“Why am I a monster?” Samuel asked. “You watched the movie with Christopher. Why can’t you watch it with me?”
Kathleen sat upright. Her fair face looked tired and angry, but she still appeared exceptionally beautiful. “What did Christopher and I do? Have I ever asked you to do with me the same things you do when you hang out with Nicolette?”
Hearing that, Samuel glanced at her and said, “You’ll regret it.”
“You’re right. I’ll definitely regret it.” Kathleen lowered her gaze and added, “Why should I torture myself by experiencing the sweet moments you spend with another woman?”
Samuel did not want to explain any further.
Besides, Nicolette and he were not considered a sweet couple.
He pulled Kathleen into his arms and hugged her from the back. “Enough. Whenever I start a conversation with you, you always go off-topic. I’ll watch the movie myself, and you can just continue to sleep.”
Kathleen was at a loss for words.
Did I go off-topic? He was the one who brought it up first.
However, she loved to lay in Samuel’s arms.
Back when they didn’t fight, she loved to curl up in his embrace.
To her, Samuel’s chest was forever warm. Furthermore, he had a unique refreshing scent that only mature men had.
Since young, Samuel had been reluctant to get close to others.
Even though he and Kathleen were a normal couple when he first married her, he rarely took the initiative to hug her.
However, Kathleen loved to burrow into his embrace.
He never pushed her away, and eventually, he got used to it.
Samuel had grown accustomed to having Kathleen in his arms, having a sweet and innocent woman by his side, and being the only person that she had eyes for.
Just then, he suddenly thought of Christopher’s words.
Does Kathleen love me only because she got the wrong person and thinks that I’m her savior? If she finds out the truth, will she not hesitate to divorce me?
Although Samuel was watching the movie, his mind was somewhere else.
He couldn’t help but wrap his arms around Kathleen tighter because he hated the feeling of being out of control.
The first time he had the same uneasy feeling was three years ago.
It was a month after he and Kathleen got married.
One time, he saw Kathleen and Christopher chatting happily.
There were guests in the house, and they didn’t know Kathleen was married to Samuel.
However, they knew Kathleen’s relationship with the Macari family, so they jokingly suggested Kathleen and Christopher be a couple. They even mentioned that the two looked like a perfect match.
At that time, Samuel felt slightly insecure and uneasy. However, the feeling vanished that night.
He had forced Kathleen onto the bed and told her to tell him that she loved him.
In that instance, Kathleen was sweet and obedient. She did everything that he asked her to and satisfied his every desire.
Samuel suddenly felt that his strange behavior toward Kathleen was because she always indulged him.
The next day, it was after Kathleen woke up when she realized that Samuel was holding her tight in his arms.
She struggled to break free. “It’s hot. Let go of me.”
Samuel’s body temperature was usually a little on the high side.
Hence, Kathleen liked to hug him in the winter.
Her body was weak, and she was afraid of the cold. Thus, laying in Samuel’s embrace helped her sleep peacefully.
However, she no longer liked it anymore.
Samuel knew that Kathleen was not bothered by the heat and that it was just an excuse to hide the fact she no longer liked his embrace.
This is definitely because of Christopher.
“I’m not hot,” Samuel whispered as he tightened his arms around her.
Kathleen was speechless. “By the way, you haven’t given me the divorce agreement yet. You promised to give it to me.”
“Why are you in such a hurry?” Samuel asked coldly. “If we don’t get a divorce, that piece of paper will be wasted. We have to think about the environment.”
Hearing that, Kathleen was at a loss for words.
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