Too Much To Bear My Love

Chapter 578 Cruel Parents

Amelia initially thought she would be emotional to meet the Winters family. Yet, contrary to her expectation, when she saw Dominic and his wife – with their hair grayed and faces wrinkled by age – she felt no swinging of emotions except for her burning eyes.

On the flip side, the Winters couple did not wear the usual stern and cold expression that Amelia remembered as a child.

“Amelia.” Dominic rose to his feet, rubbing his hands together and greeting her uneasily.

As she stared at the man who had brought her up, Amelia found the tall and burly figure in her memory had aged a lot since their last encounter more than a decade ago. His back had bent, his figure had shrunk, and his hair had grayed. He looked like an ordinary old man who hadn’t seen the world.

“Dad, why have you and Mom came?” asked Amelia. The moment the word “Dad” escaped her lips, she realized with a start that her hatred for the couple was mixed with love. After all, Dominic and his wife had fostered her and given her a home to shelter her from cold wind and harsh rain. In spite of that, members of the Winters family had nonetheless mistreated her.

Perhaps not good at lying, Dominic continued rubbing his hands, his face reddened with embarrassment.

“Amelia, I don’t want to lie to you. Actually, Mr. Hutton called and asked us to come. I know we hadn’t treated you well, and we don’t deserve to be your parents. So, it sounds rather hypocritical to say that we’ve come to visit you. I can’t even bring myself to say that,” uttered Dominic shamefully.

Amelia laughed in response upon listening to him.

Dominic remained the same as her memory of him – straight to the point with his words. Back then, he had told her frankly not to please them, as they were obliged only to feed and clothe her but not to like her.

As a child, Amelia couldn’t comprehend the profound meaning behind his statement. It wasn’t until after she had learned everything did she come to understand what Dominic meant.

Nevertheless, what she didn’t understand was the rationale behind Benjamin’s decision to go through all the hassles by giving his own daughter away and even faking her disappearance. At the end of the day, was there truly a hatred so deep that could drive a man to abandon his daughter?

Sorrow whirled past Amelia’s heart as she lamented the fact that both the Winters and the Hutton families were not willing to admit she was their daughter. Had she not married Oscar, she would probably still drift around like a rootless dandelion.

had wounded her. Their indifference had hardened into a dagger and made a hole

Molly to make something for

and replied, “Your mom and I have eaten. We came to see you today

the corners of Amelia’s lips

Hutton family from the

Dominic nodded without hesitation.

held your hand and led you through the entrance of the Winters residence. It was when we needed a large sum of money to treat your mom’s cirrhosis. He declared he would pay for all the medical expenses as long as I was willing to adopt you. Your mom’s body was growing weaker and weaker with each passing day. We had no choice but

was surprisingly calm, as though she was inquiring

us. Your eyes were dull, as if you were dumb. We thought we had adopted a halfwit. However, you resumed normal three days later, though you seemed to have forgotten everything that had happened and treated Melanie and me as your biological parents. We assumed you might have been traumatized beforehand, although we considered it a

to adopt me, why had you

the revelation, she had wanted to ask the couple before her if she was their

and confirmed that she was indeed not their daughter, she couldn’t help but wonder the reasons why they had treated her with such apathy and disregard. Above all, shouldn’t there be at least some sort of affection after

adopt you, whereas the second condition was to not be too nice to you. Mr. Hutton saved your mom’s life. He still offers us financial support from time to time. We’d wanted to dote on you, but we couldn’t break our promise to him. As time passed, we became used to ignoring you. Before we realized it, you’d already grown up. We didn’t know where to start, even if we wanted to treat you better, so we chose to act our usual way. We were glad that you went to university and didn’t come home much because you reminded us of our past callousness, and we couldn’t bear the guilt,” answered Dominic as he gradually

out of the

you appeared before me ten years later? Do you really intend to rip me of my chance to reunite with my biological mother just for a

back deepened, his gray hair strikingly glaring in

“I’m sorry,” he murmured.

with mixed emotions. The towering valor imprinted in her mind began

what

blame your dad. With the weight of favor on his shoulders, things were hard for him. He had to act aloof toward you for my sake, and I had felt bad watching. Why don’t you put the blame on me? I was the one who dragged the entire family down. I’ve no right to ask for your forgiveness, but I’ve to implore you not to

me, huh? Everything they have done up till now

her and wept. “Amelia, please, I beg of you. Don’t disturb the Hutton family. They have their

know? I’d hoped you came to see me. Instead, what have you done? You open your mouth not to tell me you miss me or ask whether I have a good life. You don’t even care if my husband treated me kindly