Divorce Anxiety
Chapter 144

Samuel laughed in his deep voice and said, “Was it too old-fashioned?”Kathleen nodded."I'll trysomething new next time.” Samuel was being thick-faced.He took the medicine, then turned aroundand left.Charles was annoyed and said, “This man is just a jerk."Kathleen asked calmly, “Charles, whyare you agitated?"“This man is playing his tricks, you gotta be alert,” Charles warned her.Kathleengave him a side-eye and said, “You're underestimating me."Charles said faintly, “I did not. Butweren't you being too calm with Christopher just now?"*I treat everyone the same way,” Kathleensaid in a soft and steady tone, “Right, do you know who is the guy playing the main character in thisshow?""Yes,” Charles nodded and answered, “Timothy Currah.”“So it's him.” Kathleen was a bitsurprised to hear that."Do you know him?” Charles raised an eyebrow and asked."Yes, he graduatedfrom the same college as me. I even presented him with a flower bouquet for his graduationceremony that year,” Kathleen replied, “but he probably would not remember it."“Why were you theone who gave him the bouquet?” Charles was curious.”Because I'm beautiful, I guess,” Kathleensaid.Charles was curious. "How did Samuel react to that?"Kathleen answered without giving muchthought, “There was no reaction from him. He did not pay much attention to me at thattime."Charles was speechless.He cursed in his heart again.Jerk! Samuel must have been blind to notnotice someone as pretty as Kathleen.The next day, when Charles was heading out to jog, he metSamuel, who was going for a jog too.Charles gave him a snort and said, “Together?”Samuel curledhis lips and said, “Sure.”Both of them did some warm-up exercises right there.”"Do you know who'sthe guy playing the main character in this show?” Charles asked in a suspenseful way."You're talkingabout Timothy Currah?” Samuel said without showing much, “I did not keep my eye on theentertainment industry, and this is the first time I've heard of him.”“Then do you know he was Kate'ssenior?” Charles shot him a glance.Samuel shook his head.”Then do you know Kathleen was the onewho presented a flower bouquet to him during his college graduation ceremony?” Charlescontinued asking.”It's him?” Samuel's face turned sullen.”Oh, so you do know him?” Charles asked ina quizzical way."l do, but I don't recall his name,” Samuel said without showing muchemotion.Charles smirked and said, “Timothy was the campus hunk then, and Kathleen was thecampus belle. If it weren't because she was already married to you, they might have developed anunforgettable romance in college.”Samuel snickered coldly in his mind.That's just impossible!Samueland Charles then started jogging together.Charles asked during the jog, “Do you know if anyoneapproached Kathleen in college?""Why are you asking me?” Samuel responded and he started tohave some unpleasant flashbacks in his mind.Of course there were people trying to approachKathleen! She was so beautiful and adorable. What's more, she was such a gentle and caring girl.Hestill recalled when Kathleen was celebrating her eighteen-year-old birthday. There were peopletelling Diana that they wish to have their son or grandson marry Kathleen in the future. However,Diana was unwilling to marry her off like that so she did not give her consent.”Actually, therelationship you had with Kathleen would not have happened if it hadn't been because of Old Mrs.Macari. There was no way that you two would be together, ever,” said Charles on purpose.Samuelsped up without saying anything, and Charles followed suit.Both of them stopped only after theycompleted one lap.Charles stood in Samuel's way and said, “Samuel, I really want to know. Youloved Nicolette so much, but why did you get into an intimate relationship with Kathleen aftermarrying her?"Samuel gave him a sharp look and said, “Because I love her."Charles retorted, “Youlove her but you still hurt her?” He thought Samuel was ridiculous.Samuel answered in a steadyvoice, “Because I did not realize my feelings for her at that time."Charles stared at him in an icy way.“And now you know what are your feelings for her? You are now pestering her because you want toget revenge on her, aren't you? Because she embarrassed you at the wedding?"“Revenge?” Samuelgave a smirk. “Getting revenge by putting in my heart for the revenge?”Charles gave him a warning."Samuel, Kathleen is no longer the old her, and I hope you remember this. Those words you said arenow meaningless to her. She is not going to get back together with you. She had loved you for along time, but you never cared about her."Charles walked on after finishing his sentence.Samuelsaid in a chilly tone, “Charles, I'm not the old me either.”Charles did not stop his pace and continuedhis way back to the Johnson residence.Samuel’s eyes were dark and seemed to hold a lot ofemotions.He did care about Kathleen, but even he himself did not realize that.He got jealousbecause of her long ago.However, it was too late when he finally realized that.Kathleen arrived atthe filming set, and she met Timothy.Timothy smiled and said, “We meet again Kathleen."Kathleenwas somewhat shy. “Hi, Timothy. You still remember me?"Timothy gave an indicative smile and said,"You were the one who presented me with the flower bouquet during my graduation if I remembercorrectly?”Kathleen nodded.”So you two know each other?” Spencer was surprised.Timothyexplained, “Kathleen presented a bouquet to me at the graduation ceremony, and my coursemateswere all envious of me.""Why?” Spencer was intrigued.”What else could it be?” Remy raised hiseyebrow and said, “Kathleen was the campus belle at that time, and a bouquet presented by thecampus belle herself of course is bound to invite all the jealousy.”"Remy then continued his sentencewith a look of dismay on his face. “Why didn't I get this kind of treatment for mygraduation?”Kathleen explained, “Maybe because we were not from the same course.”"Possibly.”Remy felt regretful. “If I had known better, I would have taken the performance course. Why did Iwant to become a screenwriter in the first place?"It's not too late to change now,” said Spencer,holding the script. “Look, there's a creepy character in this that suits you quite well.”“Get lost!” Remysaid in anger, “You only know how to exploit me and push me to work on the script. I'm forced towork on a new script when the ongoing one is not even done filming yet. You are justinhumane!”Spencer did not know what to say.Kathleen chuckled and said, “I didn’t know that youtwo are this close.”"No way!” Remy was furious and said, “I am being exploited day by day. I will turninto a mummy someday. Spencer, you are too cruel."Spencer could not replace the words to defendhimself. “Can you stop with those misleading phrases? I would not know how to clarify to others ifsomeone misunderstood us.”“What was misleading here?” Remy was enraged.While they weretalking, they heard someone call out, “Mr. Macari is here!"“Well, what is the devil doing here?” Remywas intrigued.Samuel walked toward them before Remy finished his sentence.He looked composedand elegant in his black outfit.Kathleen glanced at him and felt her heartbeat rising just fromlooking at his face.He's just too handsome!Samuel stared at Kathleen and walked toward her. “Ineed a few minutes with you.”"Okay.” Kathleen thought he had some serious business to discuss, soshe walked away with him.The went into an empty room.Samuel frowned and said, “I want to askyou something.”“Go ahead.” Kathleen felt a bit uneasy. He had this deadpan face and it made herfeel scared.”Do you remember not long after we got married, and the time I took your first time?”Samuel asked in a serious tone. “You know, our first time.”