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.”

peeved by then. “Or

right, I understand.” Kathleen always had

then turned

had a sunny-side-up egg on it. The egg

of it. Instantaneously, the corner of his thin lips arched up ever so slightly. She

back to the

the house,

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

Benjamin,” Kathleen explained.

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

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

She then confessed, “I met with Samuel as

down the stairs. “And here I thought it was him who was

of us are only family members. He is something like a brother to me, and so are you. The two of you are brothers henceforth. Please do get along

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

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,”

Charles was rendered speechless.

promptly made her

to be his family?” Charles found

“That’s right. You don’t believe it’s

it’s someone else, then I do believe that it can be true. But if

him to buy more time. I bet it’s so that he could get closer to her. Why is she so

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

Charles pursed his lips.

was not afraid of Samuel, Charles feared that Kathleen would be the one to pay for it if Samuel

a fool. “You should learn

taken aback by

Kathleen marched

out a deep, long sigh. Perhaps she’s actually clever but she doesn’t show it. Some things are better left unknown. Elsewise, it would

Kathleen was having breakfast when Maria brought over an invitation. “Ms. Johnson, this is an invitation from the Morris

was surprised. The

took the invitation, then flipped it open. As she scanned through it,

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

inviting you over?” Charles

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

in a heartbeat. “So should we give Christopher a

on my own. It’s obvious that he wants to speak

do you plan on telling them?” Charles was

truth.” Kathleen had no desire to