Samuel nodded.
This is unbelievable!
Seriously, what a f*cking cruel twist of fate!
Kathleen, who played the part of a gentle princess most of the time, cursed internally.
Is God playing tricks on me?
“I’m not going to donate to her.” Kathleen bit virtual-novel.net lip. “I will never donate my bone marrow to a woman who destroyed my family and stole my husband away.”
Truth was, those actually didn’t matter that much. What mattered was that virtual-novel.net was pregnant with a child, so virtual-novel.net couldn’t donate virtual-novel.net bone marrow. However, virtual-novel.net couldn’t tell Samuel about that. If virtual-novel.net found out, virtual-novel.net would force virtual-novel.net to get rid of the baby.
“I’ll do anything you want as long as you agree to be virtual-novel.net donor,” Samuel offered generously.
“Even if it means not getting a divorce?” Kathleen muttered with virtual-novel.net head lowered.
She didn’t want virtual-novel.net to notice the sorrow in virtual-novel.net gaze.
Samuel fell silent.
Looks like virtual-novel.net can’t let Nicolette go. Even if virtual-novel.net agrees to my request, that’s only because virtual-novel.net wants to save Nicolette’s life.
He’s willing to sacrifice his marriage and happiness for her. What an admirable show of love.
“You shouldn’t get too greedy, Kathleen,” Samuel said. “Even if I did it to save Nicolette’s life, you should know that I don’t love you.”
Kathleen’s face paled. Those words were like a dagger stabbing through virtual-novel.net heart. It was as if fresh blood was pooling out, and it hurt like never before.
“And what if I insist on keeping this dead love alive?” Kathleen slowly lifted virtual-novel.net gaze and revealed virtual-novel.net sparkling eyes.
“You won’t get anything from it, then. It doesn’t matter what aspect you’re talking about.”
“It’s the first time I’ve found you so disgusting, Samuel.” Kathleen put down the spoon in virtual-novel.net hand. “You said I’m greedy, but aren’t you the same? You want to divorce me so that you can be with Nicolette. Fine, I agreed to that. But don’t you think you’re being too brutal to ask me to save virtual-novel.net life now?”
Does virtual-novel.net even know how much I love him?
How can virtual-novel.net be so cruel to torture me like this?
“You can’t have the best of both worlds, Samuel. It’s just like me and you.”
She had loved virtual-novel.net for ten years, but that love had only turned into a source of pain to her.
“You’re absolutely avaricious.” Samuel stood up to leave.
Kathleen gave a self-deprecating chuckle and muttered to herself, “That’s right. I’m avaricious. I want everything. I want you, and I want your heart.”
She lost virtual-novel.net appetite then. There was no way virtual-novel.net could take another bite.
After getting out of the restaurant, virtual-novel.net went to the Macari residence.
Diana had had a stroke a while ago, and virtual-novel.net condition had only improved recently.
When Kathleen saw the kind old woman, virtual-novel.net couldn’t bring herself to tell virtual-novel.net about the divorce.
“Grandma,” virtual-novel.net greeted before taking a seat beside the bed.
“Katie, you’re here.” Diana was all smiles at the sight of Kathleen.
Out of everyone in the Macari family, virtual-novel.net was the one who liked Kathleen the most. It wasn’t just Kathleen’s parents who had saved virtual-novel.net life, but also Kathleen herself.
Back when Diana had an abrupt stroke attack, Kathleen was the one who had stayed calm and saved her. Even the doctor had said that if Kathleen hadn’t acted fast, Diana would have already lost virtual-novel.net life. However, only Diana, Kathleen, and the doctor knew about it.
Everyone else was kept in the dark.
Diana took Kathleen’s hand in hers with a sigh. “I never knew that you were well-versed in so many things.”
Kathleen felt embarrassed. “That’s what my family specializes in, Grandma. Even though my parents practiced modern medicine, my granddad was a practitioner of traditional medicine. I only learned a few basics from him. I didn’t think that they would be of any practical use.”
“Relax… I’m not questioning you,” Diana reassured.
