Too Much to Bear My Love

Chapter 673 Burning Her Capacity For Reason

Amelia Winters had Molly prepare extra portions to entertain the Hutton family. After the meal, Eleanor showed no signs of wanting to leave.

“Let’s go, Mom,” Amelia Hutton said pointedly. “You’ve bothered Amy long enough. I’m sure her husband wants his wife all to himself by now.”

Eleanor had no choice but to leave reluctantly.

The three Huttons got into the car after leaving the apartment. Sean glanced tentatively at Eleanor in the rearview mirror as he drove. “Dad is here in a hotel room, Mom. You should talk to him.”

The jovial smile Eleanor wore since dinner vanished instantly. “Stop the car,” she demanded with cold fury.

Sean pulled over. Just as Eleanor reached out to open the door, he said, “Do you really want to give up the entire Hutton family for a daughter who doesn’t want you, Mom? Amelia told me that Amy said she could be filial to you, but she could never get close to you.”

Eleanor’s hand froze in midair. The glum mist in her eyes almost resolved to physical tears.

“Did Lia really say that?” she asked softly as if the words pained her.

Amelia Hutton grabbed her mother’s hand. “Sean and I wouldn’t lie to you, Mom. Come home with us. It would be best if you didn’t intrude upon her life either. I promise I won’t provoke Oscar anymore if you do.”

Eleanor swiftly withdrew her hand.

“Tell your father that we are completely over and to stop trying to drive a wedge between Lia and me.” Eleanor opened the door to get out of the car, but her daughter held her tightly by the waist from behind.

“You’re not as cruel as that, Mom. Dad needs you. We all do.”

Eleanor was unmoved.

Sean turned to face his passengers. “Are you sure you want to leave, Mom? Once you step out, Amelia and I will never come for you again. I also found out that Dad’s mistress looks just like you. Amelia and I will be banished when she gives Dad a child in favor of his new family.”

Her son’s harsh words seemed to have worked as a stimulant as Eleanor slammed the car door shut after her eyes flashed with a hint of hesitation. “Drive,” she ordered solemnly.

Smiling triumphantly, Sean did as he was told.

Upon arriving at the hotel, Sean parked the car and called Benjamin. “Mom is here, Dad.”

“Send her up to Suite 2012.”

“Okay.”

“Dad is waiting for you in Suite 2012, Mom,” Sean said after hanging up. “Amelia and I won’t be joining you.”

Eleanor nodded in agreement. There was no need to involve the children in a matter between her and Benjamin.

her brother. She looked worried as she said, “Do you think Dad can change Mom’s mind if she insists

his hands behind his back thoughtfully. “That depends on

Hutton’s eyes before they resumed

She was about to knock on the door of Suite 2012 when

he

folded before her chest in a defensive

and drop your arms, for

without a word and took out the divorce agreement from

it,” she said

want a divorce so badly?” he fumed through

over with a pen. “Our marriage is over,” she replied calmly. “It’s better to let this go than to mend fences. We

agreement. “Don’t even think about it,” he snapped. “I’m not going to sign it. After indulging in your little fit, I trusted that you would return after you’ve had your fun. It’s now apparent that I have been too lenient with you. Come back with me at once, or I’ll drag Amelia Winters’ name through the mud even if it means spending all my money doing

her head wearily. “Enough, Ben. Over three decades’ worth of fights with you is enough. I just want a divorce.

at her

good enough to you

you never took the trouble to find out what I really wanted. If you had known that harmony between us was all I wished for, you might not have destroyed it before my eyes. The thought of you being the cause of my estrangement with Lia over the years makes me hate

second before

patiently. “I know you still have a soft

Benjamin’s

you. I don’t know your purpose for coming to Tayhaven, but I’m warning you not to harm Lia. If you do, I will hate you for the rest of my life.” Eleanor extracted three cards from her purse and pushed them toward Benjamin. “You had our daughter give these to me, didn’t you? Here I am giving them back. As I

cards back over to her. “You can be angry with me, Eleanor, but you hold on to those. I’ve looked at your statements. It turns out that all your money was spent on a house in Tayhaven over the years. You have nothing left. You must have been determined to have maxed out a few credit cards to achieve that. Don’t feel obligated. I want you to have it. At least you won’t be complaining to your daughter what an abusive husband

I get are enough for me to survive. Keep your nose out of my bank account. How much money I have is none of

credit cards on the table. Suddenly smiling, he asked, “Are you so eager to distance yourself from me because you’re afraid that your

you, but for Amelia and Sean. I will miss them. I hope you won’t stop them from coming to see me now and

Benjamin’s smile widened.

heartless you were, Eleanor. Do the past thirty-odd years

lowered her head in

pushed them forcefully into her hand. “Stand your ground all you want, but you mustn’t

threw the cards back at him with

got up

door in two furious strides, Eleanor reached out and twisted the doorknob to no avail as if somebody was

did you do

innocently. “You’re free to go, Eleanor.

in

Benjamin, she ran toward the window and stepped clumsily onto the ledge outside.

his back, Benjamin watched with sorrow in his heart at how Eleanor exerted every form of

and thin we’ve been through together over the decades meant nothing to her at all. How ironic