Too Much to Bear, My Love

“Granddad, I respect you so much. I didn’t expect you…” Carter clenched his fists. His voice sounded slightly hurt.”

Abel sighed, “Carter, you are almost thirty. Your granddad is already old. Since your other relatives don’t possess your talents, you will inherit the entire Scott family. So your marriage can only be an arranged marriage. Choose the right wife, and she can take your career to the next level.”

“Granddad, I am capable of growing our business by myself. I don’t need a princess of a lady to be the icing on the cake. If you trust me, you won’t force me like this.”

After a pause, he continued, “Granddad, I didn’t come here today to fight with you and Mom. I want to let you know that if you want me to get married, you shouldn’t get involved in my marriage.”

After finishing speaking, he left firmly without looking back.

“Carter, come back here now.” Mrs. Scott roared savagely.

“Stop calling him. Let him leave.” Abel waved his hand and murmured.

Mrs. Scott complained, “Dad, this boy is getting out of his way. If you continue to indulge him like this, not only me, but I’m afraid he won’t even listen to you.”

Abel chuckled profoundly. “He has the same style as me during the old days. He looks gentle but is stubborn in his bones. Don’t worry about it. I believe he will be able to handle his work and relationship well. Since he doesn’t like the daughter of the Larsons, let it be then. There are many wealthy young ladies out there. It doesn’t have to be that Larson girl.”

Mrs. Scott tried hard to control the rage inside her. “I had made an agreement with the Larsons, and they had come back all the way from overseas just for this marital alliance. You want me to tell them that our boy has someone else in his heart and ask them to go back?”

“You caused this, so you should be the one to solve it.” Abel stood up. “I’m sleepy. Good night. You can solve the Larson’s affairs by yourself.”

He went upstairs right away, leaving Mrs. Scott alone on the sofa, stunned with confusion.

After Carter left the house, he drove like crazy on the road. He sped through several red lights and approached the riverside.

He shouldered down a box of beer he had bought on the road and sat solely by the river. He started to drink one bottle of them desperately. Gazing at the sparkling river surface under the moonlight, he could taste the bitterness of the beer.

Perhaps one was more likely to get drunk when in sorrow. Carter felt a little tipsy after only a few bottles of beer. He wanted to call the woman he loved.

He fished for his mobile phone and looked through his contacts. His finger froze on the contact name My Love. He hesitated for a long time but did not call her. Instead, he dialed Tiffany’s number.

The phone got through, and Tiffany’s sleepy and irritable voice traveled out of the speaker. “You better have something important. Otherwise, I will kill you for waking me from my beauty sleep.”

Hearing that, Carter’s fretful emotion seemed to fade a little.

“Tiffany, was Amelia having a hard time back then?” Carter’s voice was slightly drunk.

Tiffany yelled dryly on the phone and thundered, “Carter, you are a jinx. Are you calling in the middle of the night to ask such a tedious question? If there is nothing else, I will hang up.”

“Don’t hang up. I’m upset. Can you chat with me?”

in Carter’s tone and asked hesitantly, “Did you

not

you a jinx, you are terrific and handsome, to be honest. You can have any woman you like, so why bother about

long as she has a good life, I will not ruin her

a few months. Can’t you see she has a happy family?” Tiffany persuaded earnestly. “Four years ago, when you abandoned her and let her bear the

well. It will be a new start tomorrow. Work hard, move on to find a beautiful and capable

his belly. “Tiffany, do you think Amelia still

sacrificed her night of good beauty sleep to

drunk. Go back and take a good bath and sleep. When you wake up, everything

Carter started singing instead.

had never seen Carter so despaired.

caringly, “Carter,

under the influence of alcohol. “In the past few years, I was not happy at all. I have been thinking about Amelia and how she was doing? How did she pay her debts? I left at that time, but I have been thinking of ways to pay her debts. But after I came back, she was no longer there. Do you know how happy I was when she contacted me again? But I was devastated to

Tiffany was speechless.

to be trapped in past love and refused to

never stop loving you. I have loved you for so

who used to be introverted and calm, would not be so

“Where are you?”

out an

for me there. I am

and got changed immediately. She took the elevator downstairs to the parking lot, got

was not busy at all. It took only about forty-five minutes for her to get to the

to the riverside. She spotted Carter sitting alone on

picked up her pace. “Hey, how much wine have you drunk?

his head, looking confused. “Oh, why are

are you going to drink till

grabbed her wrist forcefully, and she fell, sitting next

hell are you

lightly. “I just wanted you to sit down and chat with

bottle of wine, handed it to Tiffany. “Tiffany, thank you, although you keep saying I’m a jinx, but you still care about

you’ll die out here in the wilderness from alcohol poisoning. It will only cause

Amelia is lucky to have a friend

lay next to him, drank a sip of beer. “Of course, but

Tiffany forgot about her previous prejudices towards Carter and started drinking

Carter was almost wasted, and he began speaking more carelessly.

glanced at him once. “Your family almost forced her off the cliff. If Amelia hadn’t meet Oscar, I’m afraid she will be in prison now. So what do