All Too Late

Samuel’s body was removed, then what’s going on with his heart?” Charles questioned out of curiosity.

Kathleen frowned and mulled over it for a while. “It’s very likely that Theodore was too rough when he

removed the male lovebug, so a large amount of toxin was left in Samuel’s body. His heart didn’t hurt

because he met Yareli, but because meeting Yareli triggered the toxin. His heart doesn’t hurt that much

now because the toxin reduced over the years.” Hearing her explanation, Charles nodded in

understanding. He then sneered, “This time, Yareli will be doomed.” “Yeah, if the male lovebug is dead,

the female lovebug will not survive as well, and she’ll die because of that,” Kathleen replied. “However,

since she’s still alive, who knows who has the male lovebug now?” “This woman wants to be Samuel’s

wife so desperately. Now that there’s no chance for her to do so, she’ll be devastated,” mocked

Charles. He had always disliked Yareli. Kathleen gently pulled Charles’ sleeve and said, “Charles,

please stop talking.” Charles understood what she meant. Naturally, Samuel understood as well.

“I don’t like her,” he clarified. “Never did. Not even in the past.” There’s only one person in my heart—

Kathleen. “I have an idea, guys,” Kathleen said. “I want to find Vanessa through Yareli.” “This matter is

up to you. I’m okay with that.” Charles then looked at Samuel and continued, “How about you, Mr.

Macari?” “You don’t need my say in this,” uttered Samuel. “I have nothing to do with her.” Kathleen said

faintly, “I don’t think so. Have you forgotten how I was accused of kidnapping Desi by those hired by

Yareli? You clearly knew who the mastermind was, Mr. Macari, yet you still investigated me.” Freezing,

Samuel cleared his throat. At the time, he didn’t know Kathleen was Gizem. Had he known, there was

no way he would investigate her. Charles looked at Samuel meaningfully. “I can explain,” responded

Samuel.

“Forget it,” replied Kathleen flatly. “I will handle Yareli myself.” Fixing her gaze on her, Samuel said

nothing. A hint of coldness flashed across Kathleen’s charming face. “As for other matters, we’ll talk

about it next time.” Samuel and Charles nodded. Samuel stayed at Kathleen’s mansion and had a meal

there before returning to Florinia Manor. Even when he was alone when he reached home, he had

spent the whole afternoon with Kathleen and the children, so he felt very satisfied. When he was about

to reach the gate of Florinia Manor, he noticed Yareli standing there, looking into the distance. He

furrowed his eyebrows deeply. When the gate opened, he stepped on the accelerator and drove the car

in. Yareli had been eagerly waiting for him, but when she saw how he didn’t even stop and drove right

in, she felt immensely nervous.

From the beginning until now, Samuel had always been indifferent toward her. Now that Kathleen had

returned, Yareli knew Samuel would not even spare her a glance. Even so, she still wanted to give it a

try. After all, she had liked him since she was a child. At that time, when Samuel was deceived by

Nicolette, the former only had his eye on the latter, so there was nothing Yareli could do. When Diana

showed up and joined hands with Frances to send Nicolette away, Yareli thought her chance had

come. Who would have thought that Diana only did what she did just for Kathleen? Everyone in

Jadeborough knew that Diana loved Kathleen. She treated Kathleen like her own granddaughter, which

made all the daughters from rich families jealous. With Diana in charge, it would be easy to marry

Samuel. It just didn’t occur to her that Samuel had never forgotten about Nicolette until the latter came

back. However, even if Nicolette returned, she was already doomed to fail because Samuel had been

living with Kathleen for three years. Both of them had already done what they were supposed to do,

which just showed that Samuel had never hated Kathleen.

Hence, Yareli knew Nicolette would lose. However, even with Nicolette’s failure, Yareli didn’t expect the

relationship between Samuel and Kathleen to fall apart. Even after a year since Kathleen came back,

their relationship would never go back to the way it used to be. Because of that, Yareli was always

prepared for the storm. It was until Vanessa told Yareli that she could use the parasitic worm to make

Samuel fall for her that she happily agreed. Although she knew the parasitic worm was deadly, it was

worth it for her, as long as she could get Samuel. However, even with the female lovebug, she noticed

Samuel was still unfazed by her whenever they met. Yareli had asked Lauren about this before.

The latter told her that the effect of the lovebug varied from person to person. Even if Samuel was not

attracted to Yareli, at least his life was in her hands. Everybody was afraid of death, so Yareli used that

card to threaten Samuel and ask him to marry her. Alas, the man still refused. Ever since she was a

child, she had harbored feelings for Samuel. Hence, she would do anything for him. However, just

when she was so close to getting him, Kathleen made a comeback. How could she possibly live with

that? That was why she came to Samuel—to threaten him.