All Too Late

“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.

where do you want to

to the condominium,” said Kathleen after

He proceeded to walk out of the

the condominium, Kathleen put on a pair of indoor slippers with bunny

had used the same pair of simple black slippers since

Kathleen had gotten them matching ones,

fact, Samuel viewed most couple-themed products

they were nothing but childish things that only young girls would be

that Kathleen was a young girl herself, not to mention a soft and

changing into their slippers, Samuel pressed her against the wall and

than the kiss they had

dainty fist pounded on his chest as she fiercely uttered, “You’re not allowed to get intimate with me until the

“Why?” He grimaced.

manage to pass the test after the month is up, I’ll give

with her from then

would simply look forward to how exactly he was going to deal with

give in to me?” he questioned while scrutinizing

she affirmed with

month are,” warned Samuel. His calloused fingers tenderly brushed

Kathleen was being perfectly

him that she was pregnant and couldn’t share a room with him, he wouldn’t be

Hehe!

going to take a

Kathleen nodded. “Okay.”

while

truly intended to stay with her, then she could just act like she

Wynnie a call. “Samuel and

he gone to see Nicolette again? He’s using

that’s not it,”

Kathleen?” Samuel piped up with his deep

“Coming,” she answered.

heard that exchange, she

said with a

that, she hung

placed her phone down and went

opened the door to take it from her,

and he could even beat that of the models in fashion magazines. No

something unique about him that most people

woman, Kathleen wasn’t really the type to open up to

she had was with

in embarrassment. Her face was so red that she looked like a tomato. She was so naive that it was out of

of hers were exactly what he liked about

yet to be tainted by

turned around. Even the tips

around himself and approached her from behind. He lowered his head and nibbled on her ear with his icy, thin lips. “It’s been three

through her body.

he had left behind,

took time for wounds

she needed was

that wound of hers right as she was trying to close it

point, she was bawling her

be able to head back in that

off his suit and covered her with it

Just stay indifferent. Quit trying to manipulate me,”

else am I nice to other than you?” He felt like he was at his

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

There was slight hoarseness to his voice as he asked, “Can you give me a bit of

That left Kathleen startled.

time to straighten everything

quite

things out with you, Samuel. There’s

Samuel proposed in

replied, “I can give you that much, but I have

There was a smile on

you and Nicolette are still hung up on each other after a month, I’ll sign the papers and

response. “Sometimes, I feel like you’re as innocent as a baby.

you going to give it to me or not?”

slapped his hand against her outstretched one.

by tomorrow,” she ordered,

nodded

stated, “This is really going to be the last chance I give you, Samuel. I hope you’re not

he

“You’re not

that, Samuel

with her? I’ve never even done that

“Got it,” he agreed.

did she feel

on edge because she couldn’t tell what

if he really is