Divorce Anxiety
Chapter 157

"Samuel, you—" Nicolette opened her eyes. However, to her surprise, the one standing before herwas Kathleen.The latter was wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown. Although her delicateand beautiful face looked pale, she was still exuding an imposing air.The one that hit her wasKathleen.”It was my first time hearing someone make such a request, so I naturally had to comply,”Kathleen answered maliciously as she looked down at Nicolette from above.This was the firstmeeting they had after a year.Nicolette gritted her teeth in anger. “Kathleen!""I merely fulfilled yourrequest,” Kathleen said coldly and raised her eyebrow. “If you ask me to hit you like an idiot, thenyou can't blame me when it hurts. You deserved it, though.”Nicolette's face and ears reddened withfury.”"Hmm? Is your mask stuck on your face?” Kathleen sneered. “Why aren't you taking itoff?"When Nicolette recalled how her face looked now, her eyes blazed like two torches. “It's allbecause of you!""Me?" Kathleen faked ignorance. “What does this have to do with me?"“Did youforget?” Nicolette ground her teeth in resentment. “You're the one who did this to my face! Don'tyou think you can worm out of this if you pretend you forgot!"“Oh. In that case, you deserved it.Can't blame me.” Kathleen shrugged.“Kathleen, if Samuel hadn't illegally imprisoned me, I wouldhave sued you! I'll make sure you get thrown in jail!” Nicolette roared."You're going to sue me?”Kathleen stared at her expressionlessly. “Who gave you the gall to do that?"“I have evidence!”Nicolette gnashed her teeth before yelling furiously, “And witnesses too! Those who attended thewedding are my witnesses! They saw it all'"“Try me then,” warned Samuel, his low voice tinged withfrost. “Let's see who will dare to bring out the evidence and who will testify for you.”"Nicolette, don'tthink you didn't leave any evidence of what you have done all these years!” Kathleen said mockinglywhile looking coldly at her.Nicolette smirked. “Back then, Samuel got rid of all those people in a fitof anger.”In other words, Kathleen did not have the evidence or witnesses.“Are you sure aboutthat?” Kathleen said indifferently.Nicolette scoffed. “I know Gemma is your friend. She would bemore than happy to fake evidence for you.”"It seems like you have done your research. My bad forunderestimating you,” Kathleen replied icily.”You'll never win against me!” Nicolette glared atKathleen in a threatening manner.Coldly, Kathleen said, “Bring it on!"After that, she turned andleft.Nicolette gave Samuel a knowing smile. “You know, I have to thank you, Samuel. You got rid ofall the witnesses of that incident only because I saved your life.”"Samuel’s dark eyes were cold asice."If you dare to lay a hand on Kathleen, you're dead!” Samuel warned Nicolette, his eyes givingher a forbidding glare. Although Nicolette’s heart skipped a beat in fear, she faked her composureand smiled. “Samuel, don't forget that I once saved your life.” told you long ago that we no longerowed each other anything,” Samuel retorted, his aura getting colder by the minute.”You're soheartless,” Nicolette muttered and looked at him wistfully.Samuel ignored her and left.Nicolette'seyes glinted as she watched Samuel disappear. still love him. To me, Samuel is dazzling. If I can'thave him, I'd rather destroy him. I will never let Kathleen have him!Kathleen returned to theward.Whenever she saw Nicolette, other than a deep hatred, she also felt a tightness in herchest.That's right. Whenever I see her, I feel suffocated.For every day she failed to get her revengeon Nicolette for killing her children, that was one more day she could not be at ease.Samuel enteredthe ward.As he walked gracefully toward Kathleen, the gaze he fixed on her was complicated andunfathomable.”You should leave,” Kathleen said expressionlessly.Samuel’s sharp jawline tensed."Kate, Nicolette and I have nothing between us anymore."Slowly, Kathleen raised her head. Lookingat the cold yet charming man in front of her, she said, “Samuel, there's another important reason Idon't want to be with you.”"What is it?” Samuel frowned."You slept with Nicolette, didn't you?”Kathleen gritted her teeth hard. “To me, she is the killer of my unborn sons, but you had sex withher. I can't—"Samuel grabbed her wrist before replying irritably, “I know you hate me and resentme. I can take that. However, you shouldn't slander me for something I didn't do!"Kathleen frownedand retorted, “I didn't slander you!"“The only woman I have ever slept with was you!" he declaredsolemnly.“Haha!” Beads of tears started to appear at the corners of Kathleen's eyes. “Samuel, yousaid that you'll never deceive me. But now, you're lying straight to my face.”"However, Samuel wasfirm in this statement, and the whites of his eyes gradually reddened. “I didn't lie."Eventually, thetears rolled down her face. “I heard it.""What?” Samuel's brows creased. heard the voice recordingNicolette sent me. It was you having sex with her.” Kathleen smiled dejectedly, her tears beading onher curled, long lashes.The hand that had been holding her wrist tightly slowly loosened.Gradually,his eyes filled with disappointment. “Why don’t you believe me? I told you I would not lie toyou."Kathleen pursed her lips tightly.Grabbing his jacket, Samuel turned and left.Kathleen'sexpression was miserable. With both hands covering her face, she sobbed lightly. Why am I cryingagain? I thought I had moved on.After that, Kathleen did not see Samuel for several days.Itappeared like he would never bother her ever again.Meanwhile, Kathleen resumed her daily routineof going to the filming set and returning home. She never went anywhere else.Although her life wassimple, it was exciting too.On this day, Charles was the one fetching her back from work.In the car,Charles asked, “Since your workload at the set isn't that heavy for the time being, can you help mewith something?”“Sure. What do you need me to do?” Kathleen put down her script. Tomorrow wasthe scene that involved the court, so Kathleen had nothing to do.”It's like this. A boy band in ourcompany has participated in an idol competition. They were scheduled to record their liveperformance this Thursday, but the female idol they were supposed to work with refused to go. Thatfemale idol was from another company. After an artiste from our company snatched a movie rolefrom said idol, she refused to participate in this idol competition anymore,” Charles explained,rubbing his temples.”You want me to stand in as a dancer for them?” Kathleen asked curiously."Yes.”Charles nodded. “This live performance is important because it is also an elimination round.”"Didn’tyou spend money on it?” Kathleen raised an eyebrow.”We shouldn't stand out too much and win itnow that money has been spent on it, if you know what I mean,” Charles hinted."Oh, I get it.”Kathleen immediately understood her brother's plan. “You deliberately didn't compromise and letour company artiste snatch the female idol's movie role so that you will get the chance to ask me tofill in for the boy band and make them famous. Am I right?"“Ahem, it's not snatching,” Charlesrighteously corrected her. “It's just a standard business tactic. Moreover, if she wanted to participate,I would have let her."Kathleen was speechless.This is the day I finally got to see my brother'scalculative side!"Okay, I'll do what I can,” Kathleen said in exasperation.