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 talking

were both deep

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

later,

course, a ringtone

exclaimed. There was a grim look on his face. “Got it. I’ll head over

is it, Sam?” Kathleen had woken up from

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

lips were pursed as he got

he took his phone and car

an unsettling feeling in her heart, so she put

downstairs, he saw Nicolette curled up into

outside, and she was

to her and immediately took off

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

breathing grew deeper, and he reached his large hand out to pat her on the back. “How could that be?

you chat with me for

take you back to the hospital.” There was no way he could let

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

of a sudden, Nicolette stared at someone

realization made him

and

hidden behind the coat as she

the hospital 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

to do, Kathleen. I just felt helpless. I

harsh and biting. “At least you have a father. 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

it, Kathleen,” Samuel

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,

chewed on

at all! In fact,

we’re in. What are people going to think when they see you hugging another woman over here?” Kathleen pointed

noticed the weird looks that the security guards were

their marriage was a secret to the public, the security guards were aware of it. It

to explain to them what

that, Kathleen sighed. “Just send

leave. Her petite, lonely silhouette was