You Are The Pursuit of My Life

Chapter 5

Edric wore a look of indifference as he gave those cruel instructions to the guards and Irene lowered her gaze to conceal the look of sadness in her eyes.

"Is Edric's heart made of stone? I've never let him down in any way throughout our five years of relationship and three years of marriage. Why is he so cruel to me?" she thought.

"Three years ago, Edric had sent me packing with nothing to my name. Now that we're meeting again for the first time in three years, he's going to send me to the police station without even bothering to get his facts right."

Men were the most cruel creatures in the world and Edric was one of the leaders of the pack.

"I must have been blind to have fallen in love with such a cold-blooded and heartless man back then," she thought.

Irene was adamant not to apologize and was eventually brought to the police station.

Just when the police asked her some basic questions, Irene's phone rang - it was a call from Jordan. After Irene answered the call,

Jordan yelled in exasperation, "Irene, where the hell are you? Didn't I tell you to wait in the lounge?"

"Something unexpected happened and I'm

Why are

that she had bumped into the mistress who ruined her marriage and was sent to the police station by her ex- husband because she lost her temper and got into a conflict with

hesitant she was and yelled, "You could stay in the police station if that's what you like. I don't need an assistant like you anymore. I'll call Nathan right away!" She then heard the sound of a beeping tone on the other end

kindly reminded her, "Miss, of all the people in the world, why did you offend this couple? Mind you that the lady is Mr. Cook's precious daughter while and the man, Edric, is a business tycoon. Be sensible and apologize to them. You'll be able to resolve

Now that I've lost my job and have no where to go, being locked up here might help me to tide through things for the time being since I wouldn't have

off the hook and she

to abuse his power and

heavy footsteps at the door. After the door was pushed open, she

Reed!" Irene greeted in

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of help, but even cause trouble for me!" Jordan lectured her fiercely. However, he quickly fell silent when he saw how

in such a state?" "Someone poured wine onto me but it's no big

did it?" Jordan spat out the question through his gritted teeth. "It's someone

ashanged of you! How could you be bullied like this?" Jordan asked and