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.

she wasn’t ovulating and promptly forgotten all about

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

in her womb, and a new life

weren’t around when I was taking my plan B pills the last time,” explained Kathleen coolly. “I’ll

retrieve a box of morning-after

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

me suffer through this, unlike you! All you care about

Samuel was incensed.

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

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

a man were to truly love me, he would certainly have

man would

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

that such men are a mere figment of your wishful imagination,” quibbled

given ample money to spend. Besides, her needs and wants, both in bed and in day-to-day life are well taken care of.

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

that we’re fated then,”

“As if! Curse my rotten luck. I must

have been lust-addled to

Samuel huffed in displeasure.

instantly sensed that something was

inexplicably become more prone to losing

it could be that her mood swings were due

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

to flop onto the bed, pull

Samuel grimaced.

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

heavens for her quick wit in switching the birth control pills

to take

off and succumbed to

gaze was pinned on the bottle of

it. How am I not a good

defined by his actions in not allowing her to consume birth-control pills, then so be

use a condom from

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

and luscious as fresh peach and slept as

woman to exist? No wonder everyone seems drawn to her. Especially Christopher. The way he looks at

and he was compelled to wrap

scum!” Kathleen shrieked as she struggled to

frowned in dismay at the commotion, but Kathleen was