Kathleen froze. Colour drained from her fair face as an uneasy and panicked expression took over. “Samuel, what are you doing?”
His dark eyes turned misty.
Samuel ran his long and slender fingers along her jawline before forcing her to tilt her head up. With his thumb, he rubbed her red lips gently.
He craved her desperately. Yet, he was doing his best to suppress the intense desire.
From the moment he threw aside all caution and dragged her away from the stage until kissing her eye earlier, he had been holding himself back. Otherwise…
“Aren’t you letting me go?” Kathleen said anxiously as his action against her lips was starting to hurt a little.
Samuel loosened his grip.
“Open the door!” she yelled angrily. She wanted to leave the car.
“Head to the Johnson residence,” Samuel told Tyson calmly instead.
“Okay.” Tyson then started the car engine.
“Samuel, you can’t be this forceful!” Kathleen was furious.
Snorting, he crossed his legs and stared at the petite woman next to him.
She had been incredibly alluring earlier on the stage. No wonder he had been hearing news about his ex-wife being the campus belle in her school lately.
Looking at her flawless face, he flashed her a gentle smile that was laced with affection. “I’m sorry for what happened just now.”
Kathleen ignored him. He’s a freaking rule breaker!
“I apologize,” he said solemnly.
She maintained her silence.
“Sorry.” Samuel sounded extremely serious and earnest.
Upon hearing that, Kathleen was shocked.
When she had come back this time, Samuel had apologized to her too for the past mistakes he committed.
However, she didn’t expect him to make an apology for this matter.
Samuel was a proud man with a powerful status. There was no way he would apologize to others.
When Samuel saw her startled expression, he asked, “What’s there to be surprised about?”
“Nothing.” Kathleen withdrew her gaze from him.
At that moment, his phone rang.
Picking up the call, he said, “Yes, she’s in my car. I didn’t do anything to her, and I’m sending her home. Yes, all right, I’ll ask her about it.”
With that, he hung up on his mother.
“Mom said the family has prepared a celebratory dinner for you. Do you want to go over?” His voice was deep.
Celebratory dinner? Kathleen wasn’t feeling convinced.
“It was Grandma’s idea. She said it was the first time she saw you performing on the stage, and you even won the first prize, so she wants to celebrate it for you.”
Upon hearing it was Diana’s idea, she agreed to it immediately, “Okay.”
Samuel frowned. Would you still go if it was my idea instead? I bet you wouldn’t.
“By the way, why did they call you?” Kathleen asked puzzledly.
“Because when they called your phone, it was your brother who answered it. He obviously talked bad about me,” Samuel said in a flat tone.
It was then she realized she didn’t have her phone with her.
She extended her hand in Samuel’s direction.
He gave her his in response.
Kathleen was speechless for a while before shoving his hand away. “Phone!”
Samuel gave it to her obediently.
When Kathleen was dialing Charles’ phone number, she noticed it had already been saved in Samuel’s contact list.
However, upon seeing the display name, she was at a loss for words.
“Why did you save his name as Husky?” she huffed.
His expression darkened. “He names me Retriever.”
“How can you guys be so childish?” she blurted and rang Charles up.
“Samuel, I’ve already spoken to Old Mrs. Macari about this! Where the heck did you bring Kathleen?”
“Charles.” Kathleen didn’t expect him to be this mad.
“Darling, where are you? Is everything okay?” The sudden change in his tone was obvious.
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