Perfect Marriage with My Substitute Wife

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.

together. Hence, she did not see

had been planted in her womb, and a new

weren’t around when I was taking my plan B pills the last time,” explained Kathleen coolly. “I’ll ingest them right now if you

to retrieve a box

grabbed her hand, disrupting her. “Fine, I trust you. You haven’t been feeling well lately. Taking these pills might only cause more harm

I meet won’t let me suffer through this, unlike you! All

Samuel was incensed.

truly act irresponsibly? Still, it is true that Kathleen often has to be

contraceptive measures, would you prefer to be

truly love me, he would certainly

on. No man

full of yourself that your opinions are skewed. I swear I’ll prove it

are a mere figment of

her imagined good man. What is so bad about me anyway? Kathleen is given ample money to spend. Besides, her needs and wants, both in bed and in day-to-day life

out there are a dime a dozen. I can’t believe my poor luck to have

fated then,”

my rotten luck. I must

must have been lust-addled to have pined after him for

Samuel huffed in displeasure.

instantly sensed that

it seemed that she had inexplicably become more prone to losing her

her research, however, it could be that her mood swings

pinched the space between her eyebrows,

to flop onto the bed,

Samuel grimaced.

snooze off like nobody’s business. She would

thanked the heavens for her quick wit in switching the birth control pills to

take them right

drifted off

on the

rid of it. How am I

not allowing her to consume birth-control

use a condom

and turned to

as soft and luscious as fresh peach and slept as

drawn to her. Especially Christopher.

did not sit well with Samuel, and he

scum!” Kathleen shrieked

dismay at the commotion, but Kathleen was