Love You Enough to Leave You

Love You Enough to Leave You Chapter 171

Elizabeth sneered as she stared coldly at Charlie. “Charlie Yard, I’ve finally seen your true colors. You love Olivia, and you pander to her son’s every whim. But you don’t even care that your own daughter is now facing a life and death situation in the operating room. What a great husband and father you are.”

Charlie looked defeated and sighed, “You’re being irrational, Elizabeth, and I don’t want to argue with you.”

Upon hearing that, Elizabeth’s face contorted even more with rage.

“Is that your guilty conscience, Charlie? You had a sordid affair with Olivia, and now you’re even covering up for her son. What? Are you afraid that if Oscar found out about it, he will look down on you for being a good-for-nothing hypocrite?”

Her words dripped with so much sarcasm that Charlie couldn’t stand it any longer. “That’s enough from you!” he bellowed.

Despite that, Elizabeth cackled even louder, to a point where she looked almost maniacal.

“Feeling guilty, aren’t you?”

Charlie was silent. At this point, he knew it’d be impossible to talk sense into someone who was being unreasonable.

Elizabeth continued, “You are a heartless hypocrite, and that makes Olivia a shameless b*tch!”

As soon the words left her mouth, Elizabeth felt a tight slap to her face. She instinctively brought her hand up to where she had just been slapped and looked helplessly at Oscar.

Even Charlie was taken aback. He never expected Oscar to be that heavy-handed.

“Oscar, you… “ Charlie wanted to speak but eventually held his tongue.

Oscar’s expression was dark as he glowered at Elizabeth. “Mrs. Yard, I never expected Cassie to be suicidal. I will make it up to her, but please do not drag my mother into this. She is a respectable woman, and I will not let you tarnish her reputation.”

Elizabeth could still feel the burn on her cheek right then. She was humiliated, but that slap did also knock some sense back into her.

With that, she straightened herself up and raked through her hair. It didn’t take long before she regained her poise and composure. If it hadn’t been the handprint on her face, one wouldn’t have known that she had thrown a fit only a while ago.

“Oscar, I will never forget that slap from you. I won’t hold you fully responsible for Cassie’s suicide, but it is still a fact that Cassie tried to kill herself over you. You better pray that she pulls through this, or I won’t let you off. Nobody bullies my daughter!”

Nonetheless, Oscar remained sullen throughout.

Elizabeth distanced herself further from Charlie as she looked silently in the direction of the operating room.

Because of Cassie, the relationship between her and her husband had become even more strained. Gone were the days when they still loved and supported each other.

The three of them paced outside for almost three hours before the light above the operating room door finally flickered off. A team of doctors made their way out, all of them exhausted after such a long procedure.

Elizabeth couldn’t hide her anxiety as she rushed up to them. “Dr. Kane, how is my daughter?”

Dr. Kane’s face took on a ghastly expression. On top of work fatigue, he was also exasperated at Cassie. It hadn’t even been ten days since she got hospitalized, yet she had already caused so much trouble for the staff. More importantly, he was upset at the lack of care she had for herself.

“Mrs. Yard, your daughter is out of danger. But if she continues to have so little regard for her own life, I’m afraid there’s nothing much we can do for her.”

Elizabeth’s face fell.

to change the subject. “Dr. Kane, thank you so much for all your help today. I’ll play host another time and

smile back on Dr. Kane’s face as he politely

see her, but one of the nurses pulled her away. “Please calm down, Mrs.

her daughter, Elizabeth

her condition needed close monitoring. She’d be transferred to a

he could do was to hope for the best. After

you can stay here and watch Cassie. I need

Elizabeth still didn’t answer.

talk to you.” Charlie gestured for Oscar to

Oscar’s part, but he eventually

quieter spot where they could sit and speak freely. But for the first two

awkward silence. “Oscar, I’m sure you can guess what I wanted to talk to you about,

“Honestly,

miscarriage because of you. She slit her wrists because of you. And now all you can say is that you have no idea? I watched you grow up, Oscar,

stressed me out a lot. You’re a man too, so I’m sure you can understand what it feels like when a woman you love constantly

Charlie grew silent.

Oscar continued, “I’m glad that Cassie is fine now,

her, is that right?” Charlie

when he heard Charlie’s

wilful and ran away to start a new life abroad. I was so mad at her for throwing away a good husband like you. Five years later, you married another woman, but we were still on friendly terms. The biggest

Oscar’s expression immediately changed.

But Cassie did hurt herself because of you. That’s how determined she is to marry you. As her father, I

Oscar felt even more overwhelmed with

in frustration. There were so many thoughts racing through

he finally spoke up, “We’ll talk about this again

his back. “It’s not that I want to pressure you. But since you’re back with Cassie, it’s only right that you marry her. Extramarital affairs are taxing, and someone always ends up being hurt the most by it. Cassie has already suffered a lot. I don’t think you’d want to see her

but his eyes were burning with unwavering determination. “This

look forward to having you as my son-in-law. I hope you

said his piece, Charlie gave Oscar another pat on his shoulder

his spot, still fighting the wave of emotions and thoughts that plagued him. He eventually gave in and

how tired and angry she was, Charlie decided to

stared at Cassie

hands. “Cassie will be fine with me here. I don’t want

getting on his edge. “Will you just

thought long and hard about it but eventually still left together with

soon as they stepped out of the hospital, Charlie

was thinking of asking you and Owen out for tea. It’d be good for

soon added, “Great! Let’s meet at

time. “Why did

we’ve been married for more than thirty years now. I don’t want to argue with you. If you really have Cassie’s best interests at heart, then all the more you should stop throwing these tantrums,” Charlie replied very patiently. “Since Cassie wants to marry into the Clintons, we should also manage the relations with Owen and Olivia. We wouldn’t want Cassie’s relationship with her in-laws to start

things over with Owen and