Too Much To Bear My Love

Chapter 123 Deliberate Intimacy

Stunned, Cassie looked up at Oscar. “Oscar?”

“Cassie, I’m going to have a child in a few months’ time. If you want to be mine, you have to accept my child,” stated Oscar firmly.

Cassie lowered her gaze as reluctance and hatred flashed across her eyes.

After a brief silence, she raised her head weakly. “Oz, can’t you let Amelia take care of the child? I lost mine because of her. There’s no way I can treat her child as my own. I’ll make sure she receives her alimony every month.”

Tamping down his irritation, Oscar flashed a grin in her direction. “You’re still weak. Hurry, close your eyes and sleep.”

Cassie took his head and weaved her fingers with his. “Oz, I went to Erihal years ago capriciously. I lost myself in the fun Erihal had to offer, but after one month, I missed you so much. I nearly rushed back, but Mom told me you had married someone else.” She bared her heart to him. “I was so unhappy and mad back then. You said you love me, but you married another woman swiftly after my departure. In a fit of anger, I remained in Erihal. I told myself that I’ll be fine alone. If I knew we’d miss each other for years, I would’ve returned immediately. I still love and miss you after all these years.”

Not a word came from Oscar’s lips.

He had investigated Cassie’s past in Erihal. Besides frequenting bars and nightclubs, she was involved intimately with a few men. She also often held parties in her rented apartment, spending the night partying and getting wasted with a bunch of people, like there was no tomorrow.

When the investigator handed him the report, he was caught by surprise. However, the report plus the photos given by Olivia confirmed one thing—he was tricked by Cassie’s innocent and kind appearance. She was, in fact, an avid partygoer who loved frequenting bars and nightclubs.

Oscar was known for his crafty side in the business world. Hence, he had not expected to be wrong about her.

After finding out Cassie’s real character, he gradually drifted away from her. He couldn’t accept the fact that she was merely putting up an act in front of him.

True to his word, he hired an Irushean designer to design a wedding dress for her. Nevertheless, Amelia was the one who popped up in his mind whenever he thought of the wedding proposal and the design for the dress.

He couldn’t stop himself from wondering how gorgeous Amelia would look in that dress.

Noticing Oscar wandering off, a flash of panic appeared in Cassie’s gaze. She struggled to sit up but accidentally jostled her wound. Immediately, she gasped in pain.

Snapping back to reality, Oscar took her arm. “What’s wrong? Did you jostle your wound?”

Grabbing his shoulders, Cassie gazed at him and uttered pitifully, “Oz, don’t leave me alone. It’s not that I don’t like kids. I just want one of our own. I can’t get over the fact that you and Amelia are married, so I refuse to let her child come between us. It’s like a thorn stuck in my throat which will hurt every time I breathe.”

Oscar helped her to lie down and told her, “Stop overthinking things. You just had surgery and lost your baby, so your body is still weak. You must be tired after talking for so long. Sleep now.”

Cassie blinked and asked, “Oz, can you hand me my phone?”

the left

me, Oz!” exclaimed Cassie as she clicked on the

returned, “Why are you suddenly

photos together. I know you love me, but you rarely get intimate with me. I

eyes reddened

himself to say no, so he leaned

her forehead, Cassie requested, “Oz, I want you to kiss my forehead. A kiss on

his lips across her forehead as her camera clicked

you kiss my shoulder?” Cassie’s request

merely stared at

us to be more intimate. Can’t you say yes to

Oscar relented reluctantly.

photos of Oscar kissing her forehead, cheek, and lips. She then forced Oscar to go through each and every photo with

photo of you kissing my forehead looks

“Yeah, it is.”

take the phone from her, but she refused to relinquish it to him. “Oz, let

his brows together and replied, “It’s late.

I want to enjoy them for a

about it and caved

make

doing it

Oscar’s frown deepened.

your freedom. I’m just afraid that you’ll leave when I wasn’t

regarding work. I’ll be back in around thirty minutes.

her

for my schemes to

text: Amelia, Oz loves me. He told me he didn’t divorce you because you’re pregnant with his child. You’re a scheming woman, huh? Never

and lay down as though nothing had happened earlier. When Oscar came in later, she had already dozed

then, his phone rang. He whipped out

answered it.

other end of the line. “Mr. Clinton, I know you’re a loving couple with Ms. Yard and that I’m just a stand-in for her. But please, could you ask Ms. Yard to stop sending me those

photos?” Oscar was