Chapter 16

In the darkness of night, a beautifully-designed black car was parked under the building Irene and Thomas lived in.

The light was dim and the cigarette was flickering in the car, illuminating the man's gloomy face.

The watch on his wrist showed it was 3 am already. Yet the woman was still nowhere to be seen.

Edric, who had been waiting in the car for five hours, cracked a sarcastic smile.

He knew she would stay outside all night when he saw the woman and Jordan left the hotel together intimately. But he still couldn't control himself and had to come and have a look. There was still a trace of hope remaining in his heart. Yet it turned out it was nothing but an unrealistic fantasy.

He threw away the cigarette butt angrily, started the car, and soon disappeared into the darkness.

His mother, Margaret, was still waiting for him in the living room when he arrived at

home. She complained when she saw Edric coming back, "Edric, what's wrong with you? Mr. Cook rarely has time to have dinner with us. Why did you leave halfway?"

"Mom, I have some business to attend to! Didn't I explain it to you?" Edric looked tired.

can't forget her. But that little b*tch is so hateful. She not only treated you so cruelly, but also

appearance and status. You should hurry up to marry her and have a baby so that

lot more money. Yet he never had a smile on his face. This was all because of Irene Nelson the jinx! "That d*mn

son was going to be engaged to Lily and deliberately came back to disrupt it! Margaret's face was stern.

wanted her to stay away from her son. It would be ideal if she could get out of San Fetillo like she did three

the hospital to keep her uncle company. At dawn, she got up quietly and went to the market, planning to buy a chicken to make some soup for

back to her neighborhood carrying the chicken, she immediately

Irene and came over to stop her. "I have something to say to

don't have time!" Irene refused

specifically came here to wait for Irene and certainly wouldn't

"Name my price?"

my family without a penny, and you deliberately came back to disrupt Edric's upcoming engagement. Let me tell you. I will never let Edric be with you. You better drop this idea altogether!" "Madam Myers, don't

immediately. I'll give you money, and you'll

at the domineering ex-mother-in-law in front of her, Irene smiled instead of

enough?" Irene's remained silent with a mocking smile on her face. Margaret immediately added, "300 thousand

dollars? Madam Myers, do you

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