Fell In Love With You In The Wrong Time
chapter 15

chapter 15

“Benjamin isn’t just anyone else. He’s the man who saved my life,” stated Kathleen as a look ofutmost sorrow formed on her face. Samuel felt that this was a rather ridiculous line of reasoning. “I’llleave since you don’t want to see me,” declared Samuel calmly as he shot a long and meaningfulglance at her before he turned to leave. Kathleen felt utterly helpless at that moment. At the ratethings were going, she felt like she had no choice but to donate her bone marrow to Nicolette, but atthe same time, she couldn’t fathom how someone could turn out to be that greedy. To be fair,Kathleen knew that she was being greedy herself. She wanted the opportunity to stay by Samuel’sside and fervently hoped that he would notice her and fall in love with her. When it came down to it,she realized that she paled in comparison to even a moth that dove straight into a flame. This wasbecause the flame that represented Samuel didn’t burn for her in the first place. Forget it… I’mexhausted. We should just finalize the divorce earlier. I can’t wait to leave this place. I don’t want tosee anyone else get hurt because of me… With that, Kathleen took a moment and calmed herselfdown before she slipped her shoes on and padded out of the sick room. She wanted to drop by tocheck in on how Benjamin was doing. Just as she arrived at the entrance to his room, she sawGemma seated diligently on a chair placed right outside. She walked over and asked, “Didn’t you gohome, Gem?” Gemma’s eyes were swollen red as she turned to face Kathleen and shook her headvigorously. Kathleen was worried and asked, “How can you continue on like this? You need to takegood care of yourself at a time like this. After staying up through the night, you should head home toget a good rest.” “Don’t bother persuading me, Kathleen. I won’t go. I’ll never leave Benjamin’sside,” declared Gemma in a raspy voice. Kathleen pursed her lips as she replied, “Even so, this isn’tthe way to go. You haven’t been eating or resting sufficiently. How can your body continue to gothrough such torture?” “I’m afraid, Kathleen!” exclaimed Gemma as she wrapped her arms aroundherself to seek some measure of comfort. She added, “I’m afraid that he won’t be around anymoreby the time I wake up, just like what happened with my mom and dad. They said that they weregoing on duty, but they ultimately never returned!” “That won’t happen, Gemma. Benjamin will befine. I promise you that,” replied Kathleen soothingly as she sat down gently beside her and

wrapped her in a warm embrace. “I’ve already lost both my parents, Kathleen. I can’t afford to losemy brother as well. What you don’t know is that my life was a living hell back then when I had justgotten adopted. I missed my parents, my brother, and you as well. I survived through that hell andfinally got the chance to make contact with Benjamin. He’s the last remnant of a family that I have,”wailed Gemma in her raspy voice which was punctuated by the occasional sniffle. Kathleen didn’tknow how to respond. Gemma blew her nose and continued, “Benjamin and I aren’t as fortunate asyou. Old Mrs. Macari seems to like you so much! You’re basically living in paradise! AlthoughBenjamin and I may not be living in a literal hell, we do look upon you sometimes with theoccasional tinge of jealousy. If something were to happen to him, I would truly be left utterly alone inthis world.” “Nothing will happen to Benjamin, Gemma! I’ll stay by your side and wait till he regainsconsciousness,” promised Kathleen as she gripped Gemma’s hands reassuringly. “Kathleen…”wailed Gemma as she dove right into Kathleen’s embrace and began sobbing earnestly. Despiteher best efforts, Gemma ultimately couldn’t hold her emotions at bay anymore and let it all out.Kathleen patted her lightly on the back and consoled her. “I’ll stay by your side and wait with youuntil he wakes up. Don’t worry. Don’t be afraid.” Gemma grunted and nodded her head inacknowledgment. Just like that, the pair continued to sit on the chairs, and the silence continued forsome time. Kathleen was about to offer to get some food for Gemma when she suddenly sawWynnie making her way over hurriedly. “Mom,” greeted Kathleen awkwardly. Why is Wynnie here?“I went over to your place to look for you but saw that both you and Samuel weren’t around. Lateron, Maria told me that you were hospitalized. What happened to you? Are you feeling discomfortanywhere?” asked Wynnie worriedly. “I’m fine, Mom,” replied Kathleen as she gently shook herhead. She added, “Sorry for the wasted trip you made.” “What’s there to apologize for? You shouldhave told us the second you got hospitalized! It’s such a huge matter! You’ll only make us moreworried and hurt by hiding it from us like this,” admonished Wynnie with a frown. “Sorry…” repeatedKathleen as she lowered her head in shame to look at her feet. Although she acted that way, sheknew that Wynnie truly was worried for her. At that point, Gemma suddenly interjected and asked insurprise, “Kathleen, is this your Mom?” Kathleen regained her senses and replied, “Let me

