Chapter 566 She Was So Cold-hearted

The voice sounded a bit familiar to Dolores, and soon she recognized the person. She stiffed a bit.

She wondered if she should look back or just pretend not to hear her.

Even if they met, she didn’t know what to talk about.

Right then, the person repeated her name and kept looking at her up and down.

Dolores couldn’t pretend that she hadn't heard her anymore, so she looked back.

Sure enough, Marian was standing afar. They were not quite distanced from each other, but Marina
changed a lot. She looked much older. She used to take good care of herself, but now she looked even
older than her actual age, having a lot of gray hair.

Marian forced a smile. “I thought I called the wrong person.”

As she spoke, she looked at Dolores’s belly. It had slightly bulged now. She asked, “Almost five months
old, is it?”

Dolores hummed. “Almost.”

“Are you shopping here?” asked Marina.

Dolores said yes.

“Are you in a hurry? If not, there’s a cafe on the sixth floor. Shall we have a talk?” Marina suggested.

Dolores pressed her lips without speaking. She wondered what she could talk about with Marina.

“I don’t mean anything, just want to talk to you. I’m alone at home, always bored,” said Marina with a
smile.



Since she said so, Dolores would be quite heartless if she kept refusing. Even if she didn’t want to
mention her relationship with the Harris family, Marina didn’t do anything wrong. They used to talk with
each other like a family and have meals together.

“Please wait for me,” Dolores said to the driver.

The latter nodded. “Okay, Mrs. Nelson.”

“There’s an elevator.” Marian pointed at the elevator and said.

Dolores walked over. They wait for the elevator to come down and went to the sixth floor. Marina chose
an inner corner next to the window. It was quiet in the cafe, and there were almost no customers.

A waiter came over. Marina ordered a cup of coffee and looked over at Dolores. She asked, “What
would you like to order?”

“A glass of fruit juice, please.”

Marina passed the menu to the waiter and said, “A cup of coffee and a glass of fruit juice. Thanks.”

“All right.” The waiter took over the menu and asked, “What kind of coffee would you like, Ma’am?”

“Anyone would be fine,” said Marina.

“Okay, Ma’am.” He left.

Dolores and Marina looked at each other in silence for a while. Dolores didn’t know how to start the
conversation. Should she ask Marina how she had been recently?

Obviously, she wasn’t doing great.

However, Dolores couldn’t find any suitable words for this moment.



Finally, Marina started a subject. “The bigger the baby grows to, you’ll feel more exhausted. Do you feel
tired now?”

Dolores said in a low voice, “I’m all right, just more sleepy than before. I heard others were quite sleepy
at the beginning, but I became sleepy very late.”

Marina smiled. After all, she had given birth before, so they had some common topics. “When I was
carrying Noah, I also became sleepy very late. You didn’t get fat at all. I gained a lot of weight at that
time. Before giving birth, I reached seventy kilograms already.”

Dolores smiled. “Probably it’s because of my constitution. I could hardly gain weight.”

When Marina still wanted to say something, the waiter came over. He served Marina with the coffee
and Dolores with the juice. “Please let me know if you need anything else.”

Dolores hummed faintly. After he left, she picked up the juice and took a few sips.

Marina picked up her coffee but didn’t drink. She was considering how to tell Dolores about Jeffery.

However, no matter what she would say, the atmosphere would become quite embarrassing.

In the end, she gave up.

“Are you still in touch with Noah?” Marina put down the coffee and asked.

Dolores answered honestly, “No.”

After she had left town, she didn’t contact anyone, because she didn’t want to know what happened
after that. Now she had come back, but she never discussed such things with Matthew.

She tried to avoid anyone and anything from the Harris family.



“He joined the military.” Marina lowered her head, turning the coffee mug. “Have you heard things
about your mother’s older brother?”

When she asked, she didn’t look at Dolores.

Upon hearing it, Dolores clenched her hands under the table but didn’t answer.

Marina knew that she had known it. With a smile, she said in an ironic tone, “It was on news. Everyone
should have known it.”

After a pause, she continued, “I used to hate you at that time. No matter what, you should persuade
Matthew. For your sake, he wouldn’t have done so much.”

Dolores didn’t agree with her at all. However, she didn’t speak it out. No matter Marina hate or
complain about her, Dolores didn’t care at all.

She didn’t want to be trapped by things that had happened in the past. All she wanted was to lead a
good life now.

She would never have conflicts with Matthew because of such things.

“But soon, I understood. It was truly your uncle’s fault. No matter if he had known it or not, he shouldn’t
have done it. He had killed Victoria Forbis. After all, it was because he cared too much about Jolene.”
Marina looked up at Dolores. “Your uncle went to turn himself in. Please don’t feel any pressure when
facing Matthew. You don’t owe him anything. Your uncle has done so because he cared about your
relationship with Matthew. In fact, he longs to see you.”

In the end, Marina started sobbing. They had a happy family before, but right now she was the only one
at home. Due to Jeffery’s matter, there were a lot of rumors, so she seldom came out.



This was her first time coming out shopping after Jeffery was put in jail. Her cousin’s child was getting
married, so she was shopping for a wedding gift.

Dolores’s heart fluctuated. No matter how much she wanted to avoid, even if she had deliberately
ignored something, it still existed.

Her relationship with the Harris family was just an example.

She didn’t want to admit it, but it existed.

Marina wiped her eyes. “I’ve been too talkative. By the way, Noah is doing great in the military.”

That was the only thing that could delight her.

“I didn’t mean to ask you to do anything by talking to you. I’m just wondering if you could meet your
uncle when he comes out,” Marina said in a begging tone.

It was Jeffery’s wish.

As his wife, that was all she could do for her husband.

Dolores looked at Marina, and her mind was in a mess now. She had a lot of complicated feelings in
her heart that she couldn’t calm down at all.

She couldn’t turn Marina down, but she didn’t want to have any connection with the Harris family.

After all, Jeffery had directly caused Victoria’s death.

“Is this request quite hard for you?” Marina couldn’t understand it. What was wrong with her meeting
Jeffery?



Suddenly, she found that Dolores was cold-hearted.

“Do you only care about your husband instead of other family members?” Marina wanted to suppress
her emotion, but she couldn’t help questioning Dolores.

Dolores stared at her for a few seconds. She wasn’t afraid that Marina would misunderstand, but she
wanted Marina to know why she wanted to cut ties with the Harris family.

She explained, “When the car accident happened, she wouldn’t have died, but she protected me. I was
safe and sound because she exchanged it with her own life. How am I supposed to face your
husband?”

Her children had lost their grandmother and Matthew had lost his mother because of Jeffery. In all
Matthew’s life, he wouldn’t be able to call Victoria “Mom”.

It was the regret in his whole lifetime.

It couldn’t be made up to by anything.

Marina was startled. She had never expected it would be like that.

“Well...”

“Please stop it. I don’t want to mention the past. I just want to lead a peaceful life with him.” After
finishing her words, Dolores stood up. “I’ve gotta go now.”

Marina also followed her to stand up. “Wait a minute...”


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