All Too Late

His lowered voice echoed in her ear with a solemn weight. “I’ll stay out of your life starting from

tomorrow. I promise.” “Good,” Kathleen replied, nodding Samuel’s gaze hardened bleakly as it locked

onto Kathleen’s eyes. Does Charles’ godfather have something to do with her sudden change of

attitude? I don’t want to force her to tell me. If any issue arises. I’ll resolve it for her in the dark. She won’t

have to know. “Since we can’t see each other when tomorrow comes. I want you to follow me for now,”

uttered Samuel as he led her away. Since there was no strength left in Kathleen’s body, Samuel wrapped

his arm around her and guided her to the door. Once they got there, he helped put her coat on before

leading her outside. At that moment, Kathleen felt a pounding headache ripping through her skull. She

cast a perplexed gaze at Samuel, not knowing what he was up to. From her current angle, she had the

perfect view of Samuel’s chiseled jaw. Some time passed before she lowered her head and burrowed

deeper into his embrace. “Kate, look at the sky.” Samuel’s baritone voice suddenly rang out. The sky?

Kathleen looked up at once, She noticed the many floating lanterns rising in the distance their luminance

brilliantly sparkling across the inky sky. Her jaw fell agape as her eyes widened in shock. Samuel hugged

her from behind before speaking in his husky voice. “I remember that one time after our wedding when

you watched the floating lantern scene in Tangled. You couldn’t keep your eyes off the main characters

as they watched the lanters in their boat so I figured you’d like to see the star-like lanterns tonight” Tears

sprang to Kathleen’s eyes. Upon seeing that a miserable feeling rose within Samuel Kathleen wiped her

tears while stating “We can’t go back to how things were. Samuel Why are you talking about the past

suddenly? Haven’t you heard of the saying it’s too late to amend things? “I was too arrogant back then

and assumed I could control everything in the world. Now, it seems that I’m nothing more than an

ordinary person Samuel replied self-deprecatingly. Tears kept flowing from Kathleen’s eyes as she gazed

at the glowing lanterns. Bang! Bang! Bang! Just then, fireworks broke out amidst the darkness, taking

Kathleen by surprise.

He even prepared fireworks? A grin grew on Samuel’s face as he watched her dazed expression. “Happy

New Year, Katie. With that, he leaned in to kiss her cheek Kathleen remained as still as a statue The

fireworks went on as Samuel hugged her tighter. “In this coming year, I’m going to fulfill all your wishes.

Since your first wish is to never see me again, I won’t appear before you starting tomorrow.” Kathleen

simply nodded in response to his words. Still, his tone remained gentle as he said. “But there’s one thing

you need to remember. I’m only a call away if you ever need me, Kate. I’ll rush over in an instant Don’t

ever forget that.” Kathleen nodded again. To that a satisfied grin spread across Samuel’s face. “All right.

You should head back to bed now that the fireworks are over. It was only then that Kathleen turned

around, revealing her tear-streaked face. The sight of that made Samuel’s chest lurch in pain These

days, even a sorrowful look without tears from her was enough to make his heart ache. “I’ll be on my way

then.” Kathleen then walked away. Left behind, Samuel watched her departing figure with a sharp twinge

in his chest. At this point, all he could do was keep an eye on her from afar until things unfolded

themselves. It did not take long for Kathleen to return to her room before she lay sprawled out on the

bed. While she was the one who insisted that Samuel keep his distance from her, she could not deny the

grueling ache she felt. After drowning in her sorrows for some time, she fell asleep It wasn’t until noon

the next day that she woke up with a raging headache. Gosh. I shouldn’t have drank so much last

night… Kathleen sat up on her bed when her phone coincidentally rangShe picked it up and saw

Charles’ name as the caller ID “Charles? What’s up?” she asked while massaging her temples. “K-

Kate… Something sounded odd about Charles’ voice as he failed to finish his words “What is it?”

Kathleen’s brows drew close “V-Vivian is…” Grief overwhelmed Charles so much that he sounded like he

was on the verge of tears. “S-She’s dead.” “What?” The news shocked Kathleen, who instantly probed.

“How did she die?” “She hung herself… in her room…. Charles’s hoarse voice rang out from the other

end of the line. “Caleb’s emotionally unstable right now, and we need you here.” “Okay, I’ll be right there!”

Kathleen hurriedly got ready.

An hour later, she arrived at the Lewis residence dressed in a simple outfit There, the housekeepers

replaced all cheerful decorations from the gate with dark-colored decorations as an indication of

mourning. Kathleen soon entered the residence, noticing that a mourning section had already gotten set

up inside “Get lost!” Caleb’s ferocious snarl came from the second floor, adding. “My sister’s not dead!

Get out of our home!” What came next was a series of hurried footsteps. The butlers and all the

housekeepers had frantically scurried down the stairs in that instant. Seeing that, Kathleen approached

them to ask, “What’s the matter? “Since Ms. Lewis has passed away, we asked Mr. Lewis to pick a

funeral portrait of her. But he kicked us out… explained a helpless-looking butler. Once Kathleen heard

that she reached out. “Let me see.” The butler then handed over a few photos of Vivian to her. These

seemed to be from long ago. But I guess there’s nothing we can do about it now. This should do.”

Kathleen picked out a sophisticated-looking photo of Vivian from the bunch. “All right. The butler nodded

without a trace of objection to her choice. Following that Kathleen headed upstairs. Charles, who stood

at the study’s door, soon came into her view. She found it hard to speak “Charles…” In front of her, a red-

eyed Charles said. “You made it