All Too Late

Chapter 21 Why Is He Not Good Enough

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.

brushed off the reminder since she wasn’t ovulating and promptly forgotten

subsequent few times they slept together. Hence,

a seed had been planted in her womb, and a new life took

plan B pills the last time,” explained Kathleen

retrieve a box of morning-after pills from

grabbed her hand, disrupting her. “Fine, I trust you. You

through this, unlike you! All you

Samuel was incensed.

I truly act irresponsibly? Still, it is true that Kathleen

measures, would you prefer to be as fecund as a sow?”

to truly love me, he would certainly have

man

yourself that your opinions are skewed. I swear I’ll prove it to you by

say that such men are a mere figment of your wishful

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

a dime a dozen. I can’t believe my poor luck to have met the

we’re fated then,” replied

self-mockingly, “As if! Curse my rotten luck. I must have been utterly

been lust-addled to have pined after

Samuel huffed in displeasure.

that something was

inexplicably become more prone to

research, however, it could be that

space between her eyebrows, deflated. “Whatever,

then proceeded to flop onto the bed,

Samuel grimaced.

gall of her to instigate my anger then promptly snooze off like nobody’s business. She would not have dared

thanked the heavens for her quick wit in switching the

take

eventually drifted off and

on the bottle

of it. How am I not a good

in not allowing her to consume

use a condom from this

Samuel lay in bed and turned to his side, taking

fresh peach and slept as soundly as

possible for 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

Samuel, and he was compelled to wrap Kathleen in

you scum!” Kathleen shrieked as she struggled

at the commotion, but