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?"

sorry, Mr. Reed!" Irene apologized repeatedly. "Something unexpected happened and I'm currently at

are you in the police

into the mistress who

heard the sound of a beeping tone on the other end of the line. Jordan had hung up the phone. Irene's heart sank when she realized that she had gotten herself into legal trouble and would soon lose her

sorry for her when they saw how pale she seemed and 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 the matter with an apology. I have Mr. Myers's number

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

she was towards the idea of apologising, the police sighed and left. Irene knew that Edric would not let her off the hook and she decided to make the best out of her situation and wait to see what tricks he

able to abuse his

After the door was pushed open, she saw Jordan standing by the door with a furious look on his face. "Irene, how

Reed!" Irene greeted in a low

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like you who not only fail to be of help, but even cause trouble for me!" Jordan lectured her fiercely. However, he quickly fell silent when he saw how pathetic state

the hell did you end up in such a state?" "Someone poured wine onto me but it's no

spat out the question through his gritted teeth.

bullied like this?" Jordan