Perfect Marriage with My Substitute Wife
Chapter 15

Chapter 15

“Benjamin isn’t just anyone else. He’s the man who saved my life,” stated Kathleen as a look of utmostsorrow formed on her face.

Samuel felt that this was a rather ridiculous line of reasoning.

“I’ll leave 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 rate things were going, she felt like she had nochoice but to donate her bone marrow to Nicolette, but at the same time, she couldn’t fathom howsomeone could turn out to be that greedy.

To be fair, Kathleen knew that she was being greedy herself. She wanted the opportunity to stay bySamuel’s side and fervently hoped that he would notice her and fall in love with her. When it camedown to it, she realized that she paled in comparison to even a moth that dove straight into a flame.This was because the flame that represented Samuel didn’t burn for her in the first place.

Forget it… I’m exhausted. We should just finalize the divorce earlier. I can’t wait to leave this place. Idon’t want to see anyone else get hurt because of me…

With that, Kathleen took a moment and calmed herself down before she slipped her shoes on andpadded out of the sick room.

She wanted to drop by to check in on how Benjamin was doing. Just as she arrived at the entrance tohis room, she saw Gemma seated diligently on a chair placed right outside.

She walked over and asked, “Didn’t you go home, Gem?”

Gemma’s eyes were swollen red as she turned to face Kathleen and shook her head vigorously.

Kathleen was worried and asked, “How can you continue on like this? You need to take good care ofyourself at a time like this. After staying up through the night, you should head home to get a goodrest.”

“Don’t bother persuading me, Kathleen. I won’t go. I’ll never leave Benjamin’s side,” declared Gemmain a raspy voice.

Kathleen pursed her lips as she replied, “Even so, this isn’t the way to go. You haven’t been eating orresting sufficiently. How can your body continue to go through such torture?”

“I’m afraid, Kathleen!” exclaimed Gemma as she wrapped her arms around herself to seek somemeasure of comfort. She added, “I’m afraid that he won’t be around anymore by the time I wake up,just like what happened with my mom and dad. They said that they were going on duty, but theyultimately never returned!”

“That won’t happen, Gemma. Benjamin will be fine. I promise you that,” replied Kathleen soothingly asshe 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 lose my brother as well. What you don’tknow is that my life was a living hell back then when I had just gotten adopted. I missed my parents, mybrother, and you as well. I survived through that hell and finally got the chance to make contact withBenjamin. He’s the last remnant of a family that I have,” wailed Gemma in her raspy voice which waspunctuated by the occasional sniffle.

Kathleen didn’t know how to respond.

Gemma blew her nose and continued, “Benjamin and I aren’t as fortunate as you. Old Mrs. Macariseems to like you so much! You’re basically living in paradise! Although Benjamin and I may not beliving in a literal hell, we do look upon you sometimes with the occasional tinge of jealousy. If somethingwere to happen to him, I would truly be left utterly alone in this world.”

“Nothing will happen to Benjamin, Gemma! I’ll stay by your side and wait till he regains consciousness,”promised Kathleen as she gripped Gemma’s hands reassuringly.

“Kathleen…” wailed Gemma as she dove right into Kathleen’s embrace and began sobbing earnestly.Despite her 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 you untilhe wakes up. Don’t worry. Don’t be afraid.”

Gemma grunted and nodded her head in acknowledgment.

Just like that, the pair continued to sit on the chairs, and the silence continued for some time. Kathleenwas about to offer to get some food for Gemma when she suddenly saw Wynnie making her way overhurriedly.

“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. Later on,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 her head. She added, “Sorry for the wasted tripyou made.”

“What’s there to apologize for? You should have told us the second you got hospitalized! It’s such ahuge matter! You’ll only make us more worried and hurt by hiding it from us like this,” admonishedWynnie with a frown.

“Sorry…” repeated Kathleen as she lowered her head in shame to look at her feet.

Although she acted that way, she knew that Wynnie truly was worried for her.

At that point, Gemma suddenly interjected and asked in surprise, “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. Her brother 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 of the incident with Wynnie. Sheknew that there was no way she could keep such a huge and monumental incident under wraps forlong. Once Wynnie had taken in the torrent of new information, 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 this matter,” replied Wynnie firmly. Not only wasshe a lawyer, but she also knew she had to take charge of this matter since Kathleen was herdaughter-in-law, after all.

Wynnie turned to face Gemma and decisively said, “Thank you, Gemma, for your brother’s efforts tosave Kathleen. It’s not ideal for you to stay here all night to keep an eye on him as well. Why don’t youhead home to rest for now? I’ll arrange for someone to come over to look after him in the meantime. I’lllet you know immediately 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 extremely persuasive in hertone.

Finally, Gemma gave in and nodded as she replied, “All right then.” With that, she took her leave andheaded back first.

Wynnie eyed Kathleen for a moment before she asked, “Why are you here alone? Where’s Samuel?”

Kathleen opened her mouth to speak but ultimately didn’t know what to say. Wynnie took this in andsnorted derisively before she turned and headed straight for the elevator.

“Mom!” yelled Kathleen as she chased after her.

However, Wynnie had already gotten in the elevator and was headed up. Kathleen started to shakeand had goosebumps at the thought of what was about to happen next. She knew that Wynnie wouldnot speak 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, “So she’s not willing to donate her bone marrow to me?”

“I’ll persuade her,” replied Samuel coldly.

“How can 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 that shehas had with you were all stolen from me! Now that my life is dwindling to an end, all I want is for her toreturn me that period of stolen time! I want those three years back from her.”

Samuel’s face was dark yet mysterious as he replied, “I’ll replace a way to get her to agree.”

Nicolette sobbed and continued, “She married you because she had designs on the Macari family’swealth, Samuel! I can understand that since she doesn’t have parents at all. She would have felt moresecure with a sizeable fortune by her side. We can always give her more money, or perhaps, I caneven kneel and beg her if she’s still not satisfied!”

“Why the hell would you have to kneel before her?” asked Samuel with a tinge of anger.

Nicolette’s eyes darkened in response, but her voice remained unsteady as she countered, “Is sherefusing to donate her bone marrow because she can’t bear to leave 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 divorce herso that she’ll willingly donate her bone marrow. After some time, you can try to replace another way to geta divorce and get rid of her. What do you think? I’m sure you’ll replace a way once you put your mind to it,”proposed Nicolette as she shot him a long and meaningful look.

However, Samuel coolly declared, “We don’t have to go through all that trouble. Three days. I’ll makesure she willingly donates the marrow to you within three days.”

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