All Too Late

“I don’t love you,” Samuel said coldly. “In the past, I didn’t understand what love was. You saved my life, for which I was grateful, and I naively thought that was love. But when I heard that Kathleen lost our children, I finally realized I don’t love you.”

He had rushed to the hospital back then and heard from Wynnie that Kathleen managed to pull through.

Their children, unfortunately, didn’t make it.

At that moment, the one thing that Samuel panicked most about was what would happen to him if Kathleen died.

If Kathleen left this world, where would I go to find her?

In that instant, he realized who he truly loved.

Kathleen! I love Kathleen and I can’t lose her!

Nicolette, on the other hand, couldn’t believe her ears. “You love her? But you just said you didn’t know what love was.”

“That may be so, but I do know that I don’t have that feeling when I’m with you,” Samuel retorted. “I might have already fallen in love with Kathleen from the day she became my wife. I just hadn’t noticed then.”

“Samuel, if it weren’t for your family’s disapproval, we’d have gotten married long ago!” Nicolette whimpered as tears coursed down her cheeks.

Alas, Samuel remained cold and distant. “If relationships can’t stand the test of time, it’d mean there wasn’t true love. I’ve probably never liked you that much, which explains why I gradually fell for Kathleen after you left. Or perhaps, my being with you was just a form of rebellion. The more my family disapproves of something, the more I want to go against them.”

“How could you treat me like this, Samuel?” Nicolette asked amidst sobs. “Don’t you know you’re my only hope?”

I’ve painstakingly put on this act for so long because of him, yet he’s now telling me he doesn’t love me? No! I won’t allow that!

“Since you’ve saved my life before, I’m willing to wipe the slate clean between us,” Samuel uttered calmly. “From today onward, we’ll have nothing to do with each other. I’ll arrange for you to start a new life abroad and also ensure that you’ll live comfortably for the rest of your life. However, you are not to show up in front of Kathleen again. I won’t allow you to bother her either.”

Nicolette continued to cry, indignant at the way Samuel had treated her.

Her goal had always been to marry rich so she could haughtily return to the Yoegers and laugh in their faces.

Now, however, all her hopes and dreams were shattered.

She had nothing left.

On the other end, Samuel promptly hung up the phone and turned to Tyson.

“Tyson, have you prepared everything I told you to?”

“There’s just a bit more to go.”

“Hurry up, then.”

Tyson nodded. “Understood!”

it was already ten

saw Emily sitting by her bed.

sister, which made her Samuel’s

for Kathleen

as her lips

air of ladylike elegance,

two sisters, without a doubt, were

Kathleen blurted out, “Aunt Emily, what

some mushroom soup. Try some,” Emily replied as she

and since it wasn’t too hot, the latter drank it immediately and felt it

I’m sorry to have troubled

stand on ceremony with me,” Emily said with a grin. “Your mother-in-law’s busy, so she got me to help take

her head. “I don’t need anything,

again. It’s really

Emily,” Kathleen mumbled as she quietly finished her

let out a sigh. “It’s heart-rending to see you like this, you

her pale

did Samuel say?” Emily

wants to live happily

until it’s gone,” Emily uttered. “The whole family has tried to talk

it turned out, Emily was absolutely

and being in that powerful position gave

when he refused to accept other people’s opinions or

painful loss before he finally understood what everyone else had been trying to

again, Kathleen was

about you?”

lip. “But if I were to ask for a divorce, I know he wouldn’t agree

do so, Samuel would

been a viable option, things wouldn’t have had to drag on

again, she realized how laughable

beginning, Samuel was the one who wanted a divorce, and

became her turn to ask for a

the two of them went back and forth

face and mumbled, “You’re a good person. If it were someone else, they’d have

for Samuel and didn’t want

ever truly understand

no means weak, but she knew she loved

she watched Kathleen finish her food.

that she was alone, Kathleen decided it was time to do something about

the

showerhead, her hand