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.

reminder since she wasn’t ovulating and

together. Hence, she did

in her womb,

B pills the last time,” explained Kathleen

a box

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

men I meet won’t let me suffer through this, unlike you! All

Samuel was incensed.

irresponsibly? Still, it is true that Kathleen often has to

would you prefer to be as fecund as a sow?” countered

to truly love me, he would certainly have

man

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

when I say that such men are a mere figment of your wishful

her imagined good man. 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 life are well taken care of. What more is there to

my poor luck to have met the only bad egg out there.”

means that we’re fated

if! Curse my rotten

to have pined after him for

Samuel huffed in displeasure.

that

seemed that she had inexplicably become more prone to

that

her eyebrows, deflated. “Whatever, I’m going to

flop onto the bed, pull up the

Samuel grimaced.

anger then promptly snooze off like nobody’s business. She would not have dared to do so

thanked the heavens for her quick wit in switching the birth

to take them right before

off and

on the

Best get rid of it. How am I not

good man was defined by his actions in not allowing her to

a condom

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

luscious as fresh peach and slept as soundly as an

irresistibly adorable woman to exist? No wonder everyone seems drawn to her. Especially Christopher. The way

Samuel, and he was compelled to

go of me you scum!” Kathleen shrieked as she struggled to escape

at the commotion,