Perfect Marriage with My Substitute Wife

“Well then, when did your affair with Christopher begin?” Samuel asked coldly.

Kathleen leered at him sideways. “Do you truly want to know? Aren’t you afraid of getting triggered?”

“I am,” Samuel answered. His tone was bone-chilling.

“So don’t ask.” Kathleen paused, hesitating. She then continued, “I take a person’s privacy very seriously. Hence, I have no interest in sharing my private life with outsiders.”

Kathleen’s word echoed in Samuel’s mind. Outsiders?

A shadow gradually enshrouded his eyes. She called me family not long ago, but now I’m an outsider?

“It’s done. You can eat now.” Kathleen turned off the fire at the stove.

She then moved the plate of pasta out to the dining room.

Meanwhile, Samuel tried to stamp out the hostility in his eyes, attempting to regain his composure. “Thank you.”

“All right, enjoy your meal. I’m heading home now.” Kathleen removed her apron and got ready to leave.

Samuel paused for a moment, then asked, “Would you stay and talk for a bit?”

Kathleen gazed at him serenely. “I’m going to bed. The face of a female celebrity is of utmost importance. No botox injections can compare to the benefits of beauty sleep.”

Samuel stared at her in return.

Kathleen had spoken calmly without spite. She was merely stating a fact.

It appeared as if she was undeniably treating Samuel as an average family member.

“Okay, then. Goodnight,” Samuel uttered in disbelief.

Nevertheless, there was nothing he could do about it.

He had no other choice. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to grow closer to Kathleen in his entire lifetime.

When Kathleen approached the doorway, she swiveled around. “Samuel, please revoke my VIP status from the malls.”

Samuel looked at her coldly. “All you need to do is not spend your money there. I’ll stop the subscriptions then.”

“I’ll pay you back next time.” Kathleen desired a clean slate with him.

Samuel glared at her. “Will you be spending Charles’ money?”

“Of course.” Kathleen tipped her head up, then declared proudly, “He’s my brother after all.”

I’m your family and your brother, too. So why can’t you spend my money instead?” Samuel was slightly peeved by then.

Kathleen always had difficulty winning

turned around

stared at his plate, which had a sunny-side-up egg on it. The egg was

the corner of his thin lips arched up ever so slightly. She can never escape from

back to

stepped into the house, she heard Charles

had a gloomy expression on his face. “Where did you go? I hadn’t heard

had a meal with Gemma and Benjamin,” Kathleen explained. “I even bought

had only a meal with them? That’s still no excuse to return so

angry, thinking that Kathleen was trying to mislead

She then confessed, “I met with Samuel

here I thought

are only family members. He is something like a brother to me, and so are you. The two of you are brothers henceforth. Please

brother. It’ll be asking me to stoop to

as you please then. I can’t be bothered to care about all that. In the end, if you do somehow enrage him to the point where he no longer wants to be my family, he’ll come pestering me once again. When that happens, I won’t let

Charles was rendered speechless.

promptly made her

his family?” Charles found the entire notion

him. “That’s right. You don’t believe it’s

believe that it can be true. But if it’s Samuel, I don’t believe it at all.” Charles

His proposal to merely be Kathleen’s family is probably just a way for him to buy more time. I bet it’s so that he could get

spoke with indifference. “Charles, not even I know what Samuel is planning. But, at least, with a deal like this, he won’t intervene if we decide to leave one day. Otherwise, once everything is settled, do you

Charles pursed his lips.

afraid of Samuel, Charles feared that Kathleen would be the one to pay

She was not a fool. “You should learn to trust in

taken aback by

marched up

long sigh. Perhaps she’s actually clever but she doesn’t show it. Some things are better left unknown. Elsewise, it would

morning, Kathleen was having breakfast when Maria brought over an invitation. “Ms. Johnson, this is an invitation from the Morris

surprised.

invitation, then flipped it open. As she scanned through it, Kathleen began to grin from ear

from Felix Morris,” Maria answered.

is he inviting you

between Christopher and me. Now, do you understand what I meant? Nothing was happening between Christopher and me, but in

“So should we give

over on my own. It’s obvious that he wants to speak with me alone. So what’s the use of

plan on

had no desire