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!”

finally woke up, it was already ten in

and saw Emily

sister,

Kathleen to call her by that

awake,” Emily replied as

air of ladylike elegance,

two sisters, without a doubt, were very

out, “Aunt Emily, what are you doing

Try some,” Emily replied as she poured a bowl of soup and placed it in

too hot, the latter drank it immediately

Emily, I’m sorry to have

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

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

me again. It’s really

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

out a sigh. “It’s

her pale lips and said

what did Samuel say?” Emily asked

wants to live happily with

to appreciate what they have until it’s gone,” Emily uttered. “The whole family has tried to talk some sense into him, but he’s

turned out, Emily

was the CEO of Macari Group, and being in

he refused

understood what everyone else had been trying to tell

Kathleen was

about you?”

don’t want to,” Kathleen answered as she bit her lip. “But if I were

to do so, Samuel would still stubbornly refuse to sign

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

that Kathleen was thinking about it again, she realized

Samuel was the one who wanted a divorce, and she agreed

mind, but it became her turn to ask for a

went back and forth with no end

pale face and mumbled, “You’re a good person. If it were someone else, they’d have thrown

for Samuel

truly

means weak, but she knew she loved Samuel a

more as she watched Kathleen finish her food. Afterward, she chatted

was alone, Kathleen decided it was time to

walked into the bathroom and

standing under the showerhead, her hand instinctively went