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

back to the condominium,”

out of the hotel with her hand in

condominium, Kathleen put on

same pair of

ones, but he had

viewed most couple-themed products with

nothing but childish things that only

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

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

kiss

was overcome with terror. Her dainty fist pounded on his chest as she fiercely uttered, “You’re not allowed to get intimate with me

“Why?” He grimaced.

test,” she muttered. “If you manage to pass the test after the month is up, I’ll give you

be with her

forward to how exactly

after one month, you’ll give in to me?” he questioned while

she affirmed with a

His calloused fingers tenderly brushed against

was being

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

Hehe!

going to take a shower,” he

Kathleen nodded. “Okay.”

around and go into the house while she let out a sigh of relief and clenched her

with her, then she could just act

to give Wynnie a call. “Samuel

a brow. “Has he gone to see Nicolette again? He’s

it,” Kathleen

Kathleen?” Samuel

“Coming,” she answered.

Wynnie heard that exchange, she could tell that it

a

she hung

and went

he opened the door to take it

magazines. No matter what he wore, he still

about

wasn’t really the type to open

she had was with Samuel

embarrassment. Her face was so red that she looked

and innocence of hers were exactly what he liked

yet to be tainted by the

around. Even the

on her ear

ran through her body. “You

that he had left behind, she still

took time for wounds to heal, after

she needed

wound of hers right as she

that point, she was bawling her

way she would be able to

his suit and covered her with it before pulling her

stay indifferent. Quit trying to manipulate

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

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

slight hoarseness to his voice as he

That left Kathleen startled.

straighten everything out,”

quite reluctant

dragging things out with

Samuel proposed

give

are they?” he questioned. There was

after a month, I’ll sign the

like you’re as innocent as

going to give it to me

slapped his hand against her outstretched one. “I

I want it by tomorrow,” she ordered, then bit her

He nodded

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

trick you,” he

“You’re not allowed to get intimate

hearing that,

her? I’ve never even done that before. Is she talking about physical

“Got it,” he agreed.

then did she feel

she was still incredibly on edge because she couldn’t tell what Samuel’s

to do if he really is just trying

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