I want to take this chance to take care of him here.”
Upon hearing it, Matthew didn’t think Dolores had sensed or suspected anything yet.
Matthew breathed a sigh of relief inwardly. “All right. I’ll let Abbott take a vacation.” He covered the back of Dolores’s hand. “Have I become old?”
“Yeah. But I still love you.” She smiled. Her eyes were still bright, but time left traces at the corner of her eyes.
The only change on her face was the crow's feet. Compared to other women in her age, she had to take pretty good care of herself.
Dolores used to hear one saying, “The benefactor of the previous life can become a lover in this life.”
She believed that probably that was how Matthew and she were meant to be.
In the past, Dolores wasn’t quite willing to express her love verbally. However, as time went by, she believed that she must express it.
Matthew chuckled. “At your age, do you still want to use the honey trap on me?”
She raised her brows and asked, “Will you still fall for it?”
Knock. Knock--
There were suddenly a few knocks on the door. Dolores said, “I’ll go answer it.”
After opening the door, she saw Jasmine standing there. Seeing Dolores, she smiled and asked, “Am I interrupting?”
“Not at all. Please come in.” Dolores stood aside to let her in.
Jasmine didn’t enter. She said, “No, thanks, Dolores. I just want to inform you Boyce and I have to go home.”
“So soon!” Dolores frowned. “Now?”
“I’m afraid so. Boyce has work to deal with.” Jasmine heaved a sigh. She didn’t want to leave so soon either, but Boyce must go back because of his work. She couldn’t do anything about it.
Dolores soon understood why Boyce had to go back so fast. The prime culprit of his case died, but the case must be closed. Boyce must go back to deal with it.
He was in charge of this case, so he must close it as well
Dolores and Matthew went to see them off.
“Will you stay here longer?” Jasmine pulled Dolores’s hand and asked while standing in front of the car.
“Yes, I will stay here for a while before going home.” Dolores knew what she implied. “Please don’t worry about the kids. I’m here to watch them.”
"That's good then. I want Boyce to have early retirement so we'll have a relaxing life later. Although it's threatening but not dangerous this time, I still have a lingering fear," said Jasmine.
Dolores nodded. Jasmine had always been supporting Boyce. Besides, for Boyce's work, Jasmine had been taking care of the family and never let Boyce worry about anything. Now they were aged and Boyce could have an early retirement. They should have a more peaceful life.
“I understand. I support whatever the decision you guys make.” Dolores patted her on her hand.
“Okay. Take care. “ Jasmine sat in the car with Boyce. The car window was pressed down. Dolores said, “If you can retire, you should come here and stay for a while.”
Jasmine said, “We will.”
Watching the car leave, Dolores and Matthew went back to the house. Armand was standing at the door. "Boyce is truly busy. He has to go home overnight right after his daughter's wedding," he remarked.
“You know what his job is, don’t you?” Dolores glanced at him.
Armand said, “I know he’s quite busy with his work, but he doesn’t have to work so hard. He should take a break.” novelbin
They walked into the house. Dolores said, “I’ll stay here for a while.”
Armand was quite surprised. “Don’t you go to Thailand?”
Dolores said, “Matthew will take charge of the company for a while, and I’ll stay here.”
“What?” Armand was more surprised. “Why?”
“It’s quite late now. Dolores, let’s go to bed.” Matthew was afraid that Armand would be too talkative. Probably later Dolores would suspect something. Hence, he interrupted them.
Armand was speechless.