Divorce Anxiety
Chapter 55

Even so, Kathleen had never pulled any tricks.She watched, quietly and sadly, as Samuel loved andpampered another woman.She kept her emotions suppressed. When she felt sad, she merely hidherself away and cried.She had never done anything hateful.Until one day, Diana found out abouther feelings for Samuel and saw through her.”You silly child, why didn’t you tell me?” Diana was overthe moon.She had not asked for Kathleen's opinion when she arranged for Nicolette to be sentaway.Using Nicolette's life as a threat, she forced Samuel to get together with Kathleen.Samuelcompromised on the condition that Kathleen's identity remained undisclosed.Diana knew whatSamuel was planning, but she said nothing and agreed.Kathleen, who married Samuel amid theconfusion, naturally did not mind.She assumed she would eventually warm Samuel's heart.Shebelieved that, one day, Samuel would return her feelings.However, that day would never arrive.Nomatter how much Samuel liked her, he loved Nicolette more Kathleen had her pride.She refused tobe the hated one.She would leave so that the lovers could be together.”You don't know how muchNicolette means to me,” Samuel said solemnly. “Kathleen, even if I don't marry her, I cant ignore herfor the rest of my life.”Kathleen felt a sharp pain in her heart.She knew that.”l fell into a river when Iwas thirteen years old. Nicolette was the one who saved me.” Samuel looked at her with a bone-chilling coldness in his gaze. “I owe her my life."Kathleen froze.This came as a surprise.In otherwords, ten-year-old Nicolette had saved thirteen-year-old Samuel.So that's how their relationshipstarted.”So, it's even less likely for you two to break up.” Kathleen's heart ached. Her delicate facepaled considerably.Samuel did not say a word. He just looked at her silently.After a long while, hespoke. “Kathleen, the one I like now is you.”"Haha.” Kathleen's tears rolled down her cheeks. "Youlike me now, but you can't bear to let go of Nicolette. What should I do, Samuel? You want me torepay that life debt together with you?"Samuel furrowed his brows.”Are you worthy?” Kathleengrowled.His expression turned grim. “Kathleen, like I said, you need to give me time. You can't forceme like this.”"I've already said that no matter how much time I give you, the final result will neverchange.” Kathleen looked at his darkened, handsome face. “Samuel, let's stop struggling. Let's get adivorce.”Samuel stood up and glared at her coldly. “Don’t even think about it!"With that, hegrabbed his suit jacket and stormed off.Kathleen sat on the chair weakly, her hands lowered. Herheart had never hurt so much.On the other hand, Samuel went out for a drive alone.He rolled downthe windows to let the cold wind in and calm himself down.In fact, some of what he said had comeout in a fit of anger.He knew that he didn't just have feelings for Kathleen.On the contrary, he likedKathleen a lot more than Nicolette.His feelings for Kathleen were also a lot stronger.What he felt forKathleen could not be compared to what he felt for Nicolette. After having struggled for some time,Samuel realized who he had feelings for What he felt for Nicolette was simply out ofresponsibility.He had to repay her for saving his life.He could not ignore her.However, it was indeeddifficult to hope for Kathleen's acceptance.Hence, he needed a month's time to persuadeher.However, it was clear that Kathleen had not given him a month. She had offered him alifetime.In return, she was determined to get a divorce.Samuel did not return for the rest of thenight Kathleen had always felt uneasy whenever she was alone at home.She did not know why shefelt this way. It was rather worrying.All the while, she had always believed that her sixth sense wasbeen accurate.She had a similar hunch that time when Diana had a sudden stroke.However, Dianawas healthy the last time Kathleen saw her. Her pulse was fine. There did not seem to be anythingwrong with the old woman.The rest of the family were also in good health.If it was not her familymembers, perhaps one of her friends was in danger.On that note, Kathleen thought ofBenjamin.Gemma told her that Benjamin was out of danger.However, Kathleen was not assured, asBenjamin had not regained consciousness.She put on her coat, left the house, and drove to thehospital. The hospital was exceedingly quiet at such a late hour Kathleen headed to Benjamin's wardwith a frown.She happened to see a figure come out of there.Kathleen was startled. The manpanicked."You're not a doctor! Who are you?” she glared at him.The man did not expect to getcaught by Kathleen. He turned and ran away."Stop right there!” she shouted.The man ran withoutlooking back.Kathleen picked up the trash can next to her and threw it at the man.It hit him in theback."Ouch!” the man shouted in pain before he crashed onto the ground.Kathleen stepped forwardand aimed a silver needle at the man’s eye. “Tell me! Who sent you here?"The man did not expectKathleen to have such a terrifying object with her. He did not dare to move.He gritted his teeth andstared at the silver needle in Kathleen's hands.Why does she have something like this?“Who sentyou?” There was a ruthless expression on Kathleen's pretty face.”Nicolette,” the man said in a hoarsevoice."What did she want with Benjamin?” Kathleen questioned harshly.”She told me to kill him,” theman replied. What?Kathleen froze in shock.Her face instantly paled.“Come with me to the policestation!” Kathleen growled.At that moment, doctors and nurses came running.They quickly enteredBenjamin's ward.Kathleen was startled.Seizing the opportunity, the man pushed Kathleen away andfled the scene Kathleen wanted to give chase, but she was more worried about Benjamin.Hence, shecalled the police as she ran toward Benjamin's ward.The nurse, who was closing the door, told her towait outside.Gemma spoke up from inside the ward. “Doctor, please let her wait inside. I'm beggingyou.”Benjamin liked Kathleen.Perhaps he would be fine if he knew that Kathleen was here.Thedoctor sighed. “All right."Gemma turned to look at Kathleen Kathleen was very grateful.She stoodaside as she watched the doctor give Benjamin emergency treatment.Benjamin was in a seriouscondition. The oxygen level in his brain was declining while his heartbeat was slowing.”Doctor, theblood pressure’s gone.” The nurse's face paled.She glanced at Gemma.”No! His heart is stillbeating!” Gemma protested in panic.The doctor was holding the defibrillator. They had administeredit for the third time, but Benjamin's heart rate was still dropping.After that, Benjamin's heartbeatstopped. All the data on the screen dropped to zero.”No!” Gemma fainted.A nurse rushed tosupport her. “Gemma, wake up!“Sad looks appeared on the doctors and nurses’ faces.They hadsome knowledge about the siblings’ past. Their mother had been a doctor at this hospital, and theirfather had been a policeman.The couple had lost their lives in a disaster, leaving behind theirchildren.