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Chapter 31: Win the Lawsuit against Me If You Can
The nature of Helen and Matthew’s relationship was widely known in the company. Helen had been sending out signals about their relationship here and there, yet Matthew never ???.?o?l?h???.(c)o?objected blatantly or denied the rumours. Therefore, the others would have thought that he had admitted to the rumours. At the moment, Helen was not only his secretary; she could potentially be the young lady of the Nelson family too. It was only natural that the other employees caught on to the importance of this fact and had tried to suck up to her in the company. This made her feel entitled and proud. When Matthew was busy with work in his office, there was immediately someone scurried after her and whispered, “Ms. White, what did you have for lunch with Mr. Nelson just now? We are really envious of you guys.”Helen cast a sideways glance at Dolores who was at one corner of the office and produced a smile, “Nothing much. We had the typical vegetables, crispy pigeon meat, chicken, some prawns…””Wow, these are your favourite food.” Sheryl continued to flatter Helen, “Mr. Nelson has been very thoughtful towards you.”Helen replied with a faint smile while casually flaunting her freshly-made fingernails. Her silence was interpreted by others as admitting to their relationship. Sheryl inched even closer, “Ms. White, when are you going to marry Mr. Nelson?”Helen’s movements paused slightly as her thought began to race upon the notion of marriage. If it was not because of Dolores, she would have already been the young lady of the Nelson family.W??. no?(e)??h???.c??It was all because of Dolores who had stood in her way! Since she still had to keep up her good image in front of Matthew, she couldn’t really do any harm to Dolores in public. However, she could still inflict pain on herself through the hands of others. She could still manipulate others to make Dolores’ life difficult in the company. She flashed a friendly smile, “Sheryl.””Ms. White, yes?” Sheryl had an expression of flattery.”Our newest recruit who handles the translation job is really ignorant of the ways of the company.” Helen pretended to be frustrated slightly as she grumbled.”Did she offend you in any way?””Not exactly, but it’s alright. You should go back to work now.” Helen purposely ended the conversation without answering her directly. She was sure that Sheryl would have understood what she had wanted to say. Sheryl shot a glance at Dolores and turned over a thought in her mind. Was this recruit not aware of Helen’s relationship with Mr. Nelson? Did she offend Helen because of that? That must be it. Since she was new in the company, she might have had innocently went up against Helen, judging that she didn’t know about the workings of the company yet. As she returned to her seat, she was thinking to find a chance to teach Dolores a lesson soon. After finishing her lunch, Dolores got up and disposed of the food packaging. She then headed to the tea area to pour herself some tea. Sheryl caught sight of her movements and decided to grab this chance to reprimand her. She followed Dolores to the tea area. She positioned herself behind Dolores and just as Dolores was turning around with a cup full of tea, she purposely took a step forward and caused Dolores to bump into her, seeing that Dolores couldn’t know that there was someone behind her. The tea in her cup spilt over Sheryl’s skirt as a result.”Didn’t you know how to walk properly?” Sheryl immediately launched into a scolding. Dolores immediately apologized since it was the tea in her cup which was spilt onto others, “I’m really sorry, I didn’t do this on purpose.””If you’re not doing this purposely, then why is my skirt wet now?”Dolores was stunned for a moment. She didn’t expect Sheryl to retort her so aggressively.”I have already apologized. It was really an accident.” Dolores continued to explain patiently.”What use is there in apologizing? If I slap you across your cheeks and apologize to you, does that mean that you won’t pursue this matter anymore?” Sheryl didn’t plan to let her off the hook just yet. She was making things hard for Dolores. Dolores couldn’t help frowning. Wasn’t this woman being too forceful with her explanation? How could she compare being slapped and being spilt with some tea? They were two totally different things.”What do you want?” Dolores’ voice lowered a notch. Since Sheryl wasn’t going to accept her apology, she had no choice but to seek another way to resolve this. Sheryl poured herself a cup of water and looked at Dolores, “Since you’ve spilt water all over me, I will consider things to be even if you let me do it back on you.”Dolores stared at the cup of steaming hot water in her palms incredulously. She couldn’t believe what she was being told. Sheryl was obviously trying to destroy her. She would definitely suffer burns if that cup of hot water was poured onto her body. Her cup of tea just now was only lukewarm at best since she was in a hurry to finish her drink. Even though some of the contents had spilt over to Sheryl’s skirt, it wouldn’t do her any harm at all. Her skirt was just slightly wet. Dolores showed the palm of her hands and glared at Sheryl intently, “How is that considered even? If I© NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.
