Too Much to Bear, My Love novel Chapter 892

Chapter 892 Adoption

Olivia only regained consciousness at night. As soon as she opened her eyes, she stared at Owen with anguish, seemingly recalling that Stephanie was dead.

“Owen, is Stephanie… What I saw just now wasn’t a dream, was it?” she asked wearily. Owen helped her to sit up and thoughtfully took a pillow for her to lean on.

“Stop overthinking, Dearest. Stephanie is gone. I will get the lawyer to follow up closely. If it’s true that someone was behind her death, I will not let those police off easily,” Owen promised grimly.

Olivia looked exhausted. If she had known that Stephanie would die in Ustrana, she wouldn’t have sent her abroad back then. She couldn’t help but think she was somehow responsible for Stephanie’s death.

“Owen, it’s my fault. Stephanie wouldn’t have died if I hadn’t insisted on sending her abroad.” Olivia was overwhelmed with guilt. She felt a tightness in her chest and raised her hand to clutch it.

Owen’s heart ached when he saw that. He hurriedly took the medicine box and poured a few pills for her.

“Olivia, don’t overthink it. It was Stephanie’s own doing. The lawyer just called and said she was summoned to the police station for playing those stimulating games with a local tycoon that led to his sudden death. Later, she had a complicated relationship with a female prisoner in prison, and you know what happened after that.” Owen frowned as he spoke.

Stephanie’s sudden passing indeed saddened him. But after he learned about the unpleasant things about her, he was angry and felt that she had brought death upon herself.

A glint of sorrow flashed across Olivia’s eyes.

“I’ll leave everything to you. I hope we can transfer Stephanie’s body back to Chanaea as soon as possible. Now that she’s gone, Nolan has become a motherless child. I really don’t know how to tell him the truth when he grows up later.”

“Get Oscar to adopt him. No matter what, Stephanie is his sister. He will not just sit back and leave Nolan in the lurch. As for the Walker family, we will never give them the child,” said Owen.

Olivia closed her eyes and nodded gently.

That was all they could do. Her daughter had breathed her last, and she herself would never abandon her grandson. Even though Noah was still around, she had no intention of letting Nolan cross paths with the Walkers.

The two families were at odds with each other now. There was no way she would hand Nolan over to them.

After Owen’s lawyer spoke with the police, Owen was informed that Stephanie’s sudden death was caused by overexcitement during sex, which was the same as the tycoon. Since both of them had passed on, the police allowed Owen to transfer Stephanie’s body back to Chanaea.

The next day, Owen and Olivia returned to the country on their private plane together with Stephanie’s body. They told the public that Stephanie had died from injuries sustained during a robbery when she traveled abroad.

The Clintons held a small and warm funeral for Stephanie. After the relatives and friends of the Clinton family left, Olivia leaned against Owen’s chest and looked at their daughter’s tombstone sadly.

“I will miss you every day until we see each other again, Stephanie. Don’t be so wilful when you’re there. Your dad and I won’t be able to protect you. Put on more clothes and don’t catch a cold…”

Stephanie’s death made Olivia appear much older than before. Wrinkles could be seen at the corners of her eyes.