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.

was tired, but they weren’t talking to each other,

both deep

was pregnant, she couldn’t fight off her sleepiness

time later, Samuel’s

course, a ringtone played along

grim look on

had

guards downstairs gave me a call. I’m going to take a

lips were pursed as he got changed and went

he took his

unsettling feeling in her heart, so she put on a white coat and discreetly followed him

he saw Nicolette curled up into

cold outside, and she was

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

and clung to his neck while sobbing, “I’m so scared, Samuel. I’m scared of the chemotherapy tomorrow. The doctor told me that my hair was going to fall out. I’m going to

hand out to pat her on the back. “How could that be? You’ve always

you chat with me for a bit before going back

the hospital.” There was

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

a sudden, Nicolette stared at someone

realization made him

let go of Nicolette and caught sight

were hidden behind the

adult already. You should know how many

trying to do, Kathleen. I just felt helpless. I have chemotherapy tomorrow, which is

is it that you feel that way? Is it mine?” Kathleen retorted. Her usually soft tone had become 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

Kathleen,” Samuel

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

on her

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

who passes through this place knows what kind of relationship we’re in. What

weird looks that the security

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

be hard to explain to them what

that, Kathleen sighed.

leave. Her