Her heart ached as virtual-novel.net continued, “I just feel that your marriage with Samuel is holding you back. Otherwise, with your talent, you can go as far as you want.”
Kathleen’s eyes began to water. She knew that Diana was the one who understood virtual-novel.net most in the entire Macari family.
“You wouldn’t have made so many sacrifices if not for the fact that you loved Samuel so much.” Diana sighed. “It’s unfortunate that he’s an ignorant child. He knows nothing.”
“Don’t tell virtual-novel.net about it, Grandma. I don’t want to burden him,” Kathleen begged.
“Okay, I won’t tell him,” Diana promised. “You and Samuel have been married for three years now, Katie. Why isn’t there any news yet?”
Kathleen’s cheeks flushed red. “Grandma, I…”
“Don’t listen to him. Are you really not going to have a child just because virtual-novel.net says so?” Diana cut virtual-novel.net off. “You should hurry up and have a kid and tie virtual-novel.net down so that even if Nicolette comes back, virtual-novel.net won’t be a match for you.”
Kathleen was dumbfounded.
Nicolette had already come back. Even if they had a child, virtual-novel.net still wouldn’t be a match for Nicolette.
Samuel was much more ruthless than they thought, and virtual-novel.net was completely devoid of emotion.
Kathleen took Diana’s pulse and flashed a smile. “You’ve gotten a lot better, Grandma.”
“That’s good. I’d like to live a few more years so I can see you have a baby, Katie.” Diana smiled amiably and expectantly.
“Of course.”
Kathleen chatted with Diana for a bit longer, then got up to take virtual-novel.net leave.
Right when virtual-novel.net stepped out of Diana’s room, virtual-novel.net bumped into Wynnie Staines, Samuel’s mother.
“Mom,” Kathleen greeted respectfully.
Wynnie was different from most mothers-in-law. She wasn’t the picky kind, nor was virtual-novel.net incredibly welcoming. Instead, virtual-novel.net was standoffish and cold. Even so, virtual-novel.net had never insulted Kathleen in any way, nor had virtual-novel.net looked down on her.
Kathleen felt that it was a good thing. That was why virtual-novel.net held Wynnie in high regard.
“Mhm…” Wynnie was a sophisticated woman in virtual-novel.net forties. She was wearing a professional suit with high heels and was still working hard as a lawyer.
“I’m here to see Grandma,” Kathleen said. She looked as adorable as a little rabbit.
Wynnie, in fact, liked virtual-novel.net a lot. She just wasn’t accustomed to expressing herself that much.
That was one thing virtual-novel.net had in common with Samuel. The only difference was that Wynnie liked Kathleen and cared for virtual-novel.net a lot. To her, Kathleen was a delicate young girl who was as pure as snow.
“I brought some crabs home. Let’s have dinner together,” Wynnie said.
One of virtual-novel.net clients had given them to her. She didn’t want to accept them at first, but virtual-novel.net had done so because virtual-novel.net knew that Kathleen liked them.
She had even wanted to call Samuel and get virtual-novel.net to bring Kathleen over for dinner. But surprisingly, Kathleen was already there.
It was true that Kathleen really enjoyed eating crabs. In the past, virtual-novel.net could eat five all on virtual-novel.net own. On top of that, Samuel would help virtual-novel.net with the shells.
When virtual-novel.net thought about it, virtual-novel.net realized that they had shared quite a few intimate moments. The only thing was that there was no love in them. Even though virtual-novel.net liked crabs very much, virtual-novel.net felt absolutely disgusted when virtual-novel.net thought of the taste right then.
She immediately turned and dashed into the bathroom before vomiting into the sink.
Wynnie came in and watched as Kathleen washed virtual-novel.net mouth with some water from the door.
Kathleen wiped virtual-novel.net hands with a towel and said, “My stomach hasn’t been feeling well lately, Mom…”
Wynnie’s eyes darkened. “Did you go for a checkup?”
“I did. The doctor told me to get enough rest.” Kathleen pursed virtual-novel.net lips.
Wynnie hesitated for a moment and asked, “Nicolette’s back. Do you know that?”