All Too Late

“I just want to have a proper husband, Samuel. If you can’t give me that, then stop trying to get yourself involved with me,” Kathleen pleaded in great distress. “Every time you kiss me, it makes me hesitate. I begin to wonder if you might like me just a little bit, but the things you do afterward shatter me completely. Please stop torturing me. I’m begging you.”

Tears were streaming down her cheeks uncontrollably.

The sorrow and pain she was experiencing were unbearable.

Kathleen was well aware of how much she loved Samuel.

It wasn’t just a matter of time. Rather, he had become a permanent part of her life.

Only she knew how agonizing it was to have to rip him out of her life just like that.

Despite the fresh wound that he had left behind, she still loved him.

It took time for wounds to heal, after all.

What she needed was time.

What she didn’t need was Samuel coming back to reopen that wound of hers right as she was trying to close it slowly. He was making her experience heart-wrenching torment once again.

At that point, she was bawling her eyes out in Samuel’s arms.

There was no way she would be able to head back in that state.

Samuel took off his suit and covered her with it before pulling her into his embrace. “Come on. Don’t cry.”

“Stop being so nice to me. Just stay indifferent. Quit trying to manipulate me,” Kathleen sobbed.

“Who else am I nice to other than you?” He felt like he was at his wit’s end.

“Nicolette,” she mumbled. Her eyes were red-rimmed. “I told you I wanted a proper husband, Samuel. If you’re willing to be one, we can live happily from now on. If not, we should make things clear right now. Then, we can go our separate ways in the future.”

He stared at how pitiful she looked. There was slight hoarseness to his voice as he asked, “Can you give me a bit of time?”

That left Kathleen startled.

“Just give me some time to straighten everything out,” he said while caressing her face.

Truthfully speaking, he was quite reluctant to let her go.

“How long?” Her lips were pursed together. “I can’t keep dragging things out with you, Samuel. There’s no way I can wait as long as a year, either.”

“One month,” Samuel proposed in a deep voice.

After a moment of contemplation, she replied, “I can give you that much, but I have my own demands.”

“What are they?” he questioned. There was a smile on his face.

“Give me a copy of the divorce agreement with your signature on it. If you and Nicolette are still hung up on each other after a month, I’ll sign the papers and leave,” insisted Kathleen. She wanted to have a backup plan for herself instead of waiting around like an idiot.

He chuckled in response. “Sometimes, I feel like you’re as innocent as a baby. Other times, I find you rather cunning.”

“Are you going to give it to me or not?” she complained.

Samuel slapped his hand against her outstretched one. “I will.”

“Good. I want it by tomorrow,” she ordered, then bit her lip.

“Sure.” He nodded his head.

Kathleen hesitated for a while, then stated, “This is really going to be the last chance I give you, Samuel. I hope you’re not doing this to lead me on or trick me. I know I’m soft-hearted, but I would never let anyone take advantage of me.”

“I won’t trick you,” he promised while staring at her.

“Also…” Her gaze turned cold as she trailed off. “You’re not allowed to get intimate with Nicolette ever again.”

Upon hearing that, Samuel frowned.

Get intimate with her? I’ve never even done that before. Is she talking about physical contact?

“Got it,” he agreed.

Only then did she feel better.

Nonetheless, she was still incredibly on edge because she couldn’t tell what Samuel’s true intentions were.

What am I going to do if he really is just trying to trick me?

“Let’s go back,” Samuel suggested. He grabbed her hand before heading outside.

“Shouldn’t we tell Dad?” Kathleen protested softly.

Even though she had just cried herself silly, she still hadn’t completely regained her composure.

On top of that, she hadn’t forgotten her manners either.

“Don’t worry about it.” He simply brushed the matter off.

“Where are we going, then?” she inquired.

want to go?” asked Samuel

go back to the condominium,”

proceeded to walk out of the hotel with her hand

returned to the condominium, Kathleen put on a pair of indoor slippers

the other hand, Samuel had used the same pair

ones, but he had only complained about it

fact, Samuel viewed most couple-themed products

nothing but childish

Kathleen was a young girl herself, not to mention a soft and gentle

changing into their slippers, Samuel pressed

was even more intense than the kiss they had shared back in the

was overcome with terror. Her dainty fist pounded on his chest as she fiercely uttered, “You’re not

“Why?” He grimaced.

manage to pass the test after the month is up, I’ll

be with her from then

exactly he was going to deal with

give in to me?”

affirmed with a

warned Samuel. His calloused fingers

was being

that once she told him that she was pregnant and couldn’t share a room with him, he wouldn’t be able to do anything,

Hehe!

a shower,”

Kathleen nodded. “Okay.”

turn around and go into the house while she let out a

with her, then she could just act

a call. “Samuel and I

gone to see Nicolette again? He’s using you as

it,” Kathleen immediately

get me a towel, Kathleen?”

“Coming,” she answered.

that exchange, she could tell that

she said with a grin. “You both

that, she hung

and went to

he opened the door to take

figure was unbelievably well-built, and he could even beat that of the models in fashion magazines. No matter what he wore, he still looked slender; when undressed, though, his muscles

unique about

Kathleen wasn’t really the type to

experience that she had was with Samuel

of that, seeing him so exposed made her cheeks flush in embarrassment. Her face was so red that she looked like a tomato.

were exactly

to be tainted by

the tips of

head and nibbled on her ear with his icy, thin lips. “It’s been three years.

ran through her body. “You

he had left behind, she still

time for wounds to heal, after

needed was

hers right as she was trying to close it slowly. He was making her experience heart-wrenching torment once

point, she was bawling

way she would be able to head back in that

took off his suit and covered her with it

so nice to me. Just stay indifferent. Quit trying to manipulate

than you?” He felt like

you’re willing to be one, we can live happily from

to his

That left Kathleen startled.

time to straighten everything out,” he

quite

things out with you, Samuel. There’s no way I can

month,” Samuel proposed in a

of contemplation, she replied, “I can give you that much, but

are they?” he questioned. There was a smile

signature on it. If you and Nicolette are still hung up on each other after a month, I’ll sign the papers and

in response. “Sometimes, I feel like you’re as innocent as a baby. Other times, I find you rather

it to me or

slapped his hand against her outstretched

want it by tomorrow,” she ordered,

He nodded

going to be the last chance I give you, Samuel. I hope you’re not doing this to lead me on or trick me. I know I’m soft-hearted, but I would never let anyone take

you,” he promised while staring at

“You’re not allowed to get

that,

I’ve never even done that before. Is she talking about physical

“Got it,” he agreed.

did she feel

still incredibly on edge because

do if he