introduce you. Gemma, this is my mother-in-law, Wynnie. Mom, this is my good friend, Gemma. Herbrother is the one who saved my life.” Wynnie was taken aback by this revelation and repeated,“The one who saved your life?” Kathleen hesitated for a moment but eventually shared the details ofthe incident with Wynnie. She knew that there was no way she could keep such a huge andmonumental incident under wraps for long. Once Wynnie had taken in the torrent of newinformation, her eyes were cold as she asked, “You’re saying that someone wanted to kill you?”Kathleen only nodded in agreement. “I know what to do now. Don’t worry, I’ll follow up on thismatter,” replied Wynnie firmly. Not only was she a lawyer, but she also knew she had to take chargeof this matter since Kathleen was her daughter-in-law, after all. Wynnie turned to face Gemma anddecisively said, “Thank you, Gemma, for your brother’s efforts to save Kathleen. It’s not ideal foryou to stay here all night to keep an eye on him as well. Why don’t you head home to rest for now?I’ll arrange for someone to come over to look after him in the meantime. I’ll let you knowimmediately if anything crops up.” However, Gemma was still unwilling to leave and tried to protest.“But…” “Don’t worry, Gemma,” repeated Wynnie. She had spoken firmly and was extremelypersuasive in her tone. Finally, Gemma gave in and nodded as she replied, “All right then.” Withthat, she took her leave and headed back first. Wynnie eyed Kathleen for a moment before sheasked, “Why are you here alone? Where’s Samuel?” Kathleen opened her mouth to speak butultimately didn’t know what to say. Wynnie took this in and snorted derisively before she turned andheaded straight for the elevator. “Mom!” yelled Kathleen as she chased after her. However, Wynniehad already gotten in the elevator and was headed up. Kathleen started to shake and hadgoosebumps at the thought of what was about to happen next. She knew that Wynnie would notspeak too kindly to Nicolette the second she arrived at where Nicolette and Samuel were.Furthermore, Samuel would assume that Wynnie was able to replace him because she had told on him.For her part, Wynnie had long known which room Nicolette was recuperating in. After all, she had areputation to maintain in Jadeborough, and she had been around for long enough to have eyes andears everywhere. She was about to barge in when she heard Nicolette speak. The latter said,“Samuel, tell me the truth! Is Kathleen the one you mentioned that has a matching bone marrow

type with me?” “Yes, it’s her,” replied Samuel coldly. Nicolette sounded aggrieved as she asked, “Soshe’s not willing to donate her bone marrow to me?” “I’ll persuade her,” replied Samuel coldly. “Howcan she be this selfish, Samuel?” whined Nicolette as she burst pitifully into tears. She continued,“In the first place, we were separated from one another all because of her. The three full years thatshe has had with you were all stolen from me! Now that my life is dwindling to an end, all I want isfor her to return me that period of stolen time! I want those three years back from her.” Samuel’sface was dark yet mysterious as he replied, “I’ll replace a way to get her to agree.” Nicolette sobbedand continued, “She married you because she had designs on the Macari family’s wealth, Samuel! Ican understand that since she doesn’t have parents at all. She would have felt more secure with asizeable fortune by her side. We can always give her more money, or perhaps, I can even kneeland beg her if she’s still not satisfied!” “Why the hell would you have to kneel before her?” askedSamuel with a tinge of anger. Nicolette’s eyes darkened in response, but her voice remainedunsteady as she countered, “Is she refusing to donate her bone marrow because she can’t bear toleave you, Samuel?” Samuel didn’t respond to her statement, and his face remained icy cold.“Samuel, if all else fails, why don’t you just go along with what she wants? Pretend not to divorceher so that she’ll willingly donate her bone marrow. After some time, you can try to replace another wayto get a divorce and get rid of her. What do you think? I’m sure you’ll replace a way once you put yourmind to it,” proposed Nicolette as she shot him a long and meaningful look. However, Samuel coollydeclared, “We don’t have to go through all that trouble. Three days. I’ll make sure she willinglydonates the marrow to you within three days.”

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