All Too Late

“It was my fault, sir. Please don’t blame him,” she piped up in humiliation.

“Well, since everything’s okay, we’ll take our leave now.” In any case, the policemen knew it wasn’t their place to poke their nose into a couple’s personal affairs.

“Goodbye, sir.” Kathleen bid them farewell politely.

She only walked back after they had entered the elevator and stared at Samuel awkwardly.

There was a forced smile on his face. “Hmph.”

Kathleen approached him and muttered, “I’m sorry.”

“Thanks to you, I was questioned by the police for the first time in my life,” he commented indifferently.

Gnawing on her lip, she protested, “I assumed you had left already. The door was open, too. I thought a thief broke in.”

“You assumed?” he repeated while frowning.

“I…” Kathleen didn’t know what to say.

Thwack!

He gave her a flick to the forehead and warned, “You didn’t do too badly this time. Since you know that you shouldn’t be reckless, I’ll forgive you just this once. If this happens again, I’ll break your legs.”

As she rubbed the sore spot on her forehead, she had a pitiful and wronged expression. “Can you really blame me, though? I thought you were rushing to see Nicolette and forgot to close the door.”

That made Samuel frown.

Is she really trying to justify herself here?

“Think about it. Why do you think I chose this place as our new home?” he prompted gloomily. “The security downstairs is so tight. Do you really think a thief could get in? Why don’t you use your brain a little?”

“You can never be too cautious,” she insisted in an aggrieved manner. “You just said that I didn’t do too badly!”

Samuel let out a chilling huff. “You’re really going to make me explode from anger someday, Kathleen.”

In response to that, Kathleen puffed up her cheeks. She looked like a kicked puppy.

That night, the two of them were lying in bed.

There wasn’t much movement going on.

but they weren’t

they were both deep in

that Kathleen was pregnant, she couldn’t fight off her sleepiness for

time later,

course, a ringtone played along

on his face. “Got it. I’ll head over right

Sam?” Kathleen had woken up from

security guards downstairs gave me a call. I’m going to take a look.” His answer was

pursed as he

that he took his phone and car keys with

heart, so she put on a white

saw Nicolette curled

outside, and she was only dressed in a hospital

out. Samuel made his way over to her and immediately took off his coat to drape it

his neck while sobbing, “I’m so scared, Samuel. I’m scared of the chemotherapy tomorrow. The doctor told me that my hair

hand out to pat her on the back.

me for a bit before going back up?” she

was no way he could let

get sick with a cold or a fever, it would be disastrous for someone like her, who had

Nicolette stared at someone behind him.

made

Nicolette and caught

were hidden behind the coat

to come here in the middle of the night, Nicolette?” she confronted. “You’re an adult already. You should know how many people would be worried about you. Of all places, you came straight to Samuel. Are

“That’s not what I was trying to do, Kathleen. I just

For the three years that you were overseas, he was the one providing you with money the whole time, wasn’t he? I don’t have a single living relative. Don’t you think I need Samuel more than

Kathleen,”

ungodly hour to kick up a fuss. You’re trying to steal Samuel away, aren’t you?” she continued to accuse. There wasn’t a hint of warmth in her eyes. “Even if you manage to lure him into your arms, how long do you think he will love

chewed on

gentle at all! In fact, she doesn’t hold back

place knows what kind of relationship we’re in. What are people going to think when they

noticed the weird looks that the security guards were

public, the security guards were aware of it. It wasn’t like they would run

to explain to them what was

sighed. “Just send her

leave. Her petite, lonely