Love You Enough to Leave You

Chapter 217 Teaching The Clintons A Lesson

Oscar’s heart skipped a beat, but instead of doing as instructed, he hugged Amelia even tighter.

“I-I can explain, Amelia. It’s not what you think it is,” Oscar stammered. He had a sneaking suspicion that if he didn’t clear things up with Amelia, their relationship would never be the same again. Worst of all, she might never trust him again.

He had been through so much before he realized his feelings for Amelia. There was no way he was going to let a misunderstanding ruin what he had painstakingly built.

Amelia continued to ignore Oscar and stared at the ground. “Put me down, Mr. Clinton.”

Seeing how stubborn and standoffish she was, Oscar had no choice but to give in to her request.

Olivia glanced at Amelia sheepishly as she tried to find the right words to defuse the situation. “Amelia, this isn’t what you think it is. I’m not trying to hide the truth from you, nor am I deliberately covering up for Stephanie. But she’s still my daughter, and regardless of what she has done, I can’t bear to send her to prison. Now that you’ve found out the truth, I feel just as guilty. Please believe me when I say I’m only doing this for both you and Stephanie. It pains me to see either of you hurt.”

After hearing those words, Amelia felt even more overwhelmed with conflicting emotions.

She knew where Olivia was coming from, but that didn’t make understanding it any less difficult. And she could never accept the fact that Stephanie had single-handedly plotted the accident.

Stephanie’s lips curled with disdain as she said, “Mom, why do you even bother to explain to a nobody like her? So what if I plotted the accident? Guess what, Amelia? Even if you and your son had perished in it, this family would still have done everything in their power to protect me.”

Amelia was so overwhelmed by emotions that she laughed out loud bitterly.

Oscar’s face had taken upon itself an even graver expression as he warned, “Stephanie Clinton, if you so much as to say another word, I’ll make sure you never return to our family.”

Knowing her brother was a man of his word, Stephanie kept quiet.

“Stephanie, it’s true that I can’t do anything to you with the Clintons protecting you,” Amelia remarked as she glowered at Stephanie. “But from on, I’ll no longer treat you as my sister-in-law. No matter what happens to you in the future, I won’t get involved, and neither will I help.”

Stephanie was completely unbothered by Amelia’s threat. However, she had no idea that this would come back and bite her in the future. There would be such a day when she found herself having to beg Amelia for help, and Amelia, true to her words, would turn a deaf ear to Stephanie’s pleas.

Olivia furrowed her brows and tried to coax Amelia, “Don’t be like this, Amelia. You and Stephanie are both my favorites. You two…”

“Mom, it’s not that I don’t want to make peace with Stephanie,” Amelia interrupted with a bitter laugh. “It’s been five years, and I’ve done everything I can to please her. But when has she ever appreciated it? You’ve also witnessed for yourself how she doesn’t give a toss about me. If it had only been me who got injured in the accident, I could still be a saint about it and forgive her. But did she care that I was pregnant? Tony almost lost his life because of her. I can never, ever, forgive her for that.”

Olivia tried to reach out to hold Amelia, only to have Amelia swiftly avoid her.

“Mom, I’m tired. I’m going up to rest,” Amelia said with her eyes downcast.

“Amelia, you—”

“All right, I’ll be going now.”

into Tiffany, who had

sorry for her friend, Tiffany returned

tossed another glare toward Stephanie before

defeated Amelia looked, Stephanie couldn’t help but break into a

see cracks forming in Amelia and Oscar’s relationship. With her plan off to a good start, Stephanie knew that as long as she continued to put in the effort, it’d only be a matter of time before she drove Amelia out of the

about herself,

her cheek, Stephanie looked at her mother

Olivia cried out, feeling even

Olivia had marched

gazed at his daughter. “Stephanie, why did you have to ruin the relationship you have with your brother? Your mother and I have tried so hard to cover this up for you and are even sending you away so you can learn to be independent. We’ve done so much for you, yet you don’t seem to appreciate any of it. As for what you’ve done today, I don’t

turned

all alone in the hall,

these to get Amelia out and bring peace back to our

was treating her but not knowing what

into Tony’s nursery and stood at the door, blocking Oscar from entering. “Mr. Clinton, I think it’d be best if

as he

what your sister has done, do you think Amelia’s in the

Deep down, he

Tony too. As her best friend, all I want is for her to be happy. She loves you, so I won’t persuade her to leave you. But please, let me talk to her first. You going in now is going to

steadily at Tiffany, only to have her

after her. And please, tell her I do care about her. The only reason I didn’t tell her the truth

merely nodded and reassured him with an

the room,

her way toward her friend. Ever since stepping into the nursery, all Amelia had done was gaze at Tony sleeping soundly in his

tried to comfort Amelia. “Babe, cheer up. It’s Tony’s welcome baby

someone to knock me down and almost caused me to miscarry. I’ve always told myself to put up with her tantrums, but who knew she’d go to such extremes? Even just talking about it makes me

hug and gently consoled her with a

not overthink it. It’s

I have for her. Tony and I barely made it out of the accident, yet the Clintons are still protecting her unconditionally. If we had died, would Stephanie still be able to get away with it scot-free? Do you know how angry this makes me? I wish she’d get into an accident

things like that. You and Tony are very blessed and loved. Especially Tony—this little guy’s going to

hard Amelia tried, she couldn’t

who do you think Oscar values more?

of who would one

simple, but it had stumped many people

teased, trying to lighten

to calm her down. “Amelia, why are you crying? It’s not worth wasting your energy on someone like her.