All Too Late

Chapter 266 She Is Dead

“I’m glad you understand then.” Kathleen sounded a little exasperated at that point.

In response, a stiflingly grim aura started exuding from Samuel as his gaze turned frosty.

He was reluctant to let her go.

Kathleen soon poured herself another glass of wine, seemingly more annoyed than usual.

Ugh. D*mn it! I can’t believe that old bat is eyeing Samuel!

“Stop drinking,” Samuel ushered while grabbing her wrist.

That sparked even more displeasure in Kathleen, who snapped, “I want to.”

Even so, Samuel did not loosen his vice-like grip.

Kathleen shot a sideways glare at him, her lustrous eyes reddening by the second. “What gives you the right to order me around, Samuel? Who do you think you are?”

That stunned Samuel into silence.

Still, her sardonic words did not stop here. “Don’t assume there’s hope for you just because I’m smiling at you. Did you know? One year ago, on the night Nicolette restrained me to the operating table, I dreamt of my kids. They were crying, begging me not to kill them. Do you have any idea how much I wanted all of you to die as compensation for what you guys did to my kids?”

All the muscles in Samuel’s body tensed up as he listened to her words.

“Still, you never listened to me. All you ever concerned about was your precious Nicolette’s ramblings about how she desperately needed to live…” Kathleen continued before sighing and chuckling coldly.

At that moment, she could feel waves after waves of despair crashing over her.

Samuel gazed at her, his eyes full of worry.

Kathleen got to her feet, but the moment she did so, she started swaying due to her drunken state.

“Stop involving yourself in my life, Samuel. Do you know how incredibly lonely I get when the daily hustle and bustle ends and I’m left all alone?” She sniffled before continuing, “If I hadn’t married you back then, I could’ve gotten myself a loving husband and birthed him a baby. We could’ve lived happily ever after.”

By then, Samuel had also stood up. He stretched out his arms protectively, fearing that Kathleen would fall over.

However, she swatted his hand away. ”Samuel, my heart is bruised and battered. I can no longer find it within me to love you anymore. Please understand. I’ll meet with Isaac alone tomorrow, so you don’t have to accompany me.”

With that, she turned to leave with wobbly steps.

A moment later, however, Samuel closed in from behind her and grabbed her waist.

His lowered voice echoed in her ear with a solemn weight. “I’ll stay out of your life starting from tomorrow. I promise.”

“Good,” Kathleen replied, nodding.

gaze hardened bleakly as it locked

force her to tell me. If any issue arises, I’ll resolve it for her in the dark. She

we can’t see each other when tomorrow comes, I want you to follow me for now,” uttered Samuel as he led

in Kathleen’s body, Samuel wrapped his arm

helped put her coat on

moment, Kathleen felt a pounding headache ripping through her

at Samuel, not knowing what

had the perfect

lowered her head and burrowed deeper into his

at the sky.” Samuel’s

The sky?

looked up

floating lanterns rising in the distance,

jaw fell agape as her eyes

hugged her from behind before speaking in his husky voice, “I remember that one time after our wedding when you watched the floating lantern scene in Tangled. You couldn’t keep your eyes off the main characters as they

to

a miserable feeling rose within

while stating, “We can’t go back to how things were, Samuel. Why are you talking

was too arrogant back then and assumed I could control everything in the world. Now, it seems that I’m nothing more than an

flowing from Kathleen’s eyes as she gazed at the

Bang! Bang! Bang!

fireworks broke out amidst the darkness,

He even prepared fireworks?

as he watched her dazed expression. “Happy New Year,

leaned in to

remained as still as

went on as Samuel hugged

your first

in response to

I’m only a call away

Kathleen nodded again.

Samuel’s face. “All right. You should head back

only then that Kathleen turned around,

of that made Samuel’s chest

tears from her was

be on my way then.” Kathleen then walked

behind, Samuel watched her departing figure with a

was keep an eye on

not take long for Kathleen to return to her room

distance

for

next day that she woke up