You Are The Pursuit of My Life

Chapter 52

Eden was sleeping soundly beside her and even snored. But Irene couldn't fall asleep. Although she tried hard to stop herself from thinking about it, her humiliating past still haunted her.

She was under great pressure when she was with Edric. Handsome and rich, how could he fall in love with a Cinderella like her? She resisted him at first by instinct, but then she was slowly moved by his love and affection and fell for him as well. She knew that Margaret didn't like her. Margaret had a long face the first time she met Irene. She sized her up and down with a disdainful look and asked her in an arrogant voice, "How old are you? What do your parents do?"

Irene could easily tell how dissatisfied Margaret was from her expression and tone. She glanced at Edric, suppressed the grievance in her heart, and tried her best to talk to her politely.

Margaret was even more displeased when she heard that Irene's mother had passed away. "How could that be? Is it because you bring bad luck?"

Irene's face changed instantly as Margaret blamed her for her mother's death. Edric held Irene's hand and said, "Mom, that's a superstition!" Margaret snorted, annoyed that her son was siding with Irene. "You look so thin. Are you capable of giving birth to a child?"

Irene did not know how to answer her question and could only remain silent. Edric said, "Mom, you just met the first time. Why did you say that?" None of them enjoyed the first meeting. When Edric was sending Irene back, she asked him nervously, "Edric, your mom doesn't like me at all." "Don't think too much. My mother has a bad temper, but she doesn't mean anything bad," Edric comforted her.

After a few days, she saw Edric's mother at the cafe she was working in. Margaret and Lily were having coffee together, which was served by Irene. Margaret made spiteful remarks about her, "Lily, a person needs to have some self-awareness. A chicken has to know her place and shouldn't dream about becoming a golden phoenix. That's not realistic."

Irene could feel her blood boiling at Margaret's apparent derision. Thinking of Edric, she gritted her teeth and suppressed her anger. She turned around and left with the tray.

A few days later, Margaret came to see Irene and told her straightforwardly that she didn't like Irene and wanted Lily to be her daughter-in-law. She asked Irene to leave Edric on her own.

Margaret's aggressive look made Irene sick. Irene asked her if she would want Lily as her daughter-in-law if Steven weren't her father. Embarrassed and furious, Margaret threw Irene a check of five hundred thousand dollars and forced her to break up with Edric. Irene wanted to slap Margaret with her check so badly. But she eventually controlled herself and left.

She broke up with Edric after she went back. Edric begged her not to leave, but she was determined. Heartbroken, Edric got drunk in bars every day and was sent to the hospital for gastrointestinal bleeding.

her leave. Margaret finally acquiesced in the relationship between Edric and Irene. However, she was not resigned. She never stopped provoking and criticizing Irene after they got married. She met with

including one that required Irene to drink liquor with black ants soaked in. Margaret claimed that Irene would be able to conceive once she drank it. Irene was so disgusted by the ants and didn't want to drink. Margaret shouted at her and asked

she managed to play the victim in tears as soon as she saw her son. She forced Edric to divorce Irene. Irene had had enough of this life and couldn't stand it anymore. She had a

had to have a son, she'd better break up with Edric and wouldn't blame

arms. "Irene, don't be silly. Having children is not important to me. I only care

listen to men's sweet talks. She made concessions for

to Margaret. Irene didn't know what they talked about, but someone Margaret agreed to let

had to endure the physical

better mood. When the pregnancy was confirmed, she was ecstatic and couldn't wait to

Irene never dreamed that

she believe him when he said he only wanted her? He already found a mistress who was able to bear children. Of course he would say such things to deceive her. She blamed herself for believing him. Fortunately, Lily came to her in time. As much as she hated Lily, she felt gratitude for her later. If it weren't for Lily, how could she know that Edric was such a disgusting man? How could she witness

love Irene forever and gave her everything he had before she found out about his affair with Lily. But his dark side was revealed as soon as his relationship with Lily was exposed. He couldn't wait to divorce her in the cruelest way. Irene almost wanted to laugh out loud when she read the divorce

she saw the divorce

next morning, Irene went to the company with big dark

started to work

woman, but he didn't know it was Irene. Jordan had no idea what kind of relationship Nathan had with Irene. He was certain that Nathan liked Irene. But what about her? Irene was not a small-minded woman. Jordan felt by instinct that she didn't

Jordan knew he should bow out once he found out about Nathan's feelings

He liked Irene and wanted to protect

Jordan knew that Irene was different from other women around him and had long

this. As a man, he had to work hard to fight

Jordan guessed that she liked gentle and considerate men, so he had been trying to be gentle himself these days. Irene's attitude toward him seemed to have