Chapter 877 I’ve Never Loved You

“Then Joshua can protect her.” Jasmine continued her words.

Dolores raised her head and looked at Jasmine, “If you give birth to a daughter and she marries
Joshua, then he can protect her forever.”

Jasmine smiled.

She was looking forward to it suddenly.

‘If the day really comes, is the matter caused by the predetermined binding force?’

When Matthew came, Jasmine left the room.

Matthew stretched out his arms, “Give him to me.”

Dolores raised her head, she saw that Matthew looked a bit tired, then she said gently, “You shall sleep
for a while first, I will let Jos sleep with you.”

“I’m not sleepy.” He took Joshua from Dolores’s arms, and then Joshua moved for a while and
continued sleeping in his arms.

Dolores lowered her eyes, and then she walked out from the room and left Matthew in the room.

At downstairs, Jessica and Kevin were going to pick up the two children from their school.

“Put on an extra layer of clothing, the weather is becoming colder.” Jessica took a jacket and gave it to
Kevin.

Kevin said, “It’s not cold to sit in the car.”



“You better put it on, you are old already and you must be careful.” Jessica put the jacket on him, Kevin
didn’t reject it again and he stood still to let Jessica put the jacket on him. After putting on the jacket,
Jessica adjusted his collar, then she said after making sure that there was nothing else to be corrected,
“Let’s go.”

Kevin looked at her and nodded, he pulled the door open and let Jessica go first, then he walked
behind and closed the door.

Dolores was absent-minded in a moment when she stood at the staircase looking at them. Ever since
Jessica divorced Randolph, she had never seen her treating any man in such a gentle way.

Not long after they went out, the doorbell rang. She went downstairs and opened the door, a
deliveryman was standing at the door, “May I know if Ms. Flores here?”

Dolores said, “Yes, I am.”

“This is your parcel, please sign it.” The deliveryman gave her a box.

She signed on it and took the box, then she closed the door and came inside. She opened the box,
there was a jade tablet inside, which was carved from the jade of good quality. She raised her
eyebrows, she wondered who had sent her this?

When she was going to put the jade tablet back, she saw a card in the box, then she took it out and
opened it.

It was a message from Charles: I wanted to give it to your son by myself initially, but your husband is
too petty, so I don’t want to trouble you and I can only send it using the courier service. I’ve heard about
the thing that had happened to Jayden, I’m sorry to hear that. My condolences. I think he will also wish
that the people who are still alive will live a happy life, but not live in agony. Those who had passed
away, are definitely staying in another place and praying for us who are still alive!



Dolores closed the card and put it back into the box, then she took out the jade tablet and put the box
into the drawer.

This was a token from the person who had sent the gift, so she accepted it in good part.

She went upstairs and pushed the bedroom’s door open, she saw that Matthew was lying on one side
in the bed while Joshua was sleeping soundly in his arms. Matthew was closing his eyes, it seemed
like he had fallen asleep too.

She took a blanket from the cabinet and covered them with the blanket gently. Then, she took out the
jade tablet from her pocket and put it on Joshua’s neck. Joshua moved his pink lips, he was still
sleeping soundly.

She sat beside the bed and touched Jos’s cheeks, and then she smiled. When her eyes fell on
Matthew’s face, her heart ached for him.

He almost didn’t sleep during these few days, he had become thinner.

She took his hand and held it with their fingers interlaced, then she bent and kissed him on the
forehead gently, “There are many regrets in your life, my heart aches for you, I’ll be by your side for the
rest of your life.”

The eyebrows of the man who was closing his eyes moved suddenly, followed by his thick eyelashes,
but everything became normal again very soon, even Dolores also didn’t notice it.

The time had passed very fast, the things stayed the same, but the people were not. It was the New
Year again in a blink of an eye.

They lived a peaceful and quiet life throughout this period, Joshua could now babble and laugh with
sound. Jasmine’s belly had also become larger, and she had taken a gap year to stay at home



nurturing the foetus.

Theresa and Armand were staying in City C happily. Although they didn’t have a child, they were both
working and living their life to the fullest.

And there was one more important thing, Jessica and Kevin had decided to stay together.

However, this was first suggested by Dolores. During these few months, she could see that Jessica
and Kevin were taking care of each other and comforting each other. There was already no more love
at these ages, they just felt that staying together would make them feel secured and they could
accompany each other.

Dolores thought that they should appreciate this because the time for them to stay together would
reduce day by day. Therefore, they didn’t have to care about other people’s thoughts and words, as
long as they were happy.

They didn’t apply for a marriage license, and they didn’t hold a wedding ceremony as well. They had
just asked everyone to have dinner together on new year’s night.

When they were having dinner, Jasmine said, “Dolores, I’m having a girl.”

“What?” Theresa laughed and looked at her, “You haven’t given birth to the baby, but you’re already
finding a husband for your daughter?”

After all, Dolores had two sons.

Andrew was much older, but Joshua was just one year older than her daughter.

