Too Much to Bear My Love

Just as she was left to feel sorry for herself, the door handle began to turn. The door opened with a “click.” Before she could see who it was, she hurriedly picked up a pillow from her bed and hurled it at the person who came in. “Get out!” she yelled.

She was already so humiliated. She couldn’t bear to let anyone else witness her in this state and laugh at her misery.

When she realized who it was that she threw the pillow at, Amelia stared agape at him, unable to say a word.

“O-Oscar?”

Amelia never thought that Oscar would come back to see her, and without his wife at that. Does this mean he has eyes for me? Is he holding back because of my sister?

Amelia’s heart was immediately set ablaze with passion.

Oscar came over with the pillow and looked down at her, whose face looked like a bloated fish.

“Fancy seeing you here, Oscar! Did you come over because you heard about me being beaten up?” asked Amelia coquettishly.

Oscar smirked and said coldly, “No, I’m just here to see if you are dead.”

Amelia’s face froze, and the smile on her lips disappeared in an instant.

“Oscar, are you making fun of me with such unkind words?” she asked sternly.

“How does it feel being beaten up in a sack?” was Oscar’s reply.

Amelia’s pupils shrank and she looked at Oscar in disbelief. She had not expected that the tragedy that had befallen her was orchestrated by Oscar.

With a pained expression, she said, “Oscar, was it you who sent them after me?” She was left with a bitter taste in her mouth as she uttered this.

“I’m just giving you a small lesson in propriety, humility, righteousness, and shame. If you still want to pursue me, I don’t mind hiring a few men to teach you how to leave people’s husbands alone. They’ll all take turns with you nicely.”

Amelia’s lips trembled with disbelief.

“Recover from your injuries and grow into the pampered princess that you think you are without causing any more trouble.” After Oscar finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

Amelia hurriedly pulled out the IV from her hand, got out of bed tremblingly, and ran toward Oscar to hug him. However, she did not expect the man to dodge her. Amelia ended up on the floor, face to face with a woman’s high heels.

“Amelia, what’s wrong with you? Even if you wanted to welcome me, you didn’t need to give me such a grand gesture,” came Amelia Winters’s voice.

Amelia Hutton froze, a flash of shame and anger coursing through her. She wanted to get up but fell down again due to the pain from her injuries.

Amelia Winters merely shook her head and bent over, intending to help the woman up, but her hand was shoved away in anger. “Don’t touch me!” Amelia Hutton hissed.

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Amelia Winters withdrew her hand and looked at Oscar. She guessed that her sister’s current predicament was probably Oscar’s masterpiece.

Oscar came over, pulled her over, and said warmly, “Why are you here?”

Amelia Winters shook her head and said, “Oscar, go and help her up. She seems to have some misunderstanding toward me.”

Oscar looked at Amelia Hutton and scoffed. “She’s an able-bodied woman. She can get up on her own.”

Amelia Hutton listened to them speak, her eyes burning with humiliation and anger. Never had she been treated thus by any man.

Just then, Sean walked in with all kinds of food in his hand. However, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. Immediately, he bent over to help his sister up, asking, “What happened to you, Amelia? Why are you lying here on the floor?”

Amelia Hutton gritted her teeth and stared at her sister and Oscar angrily.

She swore to herself that the humiliation she suffered that day would be repaid sooner or later.

Sean also looked at Amelia Winters and said, “You’re here again, Amy? Did Amelia do something wrong again?”

In other words, if she didn’t do anything wrong, why would you treat her like this? Given how Amelia Hutton now lay collapsed on the floor and nobody lifted a finger, it was hard to not infer this.

Amelia Winters replied, “Sean, I don’t know what happened. As soon as I came in, I saw Amelia fall to the ground, so I went to help her. But she did not seem particularly interested in my help. You have my apologies.”

Amelia Hutton glared at her, gritted her teeth, and hissed, “Go away!”

The smile on Amelia Winters’s face faded a little.

Oscar put his arm around his wife’s waist possessively and said coldly, “Mr. Hutton, I don’t think your family is particularly welcoming to us. My wife has spared no effort in taking care of your mother over the past few days, asking for nothing in return. She is my wife, a member of the Clinton family. She isn’t here to play nanny for your family. If you’re going to look down on her, fine. We’ll just go back to Tayhaven. But kindly ensure you don’t call her when anything happens. It hurts my ears.”

Sean’s face froze, and he glared at Amelia Hutton angrily.

“Oscar, no… Mr. Clinton, this is all a misunderstanding. My family is very grateful. If my sister has offended you out of ignorance, allow me to apologize on her behalf. I will take care to ensure that she won’t trouble you anymore in the future.”

“You’d better keep your word. I dislike being swarmed by unruly women. They’re like flies, annoying and repulsive,” said Oscar bluntly.

Amelia Hutton stiffened up as she looked at Oscar in disbelief.

“Oscar…”

Sean gave his sister’s hand a squeeze, warning her to not say anything stupid.

He smiled apologetically. “Mr. Clinton, Amy, it’s getting late. I think you two should head back and rest. Don’t let me keep you.”

Oscar nodded and left the ward with Amelia Winters on his arm.

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Back in the ward, Sean threw Amelia Hutton directly on the hospital bed. The impact caused her back injury to hurt. Amelia then gritted her teeth in pain.

“Sean, what are you doing? Are you crazy?” she barked. Being treated like this by Oscar was one thing. But now that she received the same harsh treatment from her brother, she felt nothing but hatred coursing through her veins.

Sean stared at her gravely and spat, “Didn’t I tell you not to provoke Oscar? Why didn’t you listen?”

“This is a hospital ward for God’s sake. How could I have possibly anticipated his arrival? He came here of his own accord, mocked me, then admitted that he hired thugs to beat me up! I’ve never been treated like this before! With that said, I can’t swallow this humiliation!” hissed Amelia, her eyes narrowed.

After a pause, she seemed to have sworn an oath. “I must have my revenge! If I can’t have him, I must destroy him!”

Sean felt the pounding in his temples intensify.

He then tried a different approach. With a much kinder tone, he said, “Look, just recover from your injuries. Stop thinking about all this for a bit.”

So, Oscar was the one who taught her a lesson this time? He must have been freaking p*ssed. If Amelia doesn’t feel ashamed to push all his buttons, then I fear the consequences will be dire. Her ignorance knows no bounds! She won’t recover if there is a next time, for sure.

Amelia covered her head with the quilt and said in a sullen voice, “Sean, you’re a coward. The company was handed over to you but you don’t even have the drive to push on. Your lack of ambition is going to bring about the collapse of the company.”

Sean laughed in anger, realizing that he could no longer talk to his sister. They were on different wavelengths now. He was going to go insane if this continued.

“Whatever. You have a good rest now. The nurse is coming soon. If you need any help at night, call her. This cowardly brother of yours is going to take his leave, lest he soils your eyes.”

When Sean left, Amelia was so angry that she swept everything on the table to the floor. Her already dampened mood had all but deteriorated.

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