Divorce Anxiety
Chapter 51

Cynthia saw that Samuel was looking at them unhappily.She said lightly, “Hurry up and finish up thelast few.”"Okay.” Samuel's temper was non-existent in front of her.Kathleen put down the plate andfork. “Granny, what else do you need me to do?” she asked."Take out the plates and forks and placethem on the table for everyone,” said Cynthia while smiling.“Got it.” Kathleen went to the cabinetand took out the tableware.She was familiar with the place.Samuel was a little surprised when hesaw that Kathleen had skillfully found all the things needed from various places.”You all are alwaysbusy, so Kathleen usually comes over to keep me company on weekdays.” Cynthia didn't look atSamuel as she spoke. “You probably don’t know about this.”Samuel didn’t utter a word.Cynthia saidcoldly, “Samuel, we like Katie not because she has helped the Macari family or because she is yourwife. She has her charms. Sometimes, I can’t help but think how much of a pity it is that such a goodgirl ended up with you."Was Samuel good?That was for sure.In Cynthia's eyes, Samuel was the mostoutstanding child.Despite that, the way he treated Kathleen couldn't be considered “good.”Samuellooked at the busy little figure in the kitchen.He didn't know that Kathleen cared so much for hisfamily.Cynthia finished filling in the last ravioli. She said, “It's done. Go and wash your hands." Okay."Samuel walked to the bathroom to clean his hands.Kathleen was there too.”You want to wash yourhands? I'll be done soon,” she said while washing her hands.Samuel stepped forward, and his warmchest pressed against her back. He put his hands under the faucet before resting his chin on hershoulder. “Help me wash them. I can't do it."Kathleen blushed and wondered, Why can't you do ityourself?“Wash them yourself,” she retorted awkwardly.”If you don't help me wash them, I won't letyou go. Even Granny won't be able to save you, so figure it out yourself.” Samuel slightly curled hislips.Kathleen said angrily, “Y-You are a scoundrel!”"He always likes to make things difficult forothers.”Hurry up and wash them. Aren't you hungry?” Samuel asked with a faint smile.Kathleen wasfurious. Eventually, her soft little hands wrapped around Samuel's as she gave in.First, she made hishands wet. Then, Kathleen squeezed a little hand soap onto her palms and scrubbed them till itfoamed up. After that, she rubbed the foam on his hands.Samuel kept staring at the lithe figure ofhis wife in his arms.She was even cuter when she was acting soft and shy.Samuel thought for amoment and whispered in her ear, “Kate, we are not divorcing."Kathleen was stunned.What did hejust call me?She turned off the water and turned around. Shooting Samuel a strange look, sheasked, “Did a screw in your head come loose?”Her words caused Samuel to be speechless.” Wipeyour hands clean and come out to eat.” Kathleen pushed him away and walked out.Samuelremained silent.Did she not feel anything?Samuel came out of the bathroom and saw that Kathleenand the others were already waiting for him.He walked over and automatically sat besideKathleen."Okay, let's eat,” Cynthia said with a smile.Kathleen and the others waited for Cynthia topick up her fork before they started eating.Kathleen took a piece of ravioli and started eating it.Shesmiled and said, “Granny, you make the best ravioli. It tastes so good. Did you use apple cidervinegar in it?"Cynthia chuckled. “Last time, you said you liked the vinegar, so I asked someone tobuy me a few more bottles. Take them with you when you go.”“Okay.” Kathleen nodded."Eat up.You're thinner than the last time I saw you.” Cynthia was worried and took another scoop of raviolifor Kathleen Kathleen obediently ate it.Everyone kept telling her that she had gotten thinner.Hence,she vowed to eat more.However, there was a limit to how much she could eat.Her stomach wasalready full after eating three scoops of ravioli.lnitially, Christopher wanted to replace a chance to talkto Kathleen.Unfortunately, Samuel was present, so Christopher didn't want to cause trouble forher.He glanced at the time and said, “Granny, I have a meeting in the afternoon. I'll be leavingnow."Cynthia nodded and replied, “Okay. Be careful when driving on the road.”Sure.” Christophernodded. He then glanced at Kathleen and said, “Goodbye.""See you,” Kathleen said softly.Samuelfrowned slightly upon hearing that After the meal, Kathleen wanted to wash the dishes.Nonetheless,Cynthia refused to let her do it. “There's no need for that. The dishwasher you recommended to melast time works very well. I just put the dishes in and let the machine wash them.”"Okay.” Kathleennodded.Hearing that, Samuel furrowed his brows and asked, “What dishwasher?"Cynthia replied,“Look who's asking. The dishwasher you recommended to me three years ago was not easy to useat all. I only used it once and hated it, so I just left it there. Then, Kathleen asked me to replace itwhen she came over one time, but I didn't bother. Later on, my arm was uncomfortable, so I had nochoice but to use the dishwasher to wash the dishes. It then exploded with my dishes inside.”Samuelfrowned and said, “Seriously? That brand was Nicolet—"Suddenly, he stopped talking.Cynthiafrowned at him, while Kathleen felt nothing but awkwardness.Scoffing, Cynthia said, “Hah! Iwondered why I didn't like it. Turns out that I didn't like the person who recommended it."Samuelremained silent.”I'm going to wash my hands.” Kathleen turned around and walked away.Cynthialooked at Samuel coldly and asked, “Samuel, you have to understand one thing. When a woman youlike is rejected by the whole family, you should think about it. Is it really that we are causing troublewithout reason?”As Samuel remained calm, she continued coldly, “Diana, your parents, and me—don't we have the ability to distinguish right from wrong? We have also encountered situationswhere the parents are bad people, but the children are good. Do you think that we would treat thechild badly because of the parents?"“Granny, Nicolette isn't a bad person. She just lacks love,”Samuel replied coolly.Cynthia gave him a helpless look. “She needed to love you, so you gave her allyour love. Then what are you giving Kathleen? An empty shell without a heart? If that's the case,why can't she change a man? Why does she deserve an empty shell? Just because she loves youdoesn’t mean you can trample on her like this.”“Granny, I will treat her well in the future,” Samuelinformed.”Do you think Kathleen can accept that you still have another woman? You said thatNicolette lacks love. If a man runs up to Kathleen and tells her that he lacks love and wants her tolove him, would you be able to accept it?” she demanded sternly."No.” Samuel shook his head.It wasunacceptable for him.Cynthia said coldly, “As the saying goes, do unto others as you would havethem do unto you. If you understand this, then you shouldn't have done that. If you can't bear toleave Nicolette, then divorce Kathleen and let her be free. I won't interfere with what you want to dowith Nicolette; just don't make me angry by bringing her to me.”Samuel replied with a grimexpression, “Okay, I understand.” At that moment, Kathleen returned.She felt that the atmosphere inthe living room was a little strange.”Granny, we have to leave now,” she said gently.Kathleen feltguilty.Cynthia used to love Samuel very much.Every time Samuel came, Cynthia would preparedelicious foods for him to eat. However, she had been treating him very coldly this time Kathleenhad felt it.Could it be because of me?