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.”

Samuel was slightly peeved by then.

had difficulty winning an argument against

turned around

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

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

back to the

stepped into the house, she heard

his face. “Where did you go? I hadn’t heard from

Benjamin,”

meal with them? That’s still no excuse

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

She then confessed, “I

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

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

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

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

Charles was rendered speechless.

made

to be his family?” Charles found the entire

peered at him. “That’s right.

it can be true. But if it’s Samuel,

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. Why is she so foolish, though? She

like this, he won’t intervene if we decide to leave one day. Otherwise, once everything is settled, do you honestly believe that he will

Charles pursed his lips.

Samuel, Charles feared that Kathleen would be

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

taken aback by her

Kathleen marched

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

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

was surprised.

it open. As she scanned through it, Kathleen

answered.

is he inviting

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

in a heartbeat. “So

is asking me to go over on my own. It’s obvious that he wants to speak with me alone. So what’s the use of calling Christopher?” Kathleen

you plan on

Kathleen had no desire to lie