Chapter 607 Tension Between Mother And Daughter
Each of them went to bed with an ax to grind.
The next day, Amelia Hutton brought all sorts of items to Amelia Winters’ place. After walking out of the elevator, she stood in front of the condo unit and knocked on the door.
Oscar, who was drying his hair with a towel, came to answer the door. Amelia Hutton was mesmerized by his sexy looks when water droplets rolled down his cheeks.
Oscar’s face instantly stiffened when he saw her. “Come in.”
Amelia Hutton still could not keep her eyes off him. She lifted the breakfast in her hands and said in a gentle voice, “Oscar, I bought breakfast. Wanna try?”
Oscar glanced at the breakfast and tried to distance himself away. “No thanks. Molly has prepared breakfast for me. I’ll have to get back to work after this. You came to pick Mrs. Hutton’s, right? You can leave after having breakfast with her.”
A glimmer of disappointment flickered in Amelia Hutton’s eyes, but she soon pulled herself together.
““Where’s my mom?” She looked away and asked calmly.
“She’s in the room. Make yourself at home. I’m going upstairs to change.” Oscar turned around and went upstairs.
As Amelia Hutton watched Oscar walk away, she looked at his back and swore that one day, she would win him over. You’ll eventually realize I’m the one for you.
After changing his clothes, Oscar walked down with Amelia Winters while carrying Tony in his arms. Eleanor followed right behind.
Upon seeing Amelia Hutton in the house, Eleanor froze for a bit before shooting daggers at her. “What are you doing here?”
Amelia Hutton stood up and grinned. “Mom, I brought some things to visit you because Sean told me you refused to go home.”
“I don’t need anything. Go back and tell your father not to come up with funny ideas. My lawyer will be arriving at nine o’clock this morning, and we’ll discuss the divorce later,” Eleanor said icily.
Amelia Hutton tightened her grip on the gifts she brought and said, “Let’s not air our family’s dirty laundry here, Okay? We can talk this through when we get home.”
“Why? Are you embarrassed? Lia is the one whom I care about the most. I was too naive to think that the things I did could protect her. Apparently, I was wrong! You people are heartless creatures.” Eleanor shot daggers at Amelia Hutton and inched closer. “Tell me, did you change Lia’s number on my phone?”
Amelia Hutton’s eyes glistened. She responded with a sigh and acted innocent. “What are you talking about, Mom? I don’t understand a word.”
Eleanor expressed her disappointment. “You still want to keep lying to me? You want to drive me crazy, huh?”
Amelia Hutton panicked but tried pulling herself together. “I have no idea what you’re talking about. Please come home with me since you’ve met Amy now. Let’s not disturb them anymore, okay? We miss you, Mom.”
“Just go. I don’t want to see you now. You’re my daughter, but you used me. How can I not be disappointed? I can’t believe this is the kind of daughter I’ve raised.” Eleanor waved her hand, thinking Amelia Hutton was a let-down. “I’ll go to the hospital later. Please leave.”
Amelia got anxious and held her mother’s hands. “You have to trust me, Mom. I didn’t do it! I wouldn’t have brought you to Beshya if I didn’t want you to reunite with Amy, would I? I bet it’s all a misunderstanding.”
Eleanor pried her hands off.
Looking at the tension between the two, Amelia Winters went up and said, “I’m sure you’re hungry. Why don’t we have breakfast first? We’ll be sending Tony to his grandparents’ house after this, so you two can have a heart-to-heart talk here.”
Eleanor looked at her and asked, “Lia, is Tony afraid of me? Why don’t you let me take care of him? I promise I’ll be gentle.”
“Sorry, Mrs. Hutton. Tony’s grandma misses him a lot and has been asking us to send him over,” Amelia Winters apologized.
The disappointment on Eleanor’s face was palpable.
Oscar stepped in and said aloofly. “Eat something first, Mrs. Hutton. Amelia and I will have to get to work soon.”
Eleanor hid away her disappointment and said, “All right, come. Grab some breakfast first. I thought of making something nice for Lia but didn’t expect Molly to wake up so early.”
Amelia Winters filled a bowl of soup for Eleanor and said, “We can’t expect you to do all the hard work since you’re our guest. By the way, Molly is a good cook. Try it!”
Eleanor knitted her brows and took over the soup. She replied with a wry smile and drank the soup as she did not want to upset Amelia Winters.
Amelia Winters and Oscar did not enjoy their breakfast since there were two outsiders in the house.
After breakfast, Oscar grabbed his coat, bade Eleanor farewell, and left the house with Amelia Winters.
“Did they disturb you, Oscar?” Amelia asked.
Oscar gently stroked her head and smiled. “Why did you say that?”
“I notice u didn’t eat much just now. Shall we stop by a bakery and get some buns for us?”
“Up to you.”
“I want it too, Mommy,” Tony asked while looking at Oscar and Amelia.
“Sure. I’ll get the bodyguard to buy you some buns when you’re on the way to grandma’s, okay?”
“Okay!”
After handing Tony over to the bodyguard, Oscar ordered Hugo and Kurt to protect Tony in secret.
“You decided to let Kurt off?”
“I guess I shouldn’t lock him away when he had received the punishment he deserved.”
Amelia chuckled. “Are you doing this for me?”
Oscar caressed her hair and changed the subject. “Come on. Let’s go. We don’t want to be late for work.”
Amelia smiled and did not pursue the matter further.
Before dropping Amelia off at her office, he unfastened her safety belt and gave her a peck on the lips. “Don’t overthink. If you don’t like the Huttons, I’ll think of ways to send them back to Saspiuburg.”
Amelia nodded.
“I’m gonna go up now. Drive carefully, okay?”
“Yes, Madam.”
Amelia then got out of the car. She took the elevator, got to her office, and dived into her work.
Meanwhile, over at the condominium, tension continued to escalate between Amelia Hutton and Eleanor.
“This is not the right place for now. Please come back to Saspiuburg with us, Mom,” Amelia advised.
Eleanor gave her a puzzled look and asked, “Why did you change Lia’s number on my phone?”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’ve never touched your phone, for goodness sake! How could you simply blame me? For all we know, Amy might have changed a new number!” Amelia was still trying to defend herself.
Eleanor lowered her eyes and went into deep thought.
“I know you missed your long-lost daughter, but you’ve not met her for more than two decades. Do you think you know her well?”
Eleanor kept mum after what she said sank in.
“You barely know Amy, yet you chose to trust her more than the daughter you raised since young? How could you do this to me? Don’t you care about my feelings?” Amelia tried manipulating Eleanor’s emotions.
Initially, Eleanor wanted to retaliate, but she decided to put it to rest. “I don’t want to argue with you, Amelia. I’ll need to go to the hospital now. Let’s talk about it later.”
Amelia stood up from the couch and exclaimed, “Wake up, Mom! That daughter of yours doesn’t even want to acknowledge you as her mother. Can’t you tell?”
“That’s enough, Amelia.” Eleanor’s frustration kicked in.
“I’ll do everything I can to wake you up from your illusion,” Amelia retorted. “You said you’re disappointed in me. But don’t you know that I’m disappointed in you too? How could you do this to the Hutton family? How could you do this to Sean and me?”
Upon hearing that, Eleanor got even more irritated. She grabbed her bag on the couch and said, “You should leave now. I need to go to the hospital.”
Amelia refused to give in and followed right behind her.
