Divorce Anxiety
Chapter 247

Chapter 247 Pretext”Samuel and I aren't associated whatsoever. Why would you need mypermission to pursue him?” asked Kathleen, feeling speechless from what Yareli had just said.Yarelinarrowed her eyes.”You're just here to look for trouble, so stop using someone else as a pretext.”Kathleen exposed her mercilessly, causing her face to flush.”Besides, if Samuel is truly willing to dateyou, you wouldn't have come to ask me this question. You're just trying to irritate me by saying that.As if he's really going to date you if you want.”’"How do you know he won't agree to it? Didn't yousee us chatting happily at his place yesterday?” asked Yareli with a glacial tone.Kathleen, who wasunfazed by her words, curled her lips. “So?"“So stop clinging onto him! I don't like it when myboyfriend gets acquainted with another woman, especially his ex-wife.” Yareli soundedstern.Kathleen chuckled, clearly amused by what she had just heard. “Do you mean I'm the onewho's clinging onto him?"“Yes, exactly.” Yareli assumed that Kathleen was the reason that Samuelwas giving her the cold shoulder. As long as she got rid of Kathleen, she could then build a closerrelationship with Samuel.”Oh, sure,” said Kathleen, nodding with a half-smile.She then took out herphone and called Samuel. After only two rings, the man answered the call, and his deep andattractive voice came from the other end of the line. “What's wrong? Didn't I say I'll go and pick youup later at night?"Kathleen put the phone on loudspeaker mode, so everyone around could hearSamuel's words.The crowd was stunned and wondered what was going on.As she crossed her legsand placed her chin in one of her palms, Kathleen said, “Please do me a favor and come bring yourgirlfriend away. I'm afraid I'll beat her up if you don't come soon.”"My girlfriend? I've told youbefore. I will never date another woman.” There was a tinge of coldness in Samuel's tone.The crowdwas once again surprised.Did Samuel actually say that to Kathleen before? He really does loveher!Kathleen raised the phone in her hand. “Oh, you don't believe me? Ms. Yoeger, please saysomething. Didn't you tell me that Samuel is your boyfriend and that I should get away from him?Please tell him that yourself and let him make me go away." Yareli's face instantly turned pale.Shehad never expected Kathleen to be such a straightforward person who would never allow herself tobe pushed around by someone.As she stared at the phone, Yareli couldn't replace the words."Yareli?”Samuel called out frostily.Yareli tried her best to sound as natural as possible. “Yes, it's me. Samuel, Ithink there's a misunderstanding. You should hang up first."“What's wrong, Yareli? Are you scared?I've recorded everything you told me just now. Why don't we listen to the recording together?”Kathleen spoke indifferently.Recording? She recorded what I said? When did she record it?Yareliwidened her eyes in shock Kathleen narrowed her eyes. “You should listen to it too, Samuel. Or else,someone's going to blame me for accusing your girlfriend.”Samuel couldn't help but chuckle whenhe heard Kathleen emphasize the word “girlfriend” through clenched teeth.She recorded theconversation with her phone.Fortunately, mobile phones nowadays were advanced enough to beable to play a recording in the middle of a phone call.Thus, Kathleen played the recording forSamuel to listen to.After knowing everything that had happened a few moments ago, Samuel'sexpression was gloomy. “Yareli, what's the meaning of this? “Chatting happily?’ Did we actually chathappily yesterday?"“Samuel...” Yareli said, her voice trembling ever so slightly.Never in a millionyears did she expect Kathleen's way of doing things to be so aggressive.Samuel snorted. “I saidyou're up to something, and you think that was a happy conversation? So you like it when peopleaccuse you? Is there something wrong with you?"Yareli was at a loss for words."Kate, she hasnothing to do with me. You can do whatever you want with her. Don't worry. If anything happens, I'lsettle everything for you,” he said with a deep voice.Upon hearing that, Kathleen curled her lips toform a meaningful smile. “Okay.” Subsequently, she ended the call and slowly turned to look atYareli, who pursed her lips sheepishly and left.Kathleen almost laughed out loud when she saw Yarelileave, as she thought the latter would at least try to argue with her.irked, Yareli returned toTimothy's lounge.Timothy had just finished listening to his assistant’s reports when she stepped in.He faced her with an indifferent expression and asked, “Ms. Yoeger, are you here to visit me, or doyou have other intentions?"Yareli remained silent for a while before uttering, “I'm just here to visityou in Mr. Brooks’ stead.” Then why did you provoke Kathleen?” Timothy's expression showedobvious annoyance.She replied unhappily, “What do you mean I provoked her? I was just informingher about what she should know. Who knows she'd do something like that? I bet that was apublicity stunt.”Publicity stunt?He scoffed. “Why would she need a publicity stunt when she’salready this popular?”“Why wouldn't she need a publicity stunt? If she doesn't hype up the situation,how is she going to maintain popularity? Without popularity, how would anyone know who she is?"she said with an unfathomable meaning behind her words.He was speechless. “Not everyone likespublicity stunts.”"How can you be sure? Just look at her. Ever since her debut, she had been usingSamuel to make herself popular. No matter where Samuel went, she would be by his side."Timothywas displeased to hear that. “Stop jumping to conclusions. Maybe Samuel was the one who wasclinging to her. Do you think everyone shares the same mindset as you?"Suddenly, Yareli narrowedher eyes and fixed her gaze on Timothy. “You're in love with Kathleen, right? Why don’t we worktogether? I'll pursue Samuel, and you'll pursue Kathleen. We'll join forces to destroy theirrelationship if they show signs of getting back together. What do you think?"Still wearing a sternexpression, Timothy replied, “I'm not as despicable as you are.”Despicable?She chuckled coldly."Wow. I have to say; you're indeed good at pretending to be magnanimous. You're clearly piningwith unrequited love, yet you're putting up a righteous facade and lecturing me. That's funny.” Getout of here.” He lost his patience.She glared at him with a cold gleam in her eyes. “I wouldn't havecome here if Mr. Brooks hadn't told me to come.”Upon finishing her sentence, she turned to leave.”lknow you're here to look for Kathleen. You wanted to embarrass her, but you didn't expect the planto backfire on you. I've heard about your mother, and initially, I felt sorry for you. But now it seemsI'm just wasting my time and compassion.” He fixed his glacial gaze on her.Yareli bit her lip anduttered sarcastically, “Men are so easily tricked by women like her who are good at putting on apitiful act. The moment she sheds a tear, you guys would fall for her act and think she’s bullied bysomeone. You guys can't even tell what's real, and it's sad.”"Get lost!” bellowed Timothy, completelylosing the last bit of his patience.With that, Yareli strode out of the room while wearing a smugsmile. Timothy's assistant immediately tried to console him. “Mr. Currah, calm down. There's no pointgetting angry at someone like her.”"Why in the world would Sean be acquainted with someone likeher?” Timothy almost hit the roof. The assistant pondered for a while and answered, “I guess itprobably has something to do with the people Sean found. As you know, Sean has been entrustingus to run errands for him. Perhaps he asked for the Yoeger family’s help this time around becausewe're not that familiar with Jadeborough, so it's quite difficult for us.”