Divorce Anxiety

“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.

where do you want to go?” asked Samuel in

the condominium,”

walk out of the

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

other hand, Samuel had used the same pair of simple black

matching ones, but he had only

viewed most couple-themed

but

that Kathleen was a young girl herself, not to

pressed her against the wall

more intense than the kiss

pounded on his chest as she fiercely uttered, “You’re not allowed to get intimate with me until the month is

“Why?” He grimaced.

manage to pass the test after the

that he actually chose to be with her from then on, she would come clean about the

how exactly he

give in to me?” he

affirmed

His calloused fingers tenderly brushed against her delicate chin, and he stared into

Kathleen was being perfectly

way, she figured that once she told him that she was pregnant and couldn’t share a room with him,

Hehe!

take a shower,” he told

Kathleen nodded. “Okay.”

house while she let out a sigh of relief

truly intended to stay with her, then she could just act like she knew

to give Wynnie a call. “Samuel and I won’t

brow. “Has he gone to see Nicolette again? He’s using you as

that’s not it,” Kathleen

towel, Kathleen?” Samuel piped up with his

“Coming,” she answered.

she could tell that it was

it,” she said with a grin. “You both should rest

she

and

the door to take it from her, he

could even beat that of the models in fashion magazines. No matter what he wore, he still looked slender; when undressed, though,

about him that

a rather conservative woman, Kathleen wasn’t really the

experience that she

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

innocence of hers were exactly

be

turned around. Even the tips of her ears

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

ran through her body. “You promised

had

for wounds

she needed was

to reopen that wound of hers right as she was

bawling

was no way she would be able to head back

suit and covered her with it before pulling

nice to me. Just stay indifferent. Quit trying to manipulate me,” Kathleen

to other than you?” He felt like he

can live happily from now on. If not, we should make things

to his

That left Kathleen startled.

everything out,” he said

quite reluctant

long?” Her lips were pursed together. “I can’t keep dragging things out with you, Samuel. There’s no

month,” Samuel proposed in

a moment of contemplation, she replied, “I can give

they?” he questioned. There

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.

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

you going to give it to me

hand against

it by tomorrow,”

He nodded his

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

he promised while staring at

cold as she trailed off. “You’re not allowed

that,

I’ve never even done that before. Is she

“Got it,” he agreed.

did she feel

was still incredibly on edge because she couldn’t tell what Samuel’s true

he really