All Too Late

with you? Explain everything clearly, or I’m leaving with the children!” “Calm down. You’ll know in a

second,” answered Levi with a sheepish expression on his face. A moment later, a young woman clad

in a chef’s uniform approached them with a serving cart. The woman was probably about Kathleen’s

age. Not only did she have fair skin and delicate features, but faint dimples would appear on her

cheeks when she smiled, too. “Here it comes!” Levi became excited. Kathleen turned to look at the

woman. Just then, Mila came toward them as well, walking alongside the woman. Only then did

Kathleen realize how strikingly the two women resembled each other. “Kate, let me introduce you. This

is our head chef.” Mila beamed. Kathleen smiled faintly in response. “Hi, my name is Kathleen.” She

reached out her hand. “I’m Queena Hunt.” The woman held out her hand as well. Queena Hunt?

Kathleen shook hands with her. “Are you…” “She’s my daughter,” Mila explained smilingly. Realization

dawned on Kathleen. Oh, I see.

No wonder they look so alike! She shot Levi a sideways glance only to see that he was staring at

Queena with a dazed look in his eyes. Queena blushed slightly. “I’m about to make Sizzle Steak. First,

I’m going to heat up this piece of lava stone here, and then I’m going to place this marinated steak on

it. In just two minutes, the steak would be ready to be served.” As she spoke, she began heating up the

lava stone. Then she picked up the steak with a pair of tongs and placed it on the lava stone. Sizzle! A

loud, crisp sizzling rang out the moment the beef was laid on the lava stone. Desiree watched in

fascination. “The steak is really cooked.” “That’s right,” Queena affirmed with a smile. Meanwhile, Levi

was staring at Queena like an idiot while the latter did not even bother sparing him a glance. Kathleen

felt rather helpless. It was not hard for her to work out that both Mila and Queena were equally irritated

with him. After Queena finished grilling the steaks, she served them to the guests. “Please enjoy your

meal.” “Thank you,” Kathleen responded with gratitude. “You’re welcome.” Queena smiled warmly.

“Just let me know if you guys feel like having anything else.” Kathleen nodded. “We will.” With that,

Queena left with her serving cart. Mila glared at Levi wordlessly before turning to Kathleen. “Kate, I’ll

leave you and your children to your meal while I serve the other customers.” “Okay, sure.” Kathleen

nodded. The moment Mila left their table, Kathleen looked sideways at Levi and snapped, “What was

that all about?” Seeing that Levi did not respond, she went on furiously, “Why do I feel as if you were

using me? Explain yourself now!” “Many things happened since we last met. Three months ago, I met

Queena in Pollerton and fell in love at first sight,” explained Levi quietly. “And what about her?”

Kathleen asked in a cold voice. “She liked me as well, so we got together. Perhaps it was because I

was too busy and didn’t spend much time with her, but by the time I went back to see her again, she

had returned to her country.” Kathleen massaged her temples. “Then did you call her?” “I did.” Levi

nodded. “But she didn’t pick up. So, tell me. Why would she treat me like this?” “It’s hard to know the

answer to that just by listening to your side of the story. Perhaps you’d done something that offended

her,” stated Kathleen indifferently. “But I didn’t.” Levi was genuinely baffled. “All the same, why didn’t

you just tell me about this earlier?” Kathleen was still mad at him. “I’m sorry,” Levi apologized at once.

“There better not be a next time. You just made things extremely awkward for me,” Kathleen warned.

“All right.” Levi smiled sheepishly before a look of despair washed over his face. “But she’s totally

ignoring me now.” “Then you should try to talk to her nicely.” “Talk to her?” Levi continued in a helpless

tone, “How am I supposed to do that when she won’t even give me a chance to do so?” Kathleen

furrowed her brows slightly. Looks like the problem is indeed quite serious! “It’s Daddy!” Desiree

exclaimed suddenly. Kathleen turned around, immediately noticing Samuel and Ashley entering the

restaurant and Mila going over to welcome them. “And that evil woman is with him too. If Daddy

marries that woman, then I’m really never going to bother about him again. I’m being serious!” added

Desiree in disappointment. Kathleen retracted her gaze. “Are you okay?” Levi asked in concern.

Kathleen nodded. “Yeah, I’m fine.”

Mila was Wynnie’s close friend. Since Mila just opened a new restaurant, it was expected that Samuel

would be visiting the place. However, what Kathleen had not expected was that he would bring Ashley

with him. Similarly, it did not occur to Ashley that she would bump into Kathleen here either. What

surprised her even more was that Kathleen was accompanied by a man, who also happened to be very

handsome and charismatic. “Looks like Kathleen’s been busy, Samuel. She found a new boyfriend

soon enough,” Ashley remarked with a meaningful smile. “They look like a loving couple, don’t they?

Do you see how affectionately that man is looking at her?” Of course, Samuel saw it all. He did not

know who the man was, but he had to admit that Ashley was certainly right. That man indeed had a

look of deep affection as he gazed at Kathleen. Besides, Kathleen seemed to get along well with that

man. They seemed to be quite close. Who is that man?