Divorce Anxiety

Kathleen was having a fitful sleep when she was awoken by a bitingly cold presence.

Her gaze landed on Samuel, who was standing by her bed.

She was overcome with nerves and disbelief that he had actually returned.

Samuel regarded the squeamish Kathleen in an icily condescending manner. “You’re pregnant?”

“No. Who told you that? Do you deny the lab test results?” Kathleen bit back as she worried her bottom lip.

“Then what is it that you’re looking at?” retorted Samuel as he pointed at the tablet.

Kathleen pursed her lips. “I had promised to help Gemma out tomorrow by volunteering at a charity home advocating for autistic children. Do you find fault in me doing some background research beforehand?”

That managed to convince Samuel.

“What time will you be leaving tomorrow?” asked Samuel dispassionately.

“I plan to reach by ten o’clock.”

Kathleen secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

That was a close call. Her pregnancy was almost revealed.

“Are you certain you’re not pregnant?” Samuel reiterated.

“Of course. When have I skipped my birth control pills?” deadpanned Kathleen.

“That trip to the hot springs two months prior.” Samuel could still recall it vividly.

Well, that was true indeed.

Kathleen had decided to head to the hot springs on a whim while Samuel had been there on a job inspection. Neither she nor Samuel had an inkling that either party would be present, yet both had met out of sheer coincidence.

It had only taken Samuel one look at Kathleen, enticingly flushed and bundled up in a bathrobe, for him to ravish her completely in his room.

In the heat of the moment, Samuel had forgotten to bring along his condoms.

He rarely used them, as a matter of fact, and relied on Kathleen’s regular intake of morning-after pills.

After their night together, he had urged Kathleen to take her pills on time and hastily left for work.

Kathleen was so wrung out after the night’s exertions that she failed to act on it immediately.

She had brushed off the reminder since she wasn’t ovulating and promptly forgotten all about it.

they slept together. Hence, she did not see the need in taking

been planted in her womb, and a

taking my plan B pills the last time,” explained Kathleen coolly. “I’ll ingest them

proceeded to retrieve a box of morning-after pills from the

disrupting her. “Fine, I trust you. You haven’t been feeling well lately.

suffer through this, unlike you! All

Samuel was incensed.

it is true that Kathleen

would you prefer to

man were to truly love me, he would

No man would

I swear I’ll prove it to you

me, Kathleen, when I say that such men are a mere figment of your

anyway? Kathleen is given ample money to spend. Besides, her needs and wants, both in bed and in day-to-day life are well taken care of. What more is

I can’t believe my poor luck to have met the only bad egg out

means that we’re fated then,” replied Samuel

if! Curse my rotten

lust-addled to have pined after him for ten

Samuel huffed in displeasure.

that something

it seemed that she had inexplicably become more

that her mood swings

the space between her eyebrows, deflated. “Whatever, I’m going to

flop onto the bed, pull up the covers,

Samuel grimaced.

snooze off like nobody’s business. She would not have dared

the heavens for her quick wit in switching the birth control

take

off and succumbed

on the bottle of birth-control

eyesore. Best get rid of it. How am

his actions in not allowing her to consume birth-control pills, then so

condom from

in bed and turned to his side, taking

fresh peach and slept as soundly as an endearing

No wonder everyone seems drawn to her.

sit well with Samuel, and he was compelled to wrap Kathleen in his embrace to

you scum!” Kathleen shrieked

in dismay at the