All Too Late
Chapter 36
“I just want to have a proper husband, Samuel. If you can’t give me that, then stop trying to get yourself involved with me,” Kathleen pleaded in great distress. “Every time you kiss me, it makes me hesitate. I begin to wonder if you might like me just a little bit, but the things you do afterward shatter me completely. Please stop torturing me. I’m begging you.”
Tears were streaming down her cheeks uncontrollably.
The sorrow and pain she was experiencing were unbearable.
Kathleen was well aware of how much she loved Samuel.
It wasn’t just a matter of time. Rather, he had become a permanent part of her life.
Only she knew how agonizing it was to have to rip him out of her life just like that.
Despite the fresh wound that he had left behind, she still loved him.
It took time for wounds to heal, after all.
What she needed was time.
What she didn’t need was Samuel coming back to reopen that wound of hers right as she was trying to close it slowly. He was making her experience heart-wrenching torment once again.
At that point, she was bawling her eyes out in Samuel’s arms.
There was no way she would be able to head back in that state.
Samuel took off his suit and covered her with it before pulling her into his embrace. “Come on. Don’t cry.”
“Stop being so nice to me. Just stay indifferent. Quit trying to manipulate me,” Kathleen sobbed.
“Who else am I nice to other than you?” He felt like he was at his wit’s end.
“Nicolette,” she mumbled. Her eyes were red-rimmed. “I told you I wanted a proper husband, Samuel. If you’re willing to be one, we can live happily from now on. If not, we should make things clear right now. Then, we can go our separate ways in the future.”
He stared at how pitiful she looked. There was slight hoarseness to his voice as he asked, “Can you give me a bit of time?”
That left Kathleen startled.
“Just give me some time to straighten everything out,” he said while caressing her face.
Truthfully speaking, he was quite reluctant to let her go.
“How long?” Her lips were pursed together. “I can’t keep dragging things out with you, Samuel. There’s no way I can wait as long as a year, either.”
“One month,” Samuel proposed in a deep voice.
After a moment of contemplation, she replied, “I can give you that much, but I have my own demands.”
“What are they?” he questioned. There was a smile on his face.
“Give me a copy of the divorce agreement with your signature on it. If you and Nicolette are still hung up on each other after a month, I’ll sign the papers and leave,” insisted Kathleen. She wanted to have a backup plan for herself instead of waiting around like an idiot.
He chuckled in response. “Sometimes, I feel like you’re as innocent as a baby. Other times, I find you rather cunning.”
“Are you going to give it to me or not?” she complained.
Samuel slapped his hand against her outstretched one. “I will.”
“Good. I want it by tomorrow,” she ordered, then bit her lip.
“Sure.” He nodded his head.
Kathleen hesitated for a while, then stated, “This is really going to be the last chance I give you, Samuel. I hope you’re not doing this to lead me on or trick me. I know I’m soft-hearted, but I would never let anyone take advantage of me.”
“I won’t trick you,” he promised while staring at her.
“Also…” Her gaze turned cold as she trailed off. “You’re not allowed to get intimate with Nicolette ever again.”
Upon hearing that, Samuel frowned.
Get intimate with her? I’ve never even done that before. Is she talking about physical contact?
“Got it,” he agreed.
Only then did she feel better.
Nonetheless, she was still incredibly on edge because she couldn’t tell what Samuel’s true intentions were.
What am I going to do if he really is just trying to trick me?
“Let’s go back,” Samuel suggested. He grabbed her hand before heading outside.
“Shouldn’t we tell Dad?” Kathleen protested softly.
Even though she had just cried herself silly, she still hadn’t completely regained her composure.
On top of that, she hadn’t forgotten her manners either.
“Don’t worry about it.” He simply brushed the matter off.
“Where are we going, then?” she inquired.
to go?” asked Samuel in
go back to the condominium,” said Kathleen
out of the hotel with her hand in
on a pair of indoor slippers
Samuel had used the same pair of simple black slippers since the
matching ones,
Samuel viewed most couple-themed products with
were nothing but childish things that only
a young girl herself, not to mention a
Samuel pressed her against the
was even more intense than the kiss they had shared
on his chest as she fiercely uttered, “You’re not allowed to get intimate with me until
“Why?” He grimaced.
manage to pass the test after the month is
that he actually chose to be with her from then on,
would simply look forward to how exactly he was
month, you’ll give in
she affirmed with a
making me hold back for a whole month are,” warned Samuel. His calloused fingers tenderly brushed against her delicate chin, and he stared
know.” Kathleen was being
she figured that once she told him that she was pregnant and couldn’t share a room
Hehe!
to take a shower,”
Kathleen nodded. “Okay.”
proceeded to turn around and go into the house while she
stay with her, then she could
“Samuel and I won’t
to see Nicolette
not it,” Kathleen immediately
a towel, Kathleen?” Samuel piped up with
“Coming,” she answered.
moment Wynnie heard that exchange, she could tell that it was
said with a grin. “You both should rest
she hung
placed her phone down and went to pass Samuel
to take it from
was unbelievably well-built, and he could even beat that of the models in fashion magazines. No matter what he wore, he still looked slender; when undressed, though,
unique about
really the type to open up
experience that she had
so exposed made her cheeks flush in embarrassment. Her face was so red that she looked like a tomato. She was so naive that it was out
innocence of hers were exactly what he liked
had yet to be tainted by the
around. Even the tips of her ears felt
her from behind. He lowered his head and nibbled on her ear
her body. “You promised me,
that he had left behind, she
for wounds to heal,
she needed
Samuel coming back to reopen that wound of hers right as she was trying to close it slowly. He was making her experience heart-wrenching torment once
bawling her
would be able to
his suit and covered her with it before
nice to me. Just stay indifferent. Quit trying to manipulate me,” Kathleen
to other than you?”
Samuel. If you’re willing to be one, we can live happily from
she looked. There was slight hoarseness to his voice as he asked,
That left Kathleen startled.
to straighten everything out,” he said while caressing her
was quite reluctant to let
lips were pursed together. “I can’t keep dragging things out with you, Samuel. There’s no way I can wait as long as a
Samuel proposed in a deep
can give you that much, but I have my
There was a smile on
divorce agreement with your signature on it. If you and Nicolette are still hung up on each other after a month, I’ll sign the papers and leave,” insisted Kathleen. She wanted to have a
response. “Sometimes, I feel like you’re as innocent
give it to me or not?” she
slapped his hand against her outstretched one. “I
by tomorrow,”
He nodded
really going to be the last chance I give you, Samuel. I hope you’re not doing this to lead me on or trick me. I know I’m soft-hearted, but I would never let
you,” he promised
off. “You’re not allowed
that,
her? I’ve never even done that before. Is
“Got it,” he agreed.
then did
edge because she couldn’t
I going to do if he really is