Divorce Anxiety (Kathleen and Samuel)

Kathleen was having a fitful sleep when she was awoken by a bitingly cold presence.

Her gaze landed on Samuel, who was standing by her bed.

She was overcome with nerves and disbelief that he had actually returned.

Samuel regarded the squeamish Kathleen in an icily condescending manner. “You’re pregnant?”

“No. Who told you that? Do you deny the lab test results?” Kathleen bit back as she worried her bottom lip.

“Then what is it that you’re looking at?” retorted Samuel as he pointed at the tablet.

Kathleen pursed her lips. “I had promised to help Gemma out tomorrow by volunteering at a charity home advocating for autistic children. Do you find fault in me doing some background research beforehand?”

That managed to convince Samuel.

“What time will you be leaving tomorrow?” asked Samuel dispassionately.

“I plan to reach by ten o’clock.”

Kathleen secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

That was a close call. Her pregnancy was almost revealed.

“Are you certain you’re not pregnant?” Samuel reiterated.

“Of course. When have I skipped my birth control pills?” deadpanned Kathleen.

“That trip to the hot springs two months prior.” Samuel could still recall it vividly.

Well, that was true indeed.

Kathleen had decided to head to the hot springs on a whim while Samuel had been there on a job inspection. Neither she nor Samuel had an inkling that either party would be present, yet both had met out of sheer coincidence.

It had only taken Samuel one look at Kathleen, enticingly flushed and bundled up in a bathrobe, for him to ravish her completely in his room.

In the heat of the moment, Samuel had forgotten to bring along his condoms.

He rarely used them, as a matter of fact, and relied on Kathleen’s regular intake of morning-after pills.

After their night together, he had urged Kathleen to take her pills on time and hastily left for work.

Kathleen was so wrung out after the night’s exertions that she failed to act on it immediately.

She had brushed off the reminder since she wasn’t ovulating and promptly forgotten all about it.

Samuel had worn a condom the subsequent few times they slept together. Hence, she did not see the need in taking the pills.

had been planted in her womb, and

was taking my plan B pills the last time,” explained Kathleen coolly. “I’ll ingest them right now

box of

Kathleen’s lips when Samuel grabbed her hand, disrupting her. “Fine, I trust you. You haven’t been feeling well lately.

unlike you! All you care

Samuel was incensed.

that Kathleen often

you prefer to be as fecund as

truly love me, he would certainly have

No man

I swear I’ll prove it to you by finding a good man

that such men are a mere figment of your wishful imagination,”

anyway? Kathleen is given ample money to spend.

men out there are a dime a dozen. I can’t believe my poor luck to have met the only bad egg

we’re fated then,”

rotten luck. I must have

been lust-addled to have pined after him

Samuel huffed in displeasure.

instantly sensed that something

had inexplicably become more

that

the space between her eyebrows, deflated. “Whatever, I’m

proceeded to flop onto the bed, pull up

Samuel grimaced.

anger then promptly snooze off like nobody’s business. She would not have

wit in switching the birth control pills to

to take them right before

eventually drifted off and succumbed to

glacial gaze was pinned on the

of it. How am I not

defined by his actions in not allowing her to consume birth-control

use a condom

in bed and turned to his side, taking in the view of

as fresh peach and slept as soundly as an endearing tabby

is it possible for such an irresistibly adorable woman to exist? No wonder everyone seems drawn to her. Especially Christopher. The way he looks at

sit well with Samuel, and he

Kathleen shrieked

dismay at the

to find someone else whom I deserve,”

a twinge in his

seem to explain why those words