All Too Late
Chapter 21
Kathleen was having a fitful sleep when she was awoken by a bitingly cold presence.
Her gaze landed on Samuel, who was standing by her bed.
She was overcome with nerves and disbelief that he had actually returned.
Samuel regarded the squeamish Kathleen in an icily condescending manner. “You’re pregnant?”
“No. Who told you that? Do you deny the lab test results?” Kathleen bit back as she worried her bottom lip.
“Then what is it that you’re looking at?” retorted Samuel as he pointed at the tablet.
Kathleen pursed her lips. “I had promised to help Gemma out tomorrow by volunteering at a charity home advocating for autistic children. Do you find fault in me doing some background research beforehand?”
That managed to convince Samuel.
“What time will you be leaving tomorrow?” asked Samuel dispassionately.
“I plan to reach by ten o’clock.”
Kathleen secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
That was a close call. Her pregnancy was almost revealed.
“Are you certain you’re not pregnant?” Samuel reiterated.
“Of course. When have I skipped my birth control pills?” deadpanned Kathleen.
“That trip to the hot springs two months prior.” Samuel could still recall it vividly.
Well, that was true indeed.
Kathleen had decided to head to the hot springs on a whim while Samuel had been there on a job inspection. Neither she nor Samuel had an inkling that either party would be present, yet both had met out of sheer coincidence.
It had only taken Samuel one look at Kathleen, enticingly flushed and bundled up in a bathrobe, for him to ravish her completely in his room.
In the heat of the moment, Samuel had forgotten to bring along his condoms.
He rarely used them, as a matter of fact, and relied on Kathleen’s regular intake of morning-after pills.
After their night together, he had urged Kathleen to take her pills on time and hastily left for work.
Kathleen was so wrung out after the night’s exertions that she failed to act on it immediately.
She had brushed off the reminder since she wasn’t ovulating and promptly forgotten all about it.
the subsequent few times they slept together.
had been planted in her womb,
last time,”
a box of morning-after pills from
Samuel grabbed her hand, disrupting her. “Fine, I trust you. You haven’t been feeling well lately. Taking these pills
suffer through this, unlike you!
Samuel was incensed.
is true that Kathleen often has to be on Plan
measures, would you prefer to be as fecund as a sow?” countered
truly love me, he would certainly have
on. No man would
skewed. I swear I’ll prove
me, Kathleen, when I say that such men are
dare she compare me with her imagined good man. What is so bad about me anyway? Kathleen is given ample money to spend. Besides, her needs and wants, both in bed and in day-to-day life are well taken care of. What more is there to
are a dime a dozen. I can’t believe my poor luck to have met the only bad
that we’re fated
my rotten luck. I must have
to
Samuel huffed in displeasure.
instantly sensed that something was
that she had inexplicably become more
on her research, however, it could be that her mood swings were due
between her eyebrows, deflated. “Whatever, I’m
proceeded to flop onto the bed, pull up
Samuel grimaced.
nobody’s business. She would not have dared to do so in
thanked the heavens for her quick wit in switching the birth control
take them right
eventually drifted off and succumbed
pinned on the bottle of birth-control
it. How
his actions in not allowing her to
condom from this day
to his side, taking
and luscious as fresh peach and slept as
for such an irresistibly adorable woman to exist? No wonder everyone seems drawn to her. Especially Christopher. The way he
not sit well with Samuel, and he was compelled to wrap Kathleen in his
go of me you scum!” Kathleen shrieked as
dismay at the commotion, but Kathleen was