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 Samuel

go back to the condominium,” said Kathleen

to walk out of the hotel with

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

the same pair of simple black slippers since

matching ones, but he had only

Samuel viewed most couple-themed products with

way he saw it, they were nothing but

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

their slippers, Samuel pressed her against the wall and

even more intense than the kiss they had shared back in the

overcome with terror. Her dainty fist pounded on his chest as she fiercely

“Why?” He grimaced.

you manage to pass the test after the month is up,

actually chose to be with her from then on, she would come

to how exactly

month, you’ll give in to me?” he questioned

right,” she affirmed with a

for a whole month are,” warned Samuel. His calloused fingers tenderly brushed against

was being

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

Hehe!

a

Kathleen nodded. “Okay.”

house while she let

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

“Samuel and I won’t be

to see Nicolette again? He’s using

that’s not it,”

Kathleen?” Samuel piped up with his deep

“Coming,” she answered.

she could

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

that, she hung

her phone down and went to

take it

beat that of the models in fashion magazines. No matter what he wore, he still

something unique about

a rather conservative woman, Kathleen wasn’t really the

she had was

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

hers were exactly what

yet to be tainted by the

the tips of her ears felt

and nibbled on her ear with his icy,

through her body. “You promised

had

took time for wounds to

needed

hers right as she was

was bawling her eyes out

way she would be able to head back in

off his suit and covered her with it before pulling her into his embrace. “Come on. Don’t

stay indifferent. Quit trying to manipulate

else am I nice to other than you?” He felt like he

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

she looked. There was slight hoarseness to his voice as he asked, “Can you give

That left Kathleen startled.

some time to straighten everything out,” he said while

was quite reluctant to

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

proposed in a deep

moment of contemplation, she replied, “I can give you that much, but I have my

questioned. There was a smile on his

after a month,

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

give it to me

his hand against

want it by tomorrow,”

nodded his

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

trick you,” he promised while

she trailed off. “You’re not

that, Samuel

with her? I’ve never even done that before. Is she talking about physical

“Got it,” he agreed.

did she

because she couldn’t tell what Samuel’s

if he really is just trying to trick