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.

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

had worn a condom the subsequent few times they slept together. Hence, she did not see the

had been planted in her womb, and a new life

pills the last time,” explained Kathleen

a box of morning-after

pill had almost reached Kathleen’s lips when Samuel grabbed her hand, disrupting her. “Fine, I trust you. You haven’t been feeling well lately. Taking these pills might only cause more harm

meet won’t let me suffer through this, unlike you! All you care about is your own pleasure regardless of

Samuel was incensed.

Still, it is true that Kathleen often has to be

proper contraceptive measures, would you prefer to be as

to truly love

No man

your opinions are skewed. I swear I’ll prove it to you by finding a good man for

are a mere figment of

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 there to

there are a dime a dozen. I can’t believe my poor luck to have met the only bad egg

fated

“As if! Curse my rotten

mind must have been lust-addled to have

Samuel huffed in displeasure.

that

that she had inexplicably become more

could be that her mood swings were due

pinched the space between her eyebrows, deflated.

proceeded to flop onto the bed, pull up the covers,

Samuel grimaced.

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

heavens for her quick wit in switching the birth

to take them

drifted off and

glacial gaze was pinned on the bottle of

eyesore. Best get rid of it. How am I not a

in not

would use a condom

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

peach and slept as

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

he was compelled to wrap Kathleen in his embrace to

Kathleen shrieked as she struggled to escape

at the commotion, but