All Too Late

“I don’t love you,” Samuel said coldly. “In the past, I didn’t understand what love was. You saved my life, for which I was grateful, and I naively thought that was love. But when I heard that Kathleen lost our children, I finally realized I don’t love you.”

He had rushed to the hospital back then and heard from Wynnie that Kathleen managed to pull through.

Their children, unfortunately, didn’t make it.

At that moment, the one thing that Samuel panicked most about was what would happen to him if Kathleen died.

If Kathleen left this world, where would I go to find her?

In that instant, he realized who he truly loved.

Kathleen! I love Kathleen and I can’t lose her!

Nicolette, on the other hand, couldn’t believe her ears. “You love her? But you just said you didn’t know what love was.”

“That may be so, but I do know that I don’t have that feeling when I’m with you,” Samuel retorted. “I might have already fallen in love with Kathleen from the day she became my wife. I just hadn’t noticed then.”

“Samuel, if it weren’t for your family’s disapproval, we’d have gotten married long ago!” Nicolette whimpered as tears coursed down her cheeks.

Alas, Samuel remained cold and distant. “If relationships can’t stand the test of time, it’d mean there wasn’t true love. I’ve probably never liked you that much, which explains why I gradually fell for Kathleen after you left. Or perhaps, my being with you was just a form of rebellion. The more my family disapproves of something, the more I want to go against them.”

“How could you treat me like this, Samuel?” Nicolette asked amidst sobs. “Don’t you know you’re my only hope?”

I’ve painstakingly put on this act for so long because of him, yet he’s now telling me he doesn’t love me? No! I won’t allow that!

“Since you’ve saved my life before, I’m willing to wipe the slate clean between us,” Samuel uttered calmly. “From today onward, we’ll have nothing to do with each other. I’ll arrange for you to start a new life abroad and also ensure that you’ll live comfortably for the rest of your life. However, you are not to show up in front of Kathleen again. I won’t allow you to bother her either.”

Nicolette continued to cry, indignant at the way Samuel had treated her.

Her goal had always been to marry rich so she could haughtily return to the Yoegers and laugh in their faces.

Now, however, all her hopes and dreams were shattered.

She had nothing left.

On the other end, Samuel promptly hung up the phone and turned to Tyson.

“Tyson, have you prepared everything I told you to?”

“There’s just a bit more to go.”

“Hurry up, then.”

Tyson nodded. “Understood!”

up, it was already ten in

Emily

was Wynnie Staines’ elder sister,

was only right for Kathleen to call her by that

as her lips

carried herself with an air of ladylike elegance, while Wynnie was a tough,

sisters, without a doubt, were very

blurted out, “Aunt Emily,

you. By the way, I’ve made some mushroom soup. Try some,” Emily replied as she poured a bowl of soup

delicious and since it wasn’t too hot, the latter drank it immediately and felt it

I’m sorry to have troubled

ceremony with me,” Emily said with a grin. “Your mother-in-law’s busy, so she got

shook her head. “I don’t need anything,

polite with me again. It’s really

really don’t need anything, Aunt Emily,” Kathleen mumbled as

that, Emily let out a sigh. “It’s heart-rending

her pale lips and

Samuel say?”

wants to

gone,” Emily uttered. “The whole family has

out, Emily was

Macari Group, and being in that powerful position gave him a

that, there were many times when he refused to accept

took a painful loss before he finally understood what everyone else

again, Kathleen was

you?” Emily

I were to ask for a divorce, I know he wouldn’t agree

do

divorce had ever been a viable option, things wouldn’t have

that Kathleen was thinking about it again, she

Samuel was the one who wanted a divorce, and she

changed his mind, but it became

the two of them went back and forth with no end in

“You’re a good person. If it were someone else,

for Samuel and didn’t

could he ever truly understand my good

means weak, but she knew

she watched Kathleen finish her food. Afterward, she chatted a bit

she was alone, Kathleen decided it was time to do something about her

walked into the bathroom and took

the showerhead, her hand