Divorce Anxiety
Chapter 160

Chapter 160 I Apologize

Kathleen froze. Colour drained from her fair face as an uneasy and panicked expression took over."Samuel, what are you doing?"His dark eyes turned misty.Samuel ran his long and slender fingersalong her jawline before forcing her to tilt her head up. With his thumb, he rubbed her red lipsgently.He craved her desperately. Yet, he was doing his best to suppress the intense desire.From themoment he threw aside all caution and dragged her away from the stage until kissing her eyeearlier, he had been holding himself back. Otherwise..."Aren“t you letting me go?” Kathleen saidanxiously as his action against her lips was starting to hurt a little.Samuel loosened his grip.“Openthe door!” she yelled angrily. She wanted to leave the car."Head to the Johnson residence,” Samueltold Tyson calmly instead.”Okay.” Tyson then started the car engine.”Samuel, you can't be thisforceful!” Kathleen was furious.Snorting, he crossed his legs and stared at the petite woman next tohim.She had been incredibly alluring earlier on the stage. No wonder he had been hearing newsabout his ex-wife being the campus belle in her school lately.Looking at her flawless face, he flashedher a gentle smile that was laced with affection. “I'm sorry for what happened just now."Kathleenignored him. He's a freaking rule breaker!“l apologize,” he said solemnly.She maintained hersilence.”Sorry.” Samuel sounded extremely serious and earnest.Upon hearing that, Kathleen wasshocked. When she had come back this time, Samuel had apologized to her too for the pastmistakes he committed. However, she didn't expect him to make an apology for this matter.Samuelwas a proud man with a powerful status. There was no way he would apologize to others. WhenSamuel saw her startled expression, he asked, “What's there to be surprised about?"“Nothing.”Kathleen withdrew her gaze from him.At that moment, his phone rang.Picking up the call, he said,"Yes, she’s in my car. I didn't do anything to her, and I'm sending her home. Yes, all right, I'll ask herabout it."With that, he hung up on his mother.”"Mom said the family has prepared a celebratorydinner for you. Do you want to go over?” His voice was deep.Celebratory dinner? Kathleen wasn'tfeeling convinced.”It was Grandma's idea. She said it was the first time she saw you performing onthe stage, and you even won the first prize, so she wants to celebrate it for you."Upon hearing it wasDiana's idea, she agreed to it immediately, “Okay."Samuel frowned. Would you still go if it was myidea instead? I bet you wouldn't."By the way, why did they call you?” Kathleen askedpuzzledly.”Because when they called your phone, it was your brother who answered it. He obviouslytalked bad about me,” Samuel said in a flat tone.It was then she realized she didn't have her phonewith her.She extended her hand in Samuel's direction.He gave her his in response Kathleen wasspeechless for a while before shoving his hand away. “Phone!”Samuel gave it to her

obediently. When Kathleen was dialing Charles’ phone number, she noticed it had already beensaved in Samuel's contact list However, upon seeing the display name, she was at a loss forwords.“Why did you save his name as Husky?" she huffed.His expression darkened. “He names meRetriever.”"How can you guys be so childish?” she blurted and rang Charles up.”Samuel, I've alreadyspoken to Old Mrs. Macari about this! Where the heck did you bring Kathleen?"“Charles.” Kathleendidn't expect him to be this mad.”Darling, where are you? Is everything okay?” The sudden changein his tone was obvious.“I'm fine. I'm on the way to the Macari residence now. Why don’t you comeover too, Charles? Then we can head back together.” Kathleen stole a peek at Samuel. He wasn'tshowing any reactions.”Okay! I'm coming over to save you!" He ended the call as soon as hefinished speaking.When Kathleen was about to hand the phone back to Samuel, she accidentallysaw the display name he set for her—Wife.Her eyes darkened as her gaze fell on his finger onceagain.He was still wearing his wedding ring.Pretending as though she had not seen anything,Kathleen returned the phone to him.”"Why did you join this kind of variety show all of a sudden?”Samuel asked."Those people are from Charles’ company,” Kathleen explained. “What aboutyou?"“It's a television program sponsored by my company.”l see.After some thought, she decided toremind Samuel."Samuel.” Her voice was sweet, but it sounded aloof at the same time."Hmm?" Heturned, gazing at her smooth and pretty face.”You should take off your wedding ring, or else peoplemight misunderstand.”“I'm not used to the empty feeling.” Samuel stroked his ring. “Just like I'm notused to you not being by my side either."Staring at his exceptionally attractive lips, she said, “Youhave to move on with your life. Don't dwell on the past.”"You've never asked me why I likedNicolette so much.” He diverted the topic.Kathleen kept quiet.”Aren't you curious?”“Does one needa reason to like someone else?” Her gaze darkened.Grabbing her wrist, he rasped, “I thought myfeelings for her were love, but they weren't. They were merely a sense of gratitude because she hadsaved my life before. I didn’t expect myself to be so terribly wrong.”Samuel had never dated anyonebefore, so he didn't know what love was.After Nicolette saved him, he developed favorable feelingstoward her.He had thought it was love.However, it was nothing close, merely a sense ofgratitude.Unfortunately, it had overshadowed his love for Kathleen, leaving him oblivious.By thetime he understood everything, it was already too late.Still looking outside the car window, Kathleenpulled her hand from his grip and didn’t say a thing. What's the point of understanding it now? Wecan no longer go back to how it was.Soon after, they reached the Macari residence.The momentthey stepped inside the house, Diana and the rest of them were already there, holding partypoppers.Boom! Boom! Boom!They pulled the strings of the poppers, and confetti rained down onKathleen and Samuel Kathleen felt like they were a pair of newlyweds."Katie! You looked so amazingtoday!” Diana said excitedly. “Seeing how successful you are now, I regret letting Samuel marry youback then. Men are definitely the stumbling blocks in women's career paths!”Samuel was silent.Hestretched his hand in Kathleen's direction, wanting to clear away the confetti that was all over herhead.However, Wynnie shoved him aside. “Go away. Don't touch her!”Samuel was renderedspeechless.Diana then dragged Kathleen to the living room.There was a huge strawberry cakeplaced on the coffee table."Come, come! Cut the cake.” Diana handed Kathleen the knife.”Old MrsMacari, this is too grand,” Kathleen said embarrassedly.“Our little princess has performed ontelevision and even got first place! Of course, we need to celebrate.” Diana was extremelyhappy.“Exactly! You were abroad when you won the Best Actress award. We couldn't even celebratefor you that time. Thus, we're making up for that now,” Wynnie said.Kathleen blushed. Holding theknife, she cut up the cake.A message was written on top: “Kathleen's Domineering Return.”Offeringthe slices to the people around, she gave Samuel the piece with the “Domineering” word.