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.

they slept together. Hence, she did not see the need

in her womb, and a new life took

last time,” explained Kathleen coolly. “I’ll ingest them right

then proceeded to retrieve a box of morning-after

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

meet won’t let me suffer through this, unlike

Samuel was incensed.

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

proper contraceptive measures, would you prefer to be as fecund

a man were to truly love me, he would certainly

man would

I swear I’ll prove it to

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

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 are well taken care of. What more is

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

fated then,” replied

my rotten luck. I must

have been lust-addled to

Samuel huffed in displeasure.

instantly sensed that something

that she had inexplicably become more

be that

between her eyebrows, deflated.

then proceeded to flop onto the bed,

Samuel grimaced.

of her to instigate my anger then promptly snooze off like nobody’s business. She would

the heavens for her quick wit in switching the birth

wouldn’t have proposed to take them

drifted off and

pinned on the bottle of

an eyesore. Best get rid of it. How

defined by his actions in not allowing her to consume birth-control pills, then so

a condom from this day

showering, Samuel lay in bed and turned to his side, taking in the

fresh peach and slept as soundly as an

such an irresistibly adorable woman to exist? No wonder everyone seems drawn to her. Especially Christopher. The way he looks at Kathleen does not belong to that of an ordinary

did not sit well with Samuel, and he was compelled to wrap Kathleen

go of me you scum!” Kathleen shrieked as she struggled to

frowned in dismay at the commotion, but Kathleen was