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.”

instead?” Samuel was slightly peeved by then. “Or

always had

then turned around

it. The egg was

corner of his thin lips arched

back to the

she stepped into the house, she

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

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

had only a meal with them? That’s still

Kathleen was trying to

then confessed, “I met with Samuel as

down the stairs. “And here I thought it

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

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

care about all that. In the end, if you do somehow enrage him to the point where he

Charles was rendered speechless.

promptly made

to be his family?” Charles found the entire notion

him. “That’s right.

believe that it can be true. But if it’s Samuel,

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. Why is she so foolish, though?

least, with a deal like this, he won’t intervene if we decide to leave one day.

Charles pursed his lips.

Kathleen would be the one to pay for

“You should learn to trust in

taken aback

Kathleen marched up the

slim figure, then let out a deep, long sigh. Perhaps she’s actually clever but she doesn’t show it. Some things

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

surprised. The Morris

invitation, then flipped it open. As she scanned through it, Kathleen began to grin from ear to ear. “This is from

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

he inviting you

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

awkward in a heartbeat. “So should we give Christopher a

obvious that he wants

you plan on telling them?” Charles

no desire to