Jasmine took a fried bean curd and put it into her mouth, then she said smilingly, “So what? The
parents look handsome and pretty, so the child won’t be ugly as well. I’ll grab the chance first so that
other people can’t take the advantage in the future.”



“Hey.” Armand felt so jealous, “You haven’t given birth to the baby, but you’re already planning for her.”
He glanced at Boyce, “Your wife is more mindful than you.”

Boyce poured him a glass of wine, “How do you know that it’s not a decision that we’ve made after
discussing together?”

Armand was speechless.

‘Fine!’

They were showing their love for each other in front of him so suddenly, he had regretted talking about
it.

“Let’s eat.” Armand helped Theresa to get the food, “We’ll go skiing in Switzerland a few days later.”

They were the happiest ones, they could just stay with each other forever.

“You’re petty.” Boyce knew Armand very well.

“Don’t envy me.” Armand laughed, “Do you and Jasmine know how it feels like to be in love? You guys
haven’t even enjoyed the romantic couple’s world, then you guys are already bounded by the child, it’s
so boring. Looking at me, we can just go wherever we want, we can travel around the world and enjoy
our life.”

Boyce pulled the chair and stood up, then he took a box out from his pocket, there was a diamond
necklace inside.

“Theresa, this is the new year gift.” He put the necklace on Theresa’s neck. Theresa was wearing a
black sweater, so it made the diamond look brighter, “I wish that we will love, respect each other and
stay together happily forever.”



He kissed Theresa’s cheek gently after he talked.

“Don’t steal their thunder.” Jasmine waved to them, “They are the main characters today.”

Jessica and Kevin still felt slightly embarrassed, they felt a bit restricted sitting together with these
young people since they were old already, but now…

“Let’s have a drink together.” Dolores held the wine glass up, while another hand was holding
Matthew’s hand under the table. She curved up the corners of her mouth gently and looked at Jessica
and Kevin, “I wish that mum and uncle will stay healthy and live a long life.”

“Cheers!”

The sharp clinking sound could be heard, everyone was chatting and laughing, reducing the sadness.

It was snowing outside.

It hadn’t snowed since the winter began this year.

This was the first snow.

“I want to go outside to see the snow.” Amanda pulled Jessica excitedly, Kevin had also come to hold
her hand, “We will bring you there.”

Everyone went outside together in a moment, they were excited about the heavy snow which had come
late.

The snow was swirling, the trees and roofs were soon covered by the snow.

“Let’s go outside too.” Dolores’s eyes curved, she was looking at Matthew with the gentle shining eyes.



Matthew took a coat from the clothes rack and put it on her, then he buttoned the coat one by one and
wrapped her soft hand in his hand. Dolores lowered her eyes, his hand was still strong and warm like
usual. She felt warmer when he held her hand, and he had made her feel more secured.

It seemed like the night sky was not as dark as usual because of the snow.

They were walking hand in hand along the road, the two rows of footprints had formed under them
before they realized it. The white snowflakes fell on their hair, Dolores said naughtily, “Your hair has
become grey in colour.”

Matthew stopped walking, he looked at her in the snow.

Dolores raised her head and looked at him with affection, “Even if your hair really turns grey, I won’t
dislike you, I’ll still love you.”

She stood on tiptoe and kissed on his chin after saying this. When she just wanted to leave after
kissing him, he put his arms around her waist, their bodies were pressing tightly against each other.

His eyes were dark and gentle, he lifted her flushed face using the fingertip, then his lips fell on her
forehead, eyes, nose, and finally her lips. The kiss became deeper, and it lasted for a long time.

Dolores put her arms around his neck and responded to the kiss passionately, it seemed like they
would only stop until they melted into each other’s bodies!

————Time Dividing Line—————

The story of Matthew and Dolores is finished and below is the side story of Amanda.

————Time Dividing Line—————

“I’ve never loved you.”



During the third wedding anniversary, when Amanda wanted to tell Stanford James that she had finally
become pregnant, he gave her a special ‘gift’.

“Why?” She opened her eyes widely. Her eyes were filled with tears, but the tears didn’t roll down.

It was because she didn’t want to believe it.

‘He said he loved me in the past, was he lying all the time?’

‘If the love was fake, then why would he do so?’

Stanford walked closer and closer to her, so she could only move back, then Stanford pinched her chin
when she had no more place to move, “I married you just because you’re from the Nelson family. I
married you, but it’s never because I love you, instead, I hate you!”

He had planned for twenty years, waiting for this day to come!

“Hate?” Her lips were shivering. Women would always cry in a way that made others pity them, while
some women would cry gently during the farewell. However, at this moment, Amanda didn’t cry, she
was just frowning and hiding the desperation.

She was bearing the pain given by him quietly.

“Yes, hate, is it that the life can be bought using the money in your and your dad’s opinions?” His eyes
were dark, cold, and sharp.

Amanda didn’t understand, “What are you talking about?”

‘What does he mean? Does it have anything to do with dad?’ Amanda thought to herself.

Stanford let go of her, then he threw the divorce settlement agreement in front of her, “Sign
it.”






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