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

condominium,” said Kathleen after

walk out of the hotel with her hand in

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

used the same pair of simple

had gotten them matching ones, but he

fact, Samuel viewed most couple-themed

were nothing but childish things that only

he had forgotten, however, was the fact that Kathleen was a young girl herself, not to mention a

slippers, Samuel pressed her against the wall and kissed

kiss they had shared back

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

“Why?” He grimaced.

a test,” she muttered. “If you manage to pass the test after the month is up, I’ll give

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

exactly he was

in to me?” he questioned while scrutinizing

right,” she affirmed

the consequences of making me hold back for a whole month are,” warned Samuel. His calloused fingers tenderly brushed

Kathleen was being

that she was pregnant and couldn’t

Hehe!

to take a shower,” he

Kathleen nodded. “Okay.”

into the house while she

with her, then she could just act like she

decided to give Wynnie a call. “Samuel and I

he gone to see Nicolette again? He’s using you

that’s not it,”

me a towel, Kathleen?” Samuel piped

“Coming,” she answered.

moment Wynnie heard that exchange, she could tell that it was Samuel’s

it,” she said with a grin. “You

she hung

down and went to pass Samuel

to take it from her,

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

about him that

wasn’t really the type to open

she had was

in embarrassment. Her face was so red that she looked

of hers were exactly

had yet to be tainted by

turned around. Even the tips of her

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

shiver ran through her body. “You promised me,

had

wounds

she needed was

to reopen that wound of hers right as she was trying to close it slowly. He was

was bawling her eyes out

she would be able to head back in that

her with it before pulling

Just stay indifferent. Quit trying to manipulate

other than you?” He felt like he was at his

willing to be one, we can

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

That left Kathleen startled.

everything out,”

he was quite reluctant

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

month,” Samuel proposed in a deep

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

are they?” he questioned. There was a smile on

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

as innocent as a

you going to give it to me or

slapped his hand against her

by tomorrow,” she ordered, then bit

He nodded

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,

you,” he promised while staring

“You’re not allowed to get intimate with Nicolette

that, Samuel

even done that before. Is she talking about

“Got it,” he agreed.

did she feel

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

do if he really is just trying to trick