Too Much To Bear My Love

Too Much to Bear, My Love 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.

“Dr. Kane, thank you so much for all your help

put a faint smile back on Dr. Kane’s face as he politely took his

anxious to see her, but one of the nurses pulled her away. “Please calm down, Mrs. Yard. The patient’s

her daughter, Elizabeth

unit as her condition needed close monitoring. She’d be transferred to a normal ward only if there were no other

with mixed emotions. It pained him to see Cassie in this state, but all he could do was to hope for the best. After a while, he turned to his wife. “Elizabeth, why don’t you head home and rest? I’ll stay here with

sighed. “Fine, you can stay here and watch

Elizabeth still didn’t answer.

to you.” Charlie gestured for

was a brief hesitation on Oscar’s part, but he eventually nodded

they could sit and speak freely. But for the first two minutes,

was the first to break the awkward silence. “Oscar, I’m sure you can guess what I wanted to

exasperation. “Honestly, I have no

you can say is

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

Charlie grew silent.

continued, “I’m glad that Cassie is fine

you don’t wish to marry her, is that

when he heard

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

Oscar’s expression immediately changed.

to blame you either, Oscar. But Cassie did hurt herself because of you. That’s how determined she is

even more

smacked his forehead in frustration. There were so many thoughts racing through his head that he couldn’t make

spoke up, “We’ll talk

him a firm pat on 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 suffer anymore, do

were burning with unwavering determination. “This is between Cassie and me, so

to having you as

Oscar another pat

thoughts that plagued him. He eventually gave in and followed

how tired and angry she was, Charlie decided to take matters into his own hands.

merely stared at

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

getting on his edge. “Will you just listen to

and hard about it but

stepped out of the hospital, Charlie immediately called up

Charlie. It has been a long time, so I was thinking of asking you and Owen out for

because Charlie soon added, “Great! Let’s meet at our usual place in about an

the entire time. “Why did

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

They should smooth things over with Owen and Olivia to