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.”

money instead?” Samuel was slightly peeved by then. “Or is it that you don’t want

had difficulty

turned

at his plate, which had a sunny-side-up egg on it. The egg was round and reminded him

fork and took a bite of it. Instantaneously, the corner of his thin

walked back to

the house, she

“Where did

meal with Gemma and Benjamin,” Kathleen

meal with them? That’s still no

angry, thinking that Kathleen was trying to mislead him with a

confessed, “I met with Samuel as

here I thought it was him who was pestering

today onward, the two of us are only family members. He is

be his brother. It’ll be

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

Charles was rendered speechless.

made

his family?” Charles

him. “That’s right. You don’t believe it’s

do believe that it can be true. But if it’s

man is 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

planning. But, at least, with a deal like this, he won’t intervene if we decide to leave one day. Otherwise, once everything

Charles pursed his lips.

though he was not afraid of Samuel, Charles feared that Kathleen would be the one

She was not a fool. “You

aback

Kathleen marched up the

clever but she doesn’t show it. Some

when Maria brought over an invitation. “Ms.

was surprised. The Morris

As she scanned through it, Kathleen began to

Johnson. It’s from Felix Morris,” Maria answered. Kathleen immediately placed the

he inviting you

me. Now, do you understand what I meant? Nothing was happening between Christopher and me, but in the end, the Morris family misread

in a heartbeat. “So should we give Christopher

me to go over on my own. It’s obvious that he wants to speak with me alone. So

you plan on telling them?” Charles

had no desire to lie