Too Much to Bear, My Love
Chapter 120

Chapter 120 Our Marriage Is A Joke

“I treat it as a joke from the moment you said that this place is ourhome.”

Amelia's eyes twinkled. “Mr. Clinton, I am sorry.”

Oscar strolled down promptly to her side, raised her chin, and cast heran intense gaze. “Is this all just a joke to you?”

Amelia was still avoiding to meet his eyes.

“Look at me,” Oscar demanded tyrannically.

At that, Amelia looked at him submissively, but he could still sense thestubbornness within her gaze.

“Why did you call our marriage a joke?” Oscar challenged aggressively.Amelia persistently threw the question back at him. “Well, isn't it?”Right then, Oscar felt a raging flame within his chest, and his expressionbecame tensed. “Why?”

For a moment, Amelia could not comprehend why he kept asking foran explanation.

“Was it that painful for you to be with me?” Oscar asked meekly.Amelia glanced at him in astonishment. She seemed to trace somefragility in his voice.

Meanwhile, Oscar reached out his hand and held her chin withaffection. “Amelia, all this while I've treated you sincerely as my wife.Am I not able to be your safe haven?”

Gaping back at him, Amelia suddenly sighed, “Mr. Clinton, even if youare my safe haven, I am not the only one in it. I mean, practicallyeveryone wants a piece of Mr. Clinton! That's why I said that this is alljust a joke.”

Lost for words, Oscar continued to gaze at her intently.

Amelia avoided his gaze. “Mr. Clinton, you should leave. I'm a little tiredand feel like going to bed now. So I won't send you down.”

Oscar grabbed her hand and held her captive in his warm embrace. “Doyou really want me to leave?”

Right at that moment, Amelia had become a little irritated. Since youhave other women, why are you still pretending to be affectionate,trapping me in this sticky web? Maybe love is something you can spareeasily, but I'm struggling endlessly all by myself in this deep, dark pit ofdespair.

Pushing him away, Amelia remarked in a distant tone. “Mr. Clinton, ifyou don't like me, then don’t give me false hope. I can't bear to live insuch a lie.”

Oscar's gaze turned deep in puzzlement. "Why are you kicking up afuss?”

As soon as he said that, Amelia could feel bitterness welling up herheart. With that, she raised her head and vent in frustration. “Kicking upa fuss? No matter what I do, you'll always think that I'm kicking up afuss!”

Oscar frowned. “Well, arent you?”

Amelia wanted to shake off his hand, but Oscar's grip tightened evenmore. “Amelia, you're biting off more than you can chew. Back when wesigned the marriage papers, we agreed that I'd provide you withmoney, and you'd only need to be a good wife. But now, you areexpecting a love that doesn’t belong to you.”

Amelia felt as if a knife stab had through her heart that instant. Thepain was so real that she could not bear it anymore.

“I'm sorry if this made you uncomfortable.” Amelia calmed down andplastered a polite smile on her face. “Mr. Clinton, let me send you to thedoor. Wishing you and Ms. Yard a lifetime of love and happiness.”Oscar furrowed his brows deeply at her remark.

Just then, the ringing of the phone broke the silence between them.Oscar looked at the screen and realized that it was a call from Cassie.Taking a deep breath, he answered the phone reluctantly.

“Oz, it has been more than an hour. Where are you?” Cassie's voiceechoed from the other end.

Oscar replied patiently, “I'll head over now. Did you listen to me and eatwell?”

“I don't have any appetite since you're not here, Oz. Besides, my woundis still hurting, and I can't sleep without you.” Cassie responded weaklyon the phone.

Little did she know that Oscar did not replace her actions adorable butrather clingy to the point that he was a tad intimidated.

Based on his impression of Cassie, she had always been a naive andplayful person. Although she might be a little harsh to outsiders, shewas still a relatively considerate girl. Hence, he had never thought thatshe would be that possessive.

“Listen to me and go have your meal. I'll be there soon.”

“No, I'm scared because you're not here, Oz. Besides, I really don't haveany appetite, so please come quickly.”

Becoming gradually irritated, Oscar left a swift reply and hung up. “I'llcome over now."

After that, Oscar shifted his gaze back to Amelia again. “I'll leave for awhile. Let's talk again after I come back and don't overthink things.You're definitely more important to me than you think you are.”Without haste, Oscar walked out, leaving Amelia alone to digest thosewords he spitted out.

Oscar, do you mean to tell me that I am more than just an employee?You truly think of me as your wife, right?

Amelia smiled bitterly in her heart. Oscar, even if you think of me asyour wife, I'm still nothing compared to Cassie.

Naturally, Oscar did not know how upset Amelia actually was. Heheaded downstairs towards his car and drove to the hospital right afterthat.

As soon as Oscar entered the ward, Cassie's initial pale face instantlyshone with delight. “Oz, you are finally here. I miss you so much.”However, Elizabeth was apparently a little dissatisfied with Oscar's latearrival. “Oscar, why did you come so late? Don't you know Cassie needsyou the most now? She is weak and even refuses to eat. A woman whohad a miscarriage must be taken care of. Aren't you supposed to knowthat, or are you as ignorant as her too?”

Cassie looked at her mother and whined, “Mom, please don’t nag Oz.I'm glad that he is with me here now. What if he gets angry andleaves?”

Elizabeth was speechless as anger started boiling within her. Cassie isnot married yet, but she’s always speaking for that man. What willhappen once she's married to him?

