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room and once again looked toward the changing room where the

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just looking at them. The long pale blue dress Dolores wore made her skin look even paler. The ribbon a

ress cost nearly five thousand dollars. However, since it was the Nelson family she was going to meet, R

t’s

e abandoned her, yet his indifference still made her uncomfortable and c

ain entrance of the Flores villa. The chauffeur opened the door for R

had been struggling to scrape by because of her brother’s condition, her father was happily living

u still sta

xpression as she stood at the entrance. Dolores hurried after him. Hearing from the maids

since she was a baby and started learning piano when she was four and a half years old. After Randolph had sent them away, Dolores hadn’t had another opportunity to play. She couldn’t help but reach out a

my piano?” a clear and ang

Annabelle was one year younger than her and recently turned seventeen. She had inherited her mother, Beul

r pi

ores slowly clenched her fists and kept on telling herself not to act on impulse. She still had to wait to regain the things that rightfully belonged to her and h

that today was the day the Nelson family was arriving and

lph was sending them abroad. She knelt on the ground and wrapped

ng her arms in front of her chest and staring at Dolores with contempt. “You shouldn’t be happy though, as the reason

over Dolores’ misfortune that she had to marry a disabled man. Marriage was a huge

fore she could say anyt

on family

turned and saw a man in a wheelchair being wheeled inside. He had defined facial features

eldest son of the Nelson family? Back at the changing room, she had seen quite clearly that he could stand up

t why Matthew was pretending he was

He then bowed in respect and a maid brought over a chair so Rando

ignified man with such charm

a marriage arranged by his late mother. As a son, he could not break the promise in good conscience. And it was because of that, he spread the word that he could not be de

as dissatisfied with Dolores and quickly explained. “She’s still young and ha

t, but he did sense Randolph’s peculiar behavior, and the fact that he wanted t

injured during my business trip abroad and I’m afraid

hat,” Dolores r

arrying Matthew and getting divorced the next day, Dolores would agree to that. With a moment to ponder everything, Dolores had u

wanted the Flores family to terminate the arrangement. Yet, he hadn’t expected R

erness coated her tongue. Why would she want to marry him? If she didn’t agree to the marriage, sh

ess behind the smile. “We’re destined to marry each other since we were children. Therefore, no matter what

o resist the urge to shrink away. Matthew ha

g amiss, carefully asked, “So

oking calm and demuring. “According to the arrangement, it was alr

was as unhappy with the arrangement as she was, perhaps more

’s gr

amily via an insignificant daughter was certainly a good thing. Alt

w. “I’ve asked my chef to prepare dinner,

by Randolph’s going-after

th.,” he said, rejecting the offer and waiting for

and gesturing Abbott to stop, and lifted

ph's going-after-wealth-and-power behavior. “No, thank you. | still have some things to deal with.,” he said, rejecting the offer and waiting for Abbott Baron t