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.

hardened bleakly as

Charles’ godfather have something to do with her sudden change of attitude? I don’t want to force her to tell me. If any

each other when tomorrow comes, I want you to follow me for now,” uttered Samuel as he led

body, Samuel wrapped his arm around

they got there, he helped put her

Kathleen felt a pounding

perplexed gaze at Samuel, not knowing

her current angle, she had the

her head and burrowed deeper into

at the sky.” Samuel’s baritone voice suddenly

The sky?

looked up

the distance, their luminance

as her eyes

you watched the floating lantern scene in Tangled. You couldn’t keep your eyes off the

sprang to Kathleen’s

miserable

how things were, Samuel. Why are you talking about the past suddenly? Haven’t you heard of the

everything in the world. Now, it seems that

as she gazed at the

Bang! Bang! Bang!

broke out amidst the darkness, taking Kathleen by

He even prepared fireworks?

grin grew on Samuel’s face as he watched her dazed expression. “Happy New Year,

he leaned in

remained as still as a

went on as Samuel hugged

your first wish is to never see me again,

nodded in

to remember. I’m only a call away if you ever need me, Kate. I’ll

Kathleen nodded again.

that, a satisfied grin spread across Samuel’s face. “All right. You

Kathleen

made

days, even a sorrowful look without tears from her was enough to make his

on my way then.” Kathleen

departing figure with a sharp twinge in

he could do was keep an eye on her

long for Kathleen to return to her room before she

distance from her,

in her sorrows for some time,

that she