“Cassie, don't interrupt. I'm just teaching Oscar how to be a properhusband,” Elizabeth said.

Nonetheless, Cassie curled her lips unconvinced.

Oscar deliberately changed the subject. “Mrs. Yard, have you eaten?”For some reason, his question truly pissed Elizabeth off. She stared athim with massive discontent. “Even Cassie has not yet had her meal. Doyou think I will have the mood to eat?”

“Alright, I'll go prepare some food then. Mrs. Yard, you'll stay here withCassie.”

Upon hearing this, Cassie stretched her hands and grabbed only hisclothes like a helpless child. “Where are you going, Oz?"

Elizabeth could not be more dismayed to see her daughter being soclingy. But since Cassie was her only daughter, she tried to turn a blindeye toward it.

“Oscar, you can stay with Cassie here. I've already asked our housemaidto prepare some food. She will be here in a while. And since you will betaking care of Cassie for several hours later, you should also stay andeat with us.”

Oscar nodded obediently. “Mrs. Yard, Cassie, please excuse me for amoment. I need to head to the washroom.”

Just when he was about to step outside the ward, Elizabeth interruptedhim. “There's a washroom in here. Where are you going?”

“I'll be using the washroom outside since I need a smoke. You know,cravings...” Oscar explained casually without turning his head.

Seeing that Oscar had left, Elizabeth expressed her vast dissatisfaction.“Cassie, I believe Oscar is a brilliant man, and I truly admire hiscapability. But he doesn’t seem to be the right one for you. You've losthis child and yet, look at how he treats you. Listen to me and leave him.I mean, just look at you! You're Cassie Yard, for goodness’ sake! Menwould be dying to date you.”

Despite that, Cassie replied stubbornly, “But Mom, no matter howoutstanding other men are, they can't compare with Oscar. I gave up onhim five years ago, and I regretted it. He is the only one that I want.Mom, if you don't help me, I probably won't ever get married.”Elizabeth jabbed Cassie's forehead hard with her finger. “Why are youso stubborn? Yes, he's a great guy from a prestigious family, but ourfamily’s not too shabby either. So why do you have to cling onto himlike a parasite? Are you trying to be an embarrassment to us Yards?”Right then, Cassie lowered her head and murmured in a grim voice,“Mom, the child wasn't actually Oscar's.”

In shock, Elizabeth swallowed back the accusation that had come to hermouth. Her mouth was left wide open as she could not believe whatshe had just heard.

It took a moment before she was finally able to speak again. “What didyou just say?

Cassie raised her head. “Mom, the baby wasn't Oscar's. He's never sleptwith me.”

At that instant, Elizabeth's voice became sharp as she was befuddled. “Ifthe child was not his, whose was it?"

“My ex-boyfriend that I met back in Erihal.”

Hearing this, Elizabeth's chest heaved up and down as she tried tosuppress her rage. “Didn't you break up with that June guy a long timeago? How did you end up pregnant with his child?"

Cassie buried her head in shame while confessing. “Mom, I did break upwith him, but he followed me here and threatened me with an oldvideo clip. Hence, I had no choice but to do as he wished. Thiscontinued until when I returned to Erihal again, and that was when Irealized I was pregnant.”

Upon hearing this, Elizabeth became so enraged that her heart wasabout to explode. She raised her hand and wanted to slap Cassie. Butlooking at Cassie's pale face, Elizabeth hesitated.

“Cassie, why'd you have to stoop so low? We've provided you with thebest education and care for all these years, yet you don't even have anyself-respect. Not only did you not hold the actual birth fatherresponsible, but instead, you used Oscar. The Clintons are not fools,Cassie! Didn't you expect that they will know the truth once they do apaternity test?”

Right at that moment, Elizabeth's heart dropped with a thud as sherealized something. “You... didn’t plan this miscarriage, did you?”Cassie kept silent and did not deny.

Elizabeth's eyes widened in shock at her daughter's response. Herbeloved daughter, Cassie, felt like a complete stranger right then. Is shereally my daughter? To think she would go such lengths to cover upevery single one of her tracks, leaving her schemes flawless. This isterrible!

Initially, she allowed Cassie to be a mistress because she loved herdaughter so much and could not bear to see her aborting the baby.However, Elizabeth did not expect that the latter had been planning herabortion all this while. This lovely and naive girl turned out to be such ascheming and heartless person.

Her tolerance for Cassie was due to the connivance of a mother. Butthis did not mean that she had no moral conscience.

The Yard family had a large business, and Cassie was the only daughter.Hence, she would eventually inherit everything that the Yards owned.Undeniably, without a certain amount of courage, she would probablynot be able to achieve it.

However, being courageous and capable did not mean she should puther own health at stake. A woman who could kill even her baby wasbeyond horrifying; even a vicious tiger would never harm its own cubs,let alone a human.

Thus when Elizabeth found out that this was all Cassie's plan, she wasaghast. She never thought that her daughter would be such aninhumane person.

“Cassie, when did you become like this?" Elizabeth said with an achingheart.

Cassie raised her head and replied with reddened eyes. “Mom, I can’tafford to lose Oscar.”

“If you love him, why did you run away to Erihal back then? Why didyou humiliate yourself like this? Not only did you dishonor yourself, butyou also embarrass the Yard family. I can't believe I have a daughter likeyou.”