All Too Late

“Well then, when did your affair with Christopher begin?” Samuel asked coldly.

Kathleen leered at him sideways. “Do you truly want to know? Aren’t you afraid of getting triggered?”

“I am,” Samuel answered. His tone was bone-chilling.

“So don’t ask.” Kathleen paused, hesitating. She then continued, “I take a person’s privacy very seriously. Hence, I have no interest in sharing my private life with outsiders.”

Kathleen’s word echoed in Samuel’s mind. Outsiders?

A shadow gradually enshrouded his eyes. She called me family not long ago, but now I’m an outsider?

“It’s done. You can eat now.” Kathleen turned off the fire at the stove.

She then moved the plate of pasta out to the dining room.

Meanwhile, Samuel tried to stamp out the hostility in his eyes, attempting to regain his composure. “Thank you.”

“All right, enjoy your meal. I’m heading home now.” Kathleen removed her apron and got ready to leave.

Samuel paused for a moment, then asked, “Would you stay and talk for a bit?”

Kathleen gazed at him serenely. “I’m going to bed. The face of a female celebrity is of utmost importance. No botox injections can compare to the benefits of beauty sleep.”

Samuel stared at her in return.

Kathleen had spoken calmly without spite. She was merely stating a fact.

It appeared as if she was undeniably treating Samuel as an average family member.

“Okay, then. Goodnight,” Samuel uttered in disbelief.

Nevertheless, there was nothing he could do about it.

He had no other choice. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to grow closer to Kathleen in his entire lifetime.

When Kathleen approached the doorway, she swiveled around. “Samuel, please revoke my VIP status from the malls.”

Samuel looked at her coldly. “All you need to do is not spend your money there. I’ll stop the subscriptions then.”

“I’ll pay you back next time.” Kathleen desired a clean slate with him.

Samuel glared at her. “Will you be spending Charles’ money?”

“Of course.” Kathleen tipped her head up, then declared proudly, “He’s my brother after all.”

you spend my money instead?” Samuel was slightly peeved by then. “Or is it that you don’t want to be family with

Kathleen always had difficulty

turned

a sunny-side-up egg on it.

of his

walked back to

she stepped into the house, she

gloomy expression on his face. “Where did you go? I hadn’t heard from you the

Gemma and Benjamin,” Kathleen explained. “I even bought

corner of Charles’ lips twitched. “You had only a meal with them? That’s still no excuse to return so

angry, thinking that Kathleen was trying to mislead

She then confessed, “I

here I thought

with Samuel. From today onward, the two of us are only family members. He is something like a

laughed sarcastically, “Haha! I will never be his brother. It’ll

then. I can’t be bothered to care about all that. In the end, if you do somehow enrage him to the point where he no longer wants to be my family, he’ll come pestering me once again. When that happens, I won’t let you off so easily,” Kathleen

Charles was rendered speechless.

promptly made her way

to be his family?” Charles found

peered at him. “That’s right. You

be true. But

way too cunning. His proposal to merely be Kathleen’s family is probably just a way for him to buy more time. I bet it’s so that he could get closer to her.

least, with a deal like this,

Charles pursed his lips.

afraid of Samuel, Charles feared that Kathleen would be the one to pay for it if Samuel did

She was not a fool. “You should learn to trust in me

taken aback by

Kathleen marched up the

clever but

having breakfast when Maria brought over an invitation. “Ms. Johnson,

surprised.

flipped it open. As she scanned through it, Kathleen

Morris,” Maria answered. Kathleen immediately placed

inviting you over?”

Christopher and me. Now, do you understand what I meant? Nothing was happening between Christopher and me, but in the end, the Morris family misread the situation. They’re making a commotion out of nothing.” There was no readable expression on Kathleen’s clean face as she

heartbeat. “So should we give Christopher

he wants to speak with me

what do you plan on telling

Kathleen had no desire to lie to