Divorce Anxiety
Chapter 174

Chapter 174 I Will Come Back To See YouKathleen kept her mouth shut.”As I said, Samuel, how youfeel for me is your business. As long as you keep it to yourself, that's fine. There's no need to say itout loud. It'd be a disaster if what you said ended up making the other personuncomfortable.”Samuel's gaze fixated on her."However, Christopher actually said it. That's whatpissed me off,” she emphasized. “All I want is for him to respect my wishes instead of trying to makechoices for me. Samuel, when I got married to you, Old Mrs. Macari also questioned me over andover again. She only allowed the marriage to happen because she saw I didn't want it any otherway."He didn't respond to that.”l messed up too, though,” she confessed bitterly. “You didn't wantto marry me, yet I insisted on it. Hence, I don't have the right to criticize anyone else.”Do you reallythink just anyone could force me into anything?” There was a heartfelt look in his gaze. “I was theone who refused to face my true feelings. I liked you, which was why I agreed to marry you. It's notlike 1 felt aggrieved or anything. You don't have to blame yourself.”All she did was look at him. “Youdon't have to comfort me.”"I'm not trying to comfort you, Kate,” he protested with dimmed eyes.“You know I have feelings for you. If I had wanted to take advantage of your guilt, I could haveacknowledged the fact that you and Grandma had backed me into a corner. If I had done that, youwould have treated me better out of remorse. But I told you before that I would never lie to you.Every word that I'm saying right now is the truth.”A sense of warmth suddenly wormed its way intoKathleen's heart.”It's getting really late. You should sleep early too. Good night.” She immediatelygot up and turned away.Samuel merely watched her back view without a sound.He knew he hadalready conveyed to her the feelings in his heart.There was no way for him to know what shethought about it, though.He could only hope he would be more sincere in pursuing Kathleen thistime instead of trying to trick her.Two days later, Kathleen stood in front of the house waiting forSamuel.He didn't make her wait long. In less than a minute, he had already driven the car out andpulled over in front of her.She gave him a quick greeting before getting into the vehicle.In themeantime, Charles stood at the door and observed silently as they left. At that point, Kathleen hadbeen ignoring him for two consecutive days.He was so upset that he genuinely could cry.She turnedto glance at her brother and flashed a resigned smile.Looks like it's about time.Samuel glimpsed ather. “You guys still haven't made up?"“It's not that simple. We're getting there, though,” sheanswered lazily. “As siblings, it wouldn't be beneficial to give him the silent treatment for too long. Ijust need to teach him a lesson. It's not like I could truly cut ties with him."He didn’t probe further,so Kathleen side-eyed him.There was an impenetrable look on his face. “What is it?"“Are you goingto tell me now?” she asked curiously. “Or are you planning to stay quiet for the whole ride?" Theman smirked. “Do you want to hear about it now?”She nodded."Is it okay if I want to do somethingelse first, then?” he queried tentatively.”Sure.” Kathleen didn't feel like he would do anything overthe top.After all, Tyson was still driving in the front seat. Samuel's gaze deepened when he heardthat.His long, slender hand reached out to unbutton his suit. Then, he loosened the buttons on hisblack vest. What is he doing?He proceeded to remove his tie and continue to unbutton his whiteshirt one by one, revealing the scars that reached all the way from his chest to abdomen.It was anincredibly deep scar that twisted and turned like centipedes.In any case, Kathleen was a child from aprestigious medical family.Yet, the sight of Samuel's scars astounded her to the point ofspeechlessness."When you left that year...” He paused briefly before continuing, “I got into a fight.That person used a very sharp knife and cut my chest open all the way to my abdomen. Other thanmy heart, all of my internal organs were damaged. I barely managed to survive. That's why my bodyturned out this way.”A fight?“Mr. Macari!” Tyson was panicked.He had assumed Samuel was finallywilling to come clean to Kathleen.Unexpectedly, there were still some things the man was keepingin the dark.”Keep driving,” Samuel ordered chillingly. That scared Tyson into silence. He continueddriving the car seriously.Kathleen furrowed her brows.Samuel cast her a gentle gaze. “Now, youknow why my body is—"Before he could even finish, however, he was interrupted by Kathleen'sfinger lightly grazing his scar.It seemed that her eyes had become red-rimmed.He nearly died.Itwould be a lie to say she wasn't upset.Samuel smiled subtly as he coaxed, “Don’t worry. I'm stillalive."All of a sudden, she grabbed the collar of his shirt. “"Hmph!“He froze.”Are you trying to trickme?” she accused furiously.Samuel stiffened in a fluster. "Why would I do that?"“Would you reallyget hurt this badly from a fight?” she fumed. “There are so many people around you at all times. Doyou think I don't know that?"He didn't try to talk back.”Moreover,” she thundered, “I started learningabout medicine from my granddad at a young age and learned how to identify wounds. I'm well-informed about the difference between a self-inflicted wound and a stab wound, even more thanyou are!"The atmosphere in the car began to freeze over.Kathleen placed one hand on his chest andlooked right at him with a clear gaze. “Why did you hurt yourself?“In turn, Samuel put his hand onher waist. A trace of disbelief surfaced on his exquisitely handsome face. “Because I missed you."Hiswords made her go stiff.Using his other hand, he wiped her tears away. “Nobody would tell mewhere you went. I searched for you everywhere, nearly going insane from the search. Kate, It wasthen that I realized one could miss someone so much that every part of their body was in pain. Iknew I loved you, but only then did I understand that I loved you to my bones. I was in so muchpain, and I had no choice. I knew I had hurt you, and you would never return for the rest of my life.That's why I stabbed myself with a knife and forcefully—""Stop!” She covered his mouth to stop himfrom elaborating any further. Tears were streaming down her face uncontrollably, and her handswere trembling.In fact, her entire body was quivering.Her eyes completely filled up with tears to thepoint that her vision was starting to blur.She couldn't see Samuel's gorgeous face clearly anymore.Everything looked hazy to her.Samuel got Tyson to stop the car.The latter pulled over on the side ofthe road, then got out of the vehicle.”Don’t cry anymore, Kate,” Samuel said in a husky voice." They...They..." Sobs were choking her up. “They told me that all you did was stab yourself, but... They nevertold me that you nearly cut your own stomach open. Not a single soul let me know.”If she hadfound out that Samuel nearly died back then, she definitely would have lived in regret for the rest ofher life."Who told you that all I did was stab myself?” Samuel put his large hand on the back of herhead and rested his forehead against hers.”My brother and Chris,” she choked out between sniffles.“If 1 had known how badly you were injured, I would have come back to see you for sure."He thenpulled her right into his arms and gave her a tight, forceful hug. If he could, he wanted to absorbher straight into his own body."Hearing you say that is enough for me,” he whispered gruffly.