Too Much To Bear My Love

Chapter 817 Taking A Stance

Tiffany gazed at him with barely concealed grief in her eyes. “Have you brought the divorce agreement?” she asked. “I can sign it now.” Derrick clenched his fists to suppress his tumultuous despair. “Let’s talk about it, Tiff.”

Tiffany shook her head. Her face was pale and bloodless. “There’s nothing to talk about,” she said somewhat dispiritedly. “I saw you and Crystal yesterday with my own eyes. That’s when I knew we were completely over. I don’t want to guess the nature of your relationship with her. There is no longer a chance between us.”

The hangover made her body feel weak. In addition to Derrick’s betrayal, everything seemed bleak and bland. Tiffany felt sluggish and wanted nothing but to find a quiet spot to sit.

Derrick was the person she was most unwilling to see at the moment. He took a step forward, but Tiffany raised a hand to stop him. “Don’t come any closer. I hope we can split up amicably. Even if we get a divorce, I don’t want to hate you.”

Derrick was beside himself with frustration. He was like a caged beast desperate to rid itself of its predicament. A single mistake pretty much destroyed my marriage.

“I’m begging you, Tiff,” Derrick said quietly, his eyes tinged red. “Let’s talk about it. We’ve been together for years. Are you really just going to break things off with me?”

Tiffany laughed bitterly. “Why didn’t you think about all our years together when you touched her?”

Derrick was rendered speechless. He could not tell her he had no idea how he and Crystal got involved. The last thing he remembered was drinking Kate’s glass of milk. He knew a woman had entered after that, which he thought was Tiffany. He also assumed that was who she was when he pushed her against the wall. He vaguely remembered the feeling of being with her, but he only realized that the woman with him was not his wife when he was roused by having water splashed onto his face. Then, he saw Tiffany standing by and felt his world spin.

Tiffany’s angry demand for a divorce diverted Derrick’s mental resources to grasp the strangeness of the ordeal, but he could not resist a shudder upon further consideration of the matter; he did not dare believe his mother would set him up.

Tiffany passed him to go downstairs, but he grabbed her wrist.

“If I told you that I had been set up, would you believe me, Tiff?” he asked quietly.

Tiffany turned to face him. “Does that matter now?” She had already found him guilty in her heart, and she would not believe him no matter how he explained himself.

A bitter smile appeared on Derrick’s lips.

“You really won’t believe me, huh?”

Tiffany said nothing and retracted her arm as an answer.

She then went down the stairs and gave Amelia a small smile. “I’m sorry for causing a scene again, Babe. I’d promised you that I would be happy once I got married, but it didn’t take long for my marriage to end in shambles. What do I do? Do you think I’m born to be a loser?”

Amelia felt sorry for her best friend. “Don’t smile if you don’t want to,” she said softly. “You look horrible.”

Tiffany’s eyes grew red despite herself. “Send the person upstairs off for me, Babe,” she choked. “I’ll look for something to eat in the kitchen. I’m starving.”

Amelia nodded.

Tiffany entered the kitchen while Derrick remained rooted to the spot like a pole.

Amelia sighed. These two are destined to suffer.

She went up the stairs and called, “Go on home first, Derrick. I’ll bring Tiff over when she’s feeling better, and you can sign the divorce agreement on good terms then. You wouldn’t be happy if you forced yourselves to remain together. I’m sure this is what Tiff wanted.”

Derrick stared at her in a daze. “Are you not going to help me with this, Amelia?” he said wearily.

She shook her head. “I’m not planning to. You have committed an unforgivable mistake. Maybe other women would let it slide, but Tiff is willful. She does not tolerate infidelity.”

The sparkle in Derrick’s eyes went out. “I won’t give up,” he said bitterly. “I will beg for her forgiveness.” At that, he turned and walked out with his back straight, though Amelia could see how pained he was.

She shook her head and felt a weight in her heart.

Tiffany is going through what happened to me three years ago. I wonder if she would be able to handle it. Nothing can change her mind if she decides to go through with a divorce.

Amelia returned to the kitchen to see Tiffany standing blankly before the pot without a crumb before her.

“You can’t be full from inhaling air, Tiff,” Amelia chided as she opened the lid and took out the breakfast Molly had prepared earlier that day.

Tiffany gave a start and turned to Amelia as she forced a smile. “Has he left?”

“He’s gone,” Amelia assured. “Are you planning to divorce him?”

“What else can I do? I saw with my own eyes how he got involved with another woman in our marital bed. I’, heartbroken, and I suddenly feel so tired that I no longer wish to struggle.” Tiffany took a bun from the plate and ate slowly. Her gaze was blank.

hand, forced her onto the couch, and half-knelt before

you not going to give him a chance

shook her head. Her smile

taking anything, she sat listlessly on the

out, at a loss on how to comfort

I’ll go with you to the Hisson residence,”

head with both hands. “Thank you, Babe,” she said in a muffled voice. “But I would like to stay for a few days

“Of course.”

stay, Derrick came with her favorite

Derrick,” Amelia said exasperatedly each time she opened

talk to her,”

at the door, not intending to

will meet you to talk about the divorce.

fist closing painfully around his

You must understand how I feel. I have made a mistake, but not to the extent beyond redemption. I don’t want my fate sealed without even giving

days. Dark circles appeared beneath his eyes,

appearance seemed to move Oscar. In the end, he half-dragged Amelia

him, but he

promptly went up the stairs, and lightly opened the door to the guest room to find Tiffany sitting quietly by the window. The silhouette

as

he called out

hurriedly raised her hands to wipe her

Tiffany’s shoulders and discovered tear stains on

tried to wipe her tears, but

are you doing here?”

heart lurch. “Don’t be

attorney in the city for me, who will discuss the divorce with you on my behalf. As for

in Derrick’s eyes was about to spill

how it ends, Tiff?”

would falter

our marriage, Derrick,” Tiffany murmured. “I’m just putting an end

could not hold back his tears anymore. “I’m begging you, Tiff,” he cried. “Give me another chance. I did not intend to touch Crystal. It really was a misunderstanding. I don’t

“Stop this, Derrick,” she said quietly. “We

and

chance

Tiffany shook her head.

a while before

help him up, but her hand froze in midair. She quietly retracted

“You wouldn’t give me a chance

mix of emotions flashing in her eyes. Suddenly, she

me, Derrick,” she said softly

looked at her and let loose a sudden

I imagined. I’ve only made one mistake, and you sentenced our marriage straight to death without even giving me a chance to redeem myself. It seems that our four-year-long relationship meant nothing

Tiffany wept silently.

stood up and left, slamming the

Tiffany crumble to the floor and stared at the door in a daze until

held her tenderly in her arms. “Let it out,” she soothed. “We’ll go to the Hisson residence after you feel better. It’s all right. Just get a divorce if you can’t see past this. You were by my side during my divorce back then, and I will be here for you

arm and bawled her heart out, shedding every tear she had and

Amelia the impression that she would be unable to

pain slowly after ten

Oscar accompanied

also present. Over twenty people were gathered at

not resist a grim smile. These people would not miss a chance to see me make a

gazed up and coincidentally met his eyes. Her

His cheeks had sunken to an alarming degree, and his facial hair was more unkempt than ever. An air

could not understand how their marriage had gotten to such

promised to love and cherish

failed as a woman by not keeping an eye on her husband and