Divorce Anxiety

“It was my fault, sir. Please don’t blame him,” she piped up in humiliation.

“Well, since everything’s okay, we’ll take our leave now.” In any case, the policemen knew it wasn’t their place to poke their nose into a couple’s personal affairs.

“Goodbye, sir.” Kathleen bid them farewell politely.

She only walked back after they had entered the elevator and stared at Samuel awkwardly.

There was a forced smile on his face. “Hmph.”

Kathleen approached him and muttered, “I’m sorry.”

“Thanks to you, I was questioned by the police for the first time in my life,” he commented indifferently.

Gnawing on her lip, she protested, “I assumed you had left already. The door was open, too. I thought a thief broke in.”

“You assumed?” he repeated while frowning.

“I…” Kathleen didn’t know what to say.

Thwack!

He gave her a flick to the forehead and warned, “You didn’t do too badly this time. Since you know that you shouldn’t be reckless, I’ll forgive you just this once. If this happens again, I’ll break your legs.”

As she rubbed the sore spot on her forehead, she had a pitiful and wronged expression. “Can you really blame me, though? I thought you were rushing to see Nicolette and forgot to close the door.”

That made Samuel frown.

Is she really trying to justify herself here?

“Think about it. Why do you think I chose this place as our new home?” he prompted gloomily. “The security downstairs is so tight. Do you really think a thief could get in? Why don’t you use your brain a little?”

“You can never be too cautious,” she insisted in an aggrieved manner. “You just said that I didn’t do too badly!”

Samuel let out a chilling huff. “You’re really going to make me explode from anger someday, Kathleen.”

In response to that, Kathleen puffed up her cheeks. She looked like a kicked puppy.

That night, the two of them were lying in bed.

There wasn’t much movement going on.

tired, but they weren’t talking to each

they were both

pregnant, she couldn’t fight off her

time later, Samuel’s phone

course, a ringtone played along

exclaimed. There was a grim look on his

is it, Sam?” Kathleen had woken up from

security guards downstairs gave me a call. I’m going

lips were pursed as he got changed and

that he took his phone and car keys

an unsettling feeling in her heart, so she put on a white

he saw Nicolette curled up into

weather was cold outside, and she was only

way over to her and immediately took off his coat

clung to his neck while sobbing, “I’m so scared, Samuel. I’m scared of the chemotherapy tomorrow. The

pat her on the back. “How could

chat with me for a bit before going back

hospital.” There was no way he could let

were to get sick with a cold or a fever, it would be disastrous for someone like

of a sudden, Nicolette stared at

realization made

go of Nicolette and caught sight of

were hidden behind the coat as she strode

confronted. “You’re an adult already. You should know how many people would be worried about you. Of all places, you came straight to Samuel. Are you trying to make him

forlornly protested, “That’s not what I was trying to do, Kathleen.

you feel that way? Is it mine?” Kathleen retorted. Her usually soft tone had become harsh and biting. “At least you have a father. For the three years that you were overseas, he was the one providing you with money the whole time, wasn’t he? I don’t have

Kathleen,”

she continued to accuse. There wasn’t a hint

on her

at all! In fact, she doesn’t hold back with her

knows what kind of relationship we’re in. What are people going to think when they see you hugging another woman over here?” Kathleen pointed out

Samuel noticed the weird looks that the security guards

marriage was a secret to the public, the security guards were aware of it. It wasn’t like they would run their

it would be hard to explain to them what was going

Kathleen sighed.

turned to leave. Her petite, lonely silhouette was