Perfect Marriage with My Substitute Wife

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.

do you want to go?” asked

to the condominium,”

proceeded to walk out

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

hand, Samuel had used the same pair of simple black

past, Kathleen had gotten them matching ones, but he

Samuel viewed most couple-themed products

nothing but childish things that only young

had forgotten, however, was the fact that Kathleen was a young girl

their slippers, Samuel pressed her against the wall and

kiss they had shared

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

“Why?” He grimaced.

It’s a test,” she muttered. “If you manage to pass the test

that he actually chose to be with her from then on, she

would simply look forward to how exactly

in to me?” he questioned

she affirmed

what the consequences of making me hold back for a whole month are,” warned Samuel. His calloused

was

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

Hehe!

take a shower,” he

Kathleen nodded. “Okay.”

turn around and go into the house while she

to stay with her, then she could just

a call. “Samuel and I

a brow. “Has he gone to see Nicolette again? He’s using you as his cover,

it,” Kathleen immediately

towel, Kathleen?”

“Coming,” she answered.

she could tell that it was

said with a grin. “You both

that, she hung

and

to take it from her, he was completely

that of the models in fashion magazines. No matter what he

had something unique about him that most people

really the type to

she had was with Samuel

cheeks flush in embarrassment. Her face was so red that she looked like a tomato. She was so naive

of hers were exactly

be

around. Even the

his head and nibbled on her ear with his icy, thin lips. “It’s been

shiver ran through her body. “You

he had left behind, she

time for wounds to heal, after

she needed

to reopen that wound of hers right as she was trying to close it slowly. He was making her experience heart-wrenching torment once

she was bawling her eyes out

no way she would be able to

and covered her with it before pulling her into

stay indifferent. Quit trying to manipulate me,” Kathleen

you?” He felt like he

one, we can live happily

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

That left Kathleen startled.

to straighten everything out,” he said

he was quite reluctant to let

long?” Her lips were pursed together. “I can’t keep dragging things out with you, Samuel. There’s no way I can

proposed in a

contemplation, she replied, “I can give you that much, but I

are they?” he questioned. There was a

each other after a

as innocent as a

going to give it to me or

slapped his hand against her outstretched one. “I

I want it by tomorrow,” she ordered,

He nodded

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

won’t trick you,” he promised while

“You’re not allowed

that,

her? I’ve never even done

“Got it,” he agreed.

did she feel

she was still incredibly on edge because

to do if he really is

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