Kathleen was taken aback to hear that. “Alzheimer’s?”
“That’s right,” Samuel affirmed, fixing his frosty gaze on her. “You guys need to set your plan in motion right now. Otherwise, if Old Mrs. Yoeger really loses her memory, then things might take a bad turn for you two.”
She nodded. “Mm, I got it.”
Even so, he continued staring intently at her.
“What? Is there something on my face?” She put down her fork and started patting her own cheeks.
He merely shook his head lightly.
“Ha!” Charles scoffed. “He obviously wants to ask what you did at the Lewis residence last night!”
Upon hearing that, Kathleen turned to Samuel.
“Didn’t Caleb already explain it?” Samuel uttered indifferently. “He said Kate went there to get some medicine.”
“You’re unbelievable, Samuel Macari. That look in your eyes just now made it so obvious that you were contemplating whether to ask my sister about her relationship with Caleb!” Charles grumbled.
“I trust her when it comes to that,” Samuel countered with composure.
Despite that, Charles refused to believe it.
Samuel sure is an expert at pretending to be the good guy.
“When I went to the airport that day, Kate promised to help treat my illness. It was too severe, though, so she wanted to get me a prescription personally. That’s why she went looking for Caleb,” Samuel methodically elucidated. “Caleb owns the biggest medicinal herb business in the country, so there are herbs he can get that other people can’t. Kate chose him in particular for that very reason.”
Charles was at a loss for words.
Kathleen peered at her brother and taunted, “Hmph. Hear that? Intelligence is a gift. I sure hope you guys have been blessed with it.”
Charles didn’t want to respond to that.
A while later, he spoke up once more. “Even if that’s the case, aren’t you angry or jealous at all?”
“Does it matter if I am? I still don’t have the right to stop her,” Samuel stated truthfully.
That only rendered Charles even more speechless. “Keep pretending.”
Samuel eyed Kathleen with a profound stare. “I can process those negative emotions on my own without being vocal about them. I wouldn’t do anything that you’d hate, though.”
It wasn’t that he didn’t have the desire to possess her. He just wouldn’t show it.
This b*stard Samuel is too good at acting!
Once they finished eating, Kathleen stood up and started tidying up.
“Just leave it. We can clean up tomorrow. You should go to bed for now,” Charles urged.
Kathleen’s cold reply was, “It’s none of your business!”
The grievance on Charles’ face was unmistakable. “I’m sorry, Kate. I was wrong.”
“Why would you be the one at fault? You’re my older brother, aren’t you?” she sneered.
“No, no. You have more power than me, actually,” he said with sincerity.
Kathleen didn’t intend to pay her brother any more attention. Instead, she turned to Samuel. “I’m going to be filming all day tomorrow. You remember how you promised to tell me why your body turned out like this when you left, don’t you?”
“Yeah.” The man nodded.
“We’ll go to the morning opening ceremony together in two days. I hope you’ll tell me the truth.” She gazed right into his obsidian eyes.
“Mm.”
“Good night,” she murmured.
He got up and responded, “Good night.
Then, he put on his coat and left the Johnson residence.
Charles was utterly flustered.
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