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.

you want to go?” asked

condominium,” said Kathleen after

walk out of the hotel with her hand

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

the other hand, Samuel had used the same

matching ones, but he

viewed most couple-themed products

they were nothing but childish things that only young girls

fact that Kathleen was a young girl herself, not to mention

slippers, Samuel pressed

the kiss they had shared back in the

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

“Why?” He grimaced.

muttered. “If you manage to pass the

to be with her from then on,

exactly he was going to

month, you’ll give in to me?” he

she affirmed with a

of making me hold back for a whole month are,” warned Samuel. His calloused fingers tenderly brushed against her delicate chin, and he stared

was being perfectly

and couldn’t share a room with him, he wouldn’t

Hehe!

a

Kathleen nodded. “Okay.”

go into the house while

stay with her, then she could just act like she

“Samuel and I

he gone to see Nicolette again?

that’s not it,” Kathleen immediately

Kathleen?”

“Coming,” she answered.

Wynnie heard that exchange, she could tell

said with a grin. “You both

she hung

phone down and went to pass Samuel

he opened the door to take

was unbelievably well-built, and he could even beat that of the models in fashion magazines. No matter what he

unique about him

really the type to

that she had was with

exposed made her cheeks flush in embarrassment. Her face was so red that she looked like a

of hers were

to be tainted

instantly turned around. Even the tips of

around himself and approached her from behind. He lowered his head and nibbled on her ear with his icy, thin lips. “It’s

shiver ran through her body.

wound that he had left behind, she still loved

time for wounds to

she needed

Samuel coming back to reopen that wound of hers right as she was trying to close it slowly. He was making her

she was bawling her eyes out

she would be able to head back

her with it

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

I nice to other than you?” He felt

to be one, we can live happily from now on. If not, we should make

how pitiful she looked. There was slight hoarseness to his voice as he asked,

That left Kathleen startled.

me some time to straighten everything out,” he

he was quite

pursed together. “I can’t keep dragging things out with you, Samuel. There’s no way I can wait as

Samuel proposed in

“I can give you that much, but I have my

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 leave,” insisted Kathleen. She wanted to have a backup plan for

you’re as innocent

you going to give it to

hand against

want it by tomorrow,” she ordered, then bit

nodded his

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

you,” he promised

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

hearing that,

even done that before. Is

“Got it,” he agreed.

did she feel

incredibly on edge because she couldn’t tell

do if he really