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.

thank you so much for all your help today.

Dr. Kane’s face as he politely took his

nurses pulled her away. “Please calm down, Mrs. Yard. The patient’s condition is very fragile. We need to let her rest for

her daughter, Elizabeth

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

could do was

stay here and watch Cassie. I need

Elizabeth still didn’t answer.

to talk to you.” Charlie gestured for Oscar to

part, but he eventually nodded and

two men found a quieter spot where they could sit and speak freely. But

what I wanted to talk to you about, so I won’t beat around the bush. What are your plans with Cassie?

at his hair in exasperation. “Honestly, I have no idea,”

“Cassie had a 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, but I never thought you’d be this callous and

over it for a while before replying, “Undoubtedly, Cassie’s actions have 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 threatens

Charlie grew silent.

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

now you don’t wish to marry her,

his brows when he heard

plans to let you manage the Yard Group once you got married.” Charlie sighed deeply. “Unfortunately, Cassie was wilful and ran away to start a new life abroad. I was so mad at

Oscar’s expression immediately changed.

herself because of you. That’s how determined she is

Oscar felt even more overwhelmed

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

spoke up, “We’ll talk about

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

expression remained grave, but his eyes were burning with unwavering determination. “This is between Cassie and me, so we will resolve

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

another pat on his

spot, still fighting the wave of emotions and thoughts that plagued him.

improve when her daughter was in the ICU? Seeing how tired and angry she was, Charlie decided to take matters into

at

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

sigh. His wife’s stubbornness was getting on his edge. “Will you just

thought long and hard about it but eventually still

soon as they stepped out of

It has been a long time, so I was thinking of asking you and Owen out for tea. It’d be

must have agreed to it because Charlie soon added, “Great! Let’s meet at

entire time.

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

wasn’t entirely pleased with this arrangement, but Charlie was right. They should smooth things over with Owen and Olivia to make sure they accept Cassie into their