Snare of Love
Chapter 118: Who Is This Woman?

The door to the study opened and Thomas stood at the door, "I have shown them to the living room."

Jayden nodded.

"Don't worry, the matter has already been resolved. He can't say anything now." Jayden saw the worry in Victoria's eyes and comforted her.

Victoria lowered her raised eyebrows, "I am not worried."

"You never admit." Jayden held her hand, "Let's go!"

In the living room, Landon was sitting on the mahogany sofa, tea was being poured to him and Warner was standing behind him.

Seeing Jayden come over, Landon stood up, "Jayden, this is a complete mess, I can only beg you."

"Beg me?" Jayden laughed loudly, "Don't joke around with me! Why would you beg me?"

Landon sighed loudly, "If it wasn't for my two useless children, this would have never happened."

"What happened?" Jayden pulled Victoria with him and sat on the sofa opposite to Landon.

The servant served them tea as well.

"You didn't watch the news today, did you?" Landon asked.

"No."

After retiring, Jayden no longer liked to watch the news and just spent his usual days with his Victoria, writing calligraphy, going on walks or playing chess.

"Maybe you should take a look at this first." Landon motioned his son to show the news to Jayden.

Warner handed him the phone.

Jayden looked at the news and he was a little surprised. He was not surprised at how outrageous the news was, but at the fact that the matter happened in his family, why did he come to him? It shouldn't have been hard to cover this matter up with the connections of the Herbert family.

"Landon, is it..." Jayden raised his head and looked at Landon opposite to him, "Could it have something to do with me?"

Why else would he come to him?

Landon sighed again, "I am not as lucky as you. You gave birth to a good son, retired early and now you are enjoying old age peacefully. My children only cause trouble and make me mad with rage." "Landon, why are you saying that?"

"This." Landon pointed to the child with blood on his face in the news. "This child, I heard that he is the son of the woman Matthew likes. Maria feels that this woman broke up her and Matthew's engagement. And... it's shameful to say... Sampson likes this woman and got a bit hot-headed... so he kidnapped her child to threaten her to leave Matthew."

Landon avoided the horrible stuff Sampson did and stayed on the lighter notes.

He didn't mention that his own daughter wanted to marry Matthew for her family to be benefitted, nor about the fact that Sampson wanted to marry that woman.

The things hurt his reputation.

Jayden and Victoria looked at each other.

Who was this woman?

And what was that about the child?

Wasn't the reason why their engagement ended Dolores?

There was no photo of Dolores in the news, so they didn't know that this woman was indeed Dolores.

Matthew had not allowed for Dolores photo to be published in the news article.

He didn't want to pull her in such news.

"This matter must have provoked Matthew, which is why I am here." Landon sighed again. Even at this age, because of his children's stupidity, he had to humble himself in front of his peers. His heart felt uneasy.

"We are all people with reputation and status in the society. If this spreads out, I won't be able to show my face anywhere. I wouldn't have come to replace you, but if a conflict arises between our families, it will only hurt both of us, don't you think?"

Landon knew how to negotiate. He was not here to beg for mercy, but he didn't want the two parties to get into a conflict and harm the peace between them.

"You also know my son's temperament. If I could have controlled her, the engagement at that time wouldn't have broken off." Jayden was not a fool. He couldn't just listen to Landon's one-sided story and just agree with him or promise him something.

Landon's face fell. Did Jayden not care at all about this? He thought.

"Jayden, even though we couldn't become in-laws, we have still known each other for a long time. Do you really want to watch both families lose their peace because of this little incident?"

"Our Matthew is not an unreasonable person. Of course, if someone provokes him first, we won't ignore it. As you know since a few years, both of them father and son have been at odds with each other. But we will try our best, we will call him back tonight and understand the situation clearly and give our best advice." Victoria spoke, her voice soft but firm. Her first sentence suggested that they provoked Matthew first and were at fault and her last sentence made it clear that they did care but that it was a separate matter.

Landon was speechless by her words.

"As long as you both know, the best would be to keep the peace." Landon stood up.

"Of course, we don't want to ruin the peace."

Landon smiled reluctantly, "I should go now."

"Stay for dinner." Victoria smiled in a dignified way.

"No, they are waiting at home." Landon declined.

"Thomas, send them out." Victoria did not personally send them off. Regardless what happens later, right now, they must stand with Matthew. Obviously, it was their fault first.

She used her words carefully to let Landon know that if Matthew didn't let them go it was their own fault. They had caused it themselves. They also had to realize that it really harmed their friendship.

"No need to see us out." Warner said to Thomas as he walked to the gate.

Thomas smiled and still opened the car door for Landon, "Madam asked me to see off the guests, how dare I neglect. Mr. Herbert, Please!"

Landon glanced at him and got into the car.

Warner got into the driving seat.

The car drove out soon.

Looking at the villa become smaller in the rearview mirror, Landon exclaimed, "Matthew is really smart, not without cause. When parents have such high IQ, how can the son be stupid?" He had just experienced Jayden's IQ and strategy.

Jayden's behavior just now surprised him.

"Dad, what are you talking about? Matthew's biological mother is Jayden's ex-wife."

"Oh, yeah! Look at me, I have gotten really old." Landon held his forehead.

"Dad, what would happen if Jayden can't convince Matthew?" Warner was worried.

Landon thought for a long time, weighing all the options, distinguishing the pros and cons but he still felt that he could never openly attack the Nelson family.

After all, they were big in business now, he had no choice but to accept that he couldn't afford to offend the Nelson family.

If he tried to fight, only his family would suffer.

"The one who provokes is responsible." Landon slowly closed his eyes.

It's not that he was ruthless; it was just that he couldn't help but care about his family in this situation.

If Matthew didn't let them go, the matter was bound to ferment.

If that happened, the Herbert family's reputation was going to be ruined and it was bound to affect the company. They were a jewelry business and could not handle the consequences of being boycotted. In the Nelson family's living room...

Jayden leaned on the cushion on the sofa, holding Victoria's hand and rubbing his thumb on the back of her hand. He was narrowing his eyes as if thinking about something.

"Are you thinking who that woman is? What about that child?' Victoria asked.

She also felt strange. Before, she had thought that Matthew liked Dolores, but now there was another woman with a child.

This worried her.

Jayden reached out and brushed a loose strand of her hair behind her ear. He said softly, "Don't worry, I will go to the villa to see him.”

He will talk to him about this incident.