am scalded by hot water, you have to take responsibility for me!”Sheryl tried to analyse the consequence of pouring this cup of hot water onto Dolores. The hot water was not steaming hot anymore after some time, so it would not burn Dolores severely. At most, she would only suffer from some minor blisters. Since she aimed to gain Helen’s trust, Sheryl thought that she must at least put in some effort into this. She let out a cold laugh, “That is if you can win the lawsuit against me after this!”Before she could even finish her sentence, with a flick of her wrist, hot water was careening towards Dolores. Dolores was not that stupid to let herself get splashed with hot water without dodging, but her sudden movements seemed to affect the injury in her knees. Her body tilted to one side and she came crashing to the floor in the end. The hot water settled down on the floor and only wetted the side of her skirt. She was able to escape her fate of getting scalded.”What is going on now?” Suddenly, a cold voice broke the silence. Some of the onlookers gathering around them immediately gave way. Helen was standing by Matthew and for a moment she glanced at Dolores. However, she said nothing. Nobody knew about the connection between Dolores and Matthew, but she knew well about it. She couldn’t say anything on behalf of anyone because that was the only way she could maintain a distance from the core of the ordeal. Sheryl peeked at Helen and was feeling very confident about her situation. Since she had Helen’s backing, there was nothing for her to fear. Furthermore, Dolores was just a newcomer to this company.”She has purposely splashed some tea onto me, and she didn’t even apologize. I was mad, so I retaliated and poured some tea onto her.”Matthew loomed over the embarrassing figure on the floor and there was an ambiguous expression on his face. He asked sternly, “Is that true?”Dolores tried to clamber up from the floor, but due to the immense pain coming from her knees, every time she was about to get up, she stumbled back onto the ground once again. Just as she was going to fall over once more, a strong hand suddenly seized her arm. With a jerk, she was suddenly in a warm embrace. Matthew was cupping her waist and he could feel the tender softness of her skin. It was as if the moment he exerted some strength into his palms, her backbone would break immediately. However, with a strange feeling clouding his heart, he someone didn’t feel like letting go. Dolores felt that she had just escaped a close call. She couldn’t help heaving a long and deep breath. Why was she so unlucky lately? She was pushed by Matthew last time and fell over, and this time she was falling once again.”Can you stand?” Matthew asked. Dolores tried to move her legs and replied, “I can.”Be it the onlookers or Sheryl, they were all stunned by what they were seeing. Based on their understanding of Matthew’s personality, he supposedly wouldn’t lend a hand in this kind of situation. Everybody was throwing glances at Helen as if they were dying to know about the identity of this woman. Dolores didn’t look especially outstanding; therefore they couldn’t understand why she could capture Mr. Nelson’s attention.”If the matter here is resolved, everybody should disperse.” Helen wanted this ordeal to end as soon as possible. Matthew’s reaction to this incident was out of her expectation. He had promised not to expose her true identity, yet he was hugging her in public without any reservation. What would the other employees think about this? Helen glared at Sheryl vehemently, as if to blame this unexpected turn of events on her!”Mr. Nelson, it’s time for the meeting,” Helen whispered in his ears.W(w)?.????l?????.?(o)?Matthew loosened his grip on Dolores and stood at the door to the tea room. His gaze was very cold. He was scanning the messy tea room carefully and all of a sudden, he growled, “Abbott!”Abbott immediately answered him.”Show me the recordings of the surveillance camera.” He turned around after saying that. He also ordered Helen, “Delay the meeting for half an hour.”When Sheryl heard that, she became oddly anxious. “Ms. White…”Helen shot a piercing gaze at her, which successfully shut her up. Then, Helen inched closer towards Matthew and reminded him, “Mr. Nelson, the meeting has already started. Everyone is just waiting for you to begin the meeting. It would be bad to delay…”Matthew continued to maintain an indifferent expression on her face. He was just staring at her without any emotion. However, Helen couldn’t continue her argument anymore, “I will do as you say.”However, Sheryl’s heart was racing rapidly. If the recordings of the surveillance camera were revealed, ??W.(n)o????????.???everyone would know that she was the perpetrator who caused Dolores to accidentally spill tea water onto her body. She would be exposed as the one who was instigating things.”Ms. White…”
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