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.

of both families had wounded her. Their indifference had hardened into a dagger and made a

don’t I ask Molly to make something for you?” Amelia

have eaten. We came to see you today because

corners of

knew about the Hutton family from

Dominic nodded without hesitation.

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 to accept you into our

surprisingly calm, as though she was inquiring about

when you were first brought to 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

had you treated me

was what she wanted to know most. Prior to the revelation, she had wanted to ask the couple before

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 all those

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

smirked out of the

later? Do you really intend to rip me of

back deepened, his gray

“I’m sorry,” he murmured.

The towering valor imprinted in her mind began to

what you’d done to me?” She

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 disturb the Hutton family. This is

of the couple. So much for feeling guilty for what they did to me, huh? Everything they have done up till now is inhumane. I guess Eva is the only person with

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

of emotions engulfed her. Unable to repress her anger any longer, she finally exploded. “Mom, have you ever admitted that I’m your daughter? Just now, when Molly called me, saying that you guys were here, I actually looked forward to it, you 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 after getting married. Every sentence you spit out is about the Hutton