Chapter 31: Win the Lawsuit against Me If You Can
The nature of Helen and Matthew’s rtionship was widely-known in thepany.
Helen had been sending out signals about their rtionship here and there, yet Matthew never
objected tantly 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 youngdy 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 thepany. 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 sideway nce 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 tter Helen, “Mr. Nelson has been very
thoughtful towards you.”
Helen replied with a faint smile while casually unting her freshly-made fingernails. Her silence was
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interpreted by others as admitting to their rtionship.
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 youngdy of the Nelson family.
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 her through the hands of others. She could still
manipte others to make Dolores’ life difficult in thepany.
She shed a friendly smile, “Sheryl.”
“Ms. White, yes?” Sheryl had an expression of ttery.
“Our newest recruit who handles the trantion job is really ignorant of the ways of thepany.”
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 nce at Dolores and turned over a thought in her mind. Was this new recruit not aware
of Helen’s rtionship with Mr. Nelson? Did she offend Helen because of that?
That must be it. Since she was new in thepany, it was possible that she had innocently went up
against Helen, judging that she didn’t know about the workings of thepany 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 spilled over Sheryl’s skirt as a result.
“Didn’t you know how to walk properly?” Sheryl immediatelyunched into a scolding.
Dolores immediately apologized since it was the tea in her cup which was spilled 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 ident.” Dolores continued to exin patiently.
“What use is there in apologizing? If I p you across your cheeks and apologize to you, does that
mean that you won’t pursue this matter anymore?” Sheryl didn’t n 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 exnation?
How could shepare being pped and being spilled with some tea? They were two totally different
things.
“What do you want?” Dolores’ voice lowered a notch.
Since Sheryl wasn’t going to ept her apology, she had no choice but to seek for another way to
resolve this.
Sheryl poured herself a cup of water and looked at Dolores, “Since you’ve spilled 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 own 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 spilled 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 red at Sheryl intently, “How is that considered even? If I
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 her aim was to gain Helen’s trust, Sheryl thought that she must at least put in some effort on this.
She let out a coldugh, “That is if you can win thewsuit 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 sshed 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 nced at Dolores. However, she said nothing.
Nobody knew about the connection between Dolores and Matthew, but she knew fully 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 neer in thispany.
“She has purposely sshed 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 embarrassed figure on the floor and there was an ambiguous expression on
his face. He asked sternly, “Is that true?”
Dolores tried to mber up from the floor, but due to the immense paining 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 unluckytely?
She was pushed by Matthewst time and fell over, and this time she was falling down 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 nces 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 red at Sheryl vehemently, as if to me this unexpected turn of events on her!
“Mr. Nelson, it’s time for meeting.” Helen whispered by his ears.
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 surveince camera.” He turned around after saying that. He also
ordered Helen, “Dy the meeting for half an hour.”
When Sheryl heard that, she became oddly anxious. “Ms. White...”
Helen shot a piercing gaze at her, which sessfully 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 dy...”
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 surveince camera were revealed,
everyone would know that she was the perpetrator who caused Dolores to identally spill tea water
onto her body. She would be exposed as the one who was instigating things.
“Ms. White...”