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!”

woke up, it was already ten in the

and saw Emily

was Wynnie Staines’ elder sister, which made her

right for Kathleen to call

replied as her

with an air of ladylike elegance, while Wynnie was

a doubt,

the visit, Kathleen blurted out, “Aunt Emily, what are

I’ve made some mushroom soup. Try some,” Emily replied as she poured a

hot, the latter drank

Emily, I’m sorry to have

with a grin. “Your mother-in-law’s busy, so she got me to help

shook her head. “I don’t need anything,

being polite with me again. It’s really no bother at

Emily,” Kathleen

out a sigh. “It’s heart-rending to

pale

Samuel

said he wants to live

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

out,

Group, and being in that powerful position gave him a

there were many times when he refused to accept other people’s opinions or

a painful loss before he finally understood what

Kathleen

about you?”

lip. “But if I were to ask for a divorce,

forced him to do so, Samuel would still stubbornly refuse

ever been a viable option,

again, she

the one who wanted a

mind, but it became her

the two of them went back and forth with no

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

had feelings for Samuel

could he ever truly

she knew she loved Samuel a little too

food. Afterward, she chatted a

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

the bathroom and took a warm

standing under the showerhead, her hand