You Are The Pursuit of My Life

Chapter 156

Edric was speechless at Irene's words. It was true-Margaret was the kind of person who would do such a thing. He could not think of anything to refute her words.

"Edric, we are finished. If you have even the tiniest bit of affection towards me, if you really want what's best for Eden, then I beg you to let me go. Nathan and I will get married soon. I am imploring you not to pester us anymore! Please!" Edric's eyes darkened when he heard that. In his mind, he thought, "Irene, are you so eager to marry Nathan? Don't you feel anything for me?" Seeing that he was silent, Irene didn't want to stay there any longer and walked right past him out the door.

"You really aren't going to give me a chance?" Edric asked pitifully.

Tears began streaming down her face. Irene turned her head away to prevent Edric from seeing her cry. "Even if I give you a chance, so what? You have a mother who looks upon me so unkindly. We are destined to be unhappy if we live together. Edric, love is not everything. I can't take this anymore. I suffered so much in the three years we were married. How much more of that do you want me to go through?"

Her voice was laced with unspeakable sadness and desolation. Edric felt his heart sink, his body rooted to the floor like a statue. Even as she disappeared from sight, he stood there, transfixed by her words.

On the same night, Marie and Lily arrived at San Fetillo Hospital, both well- prepared to carry out the embryo implantation surgery. It was a routine procedure for Marie; after all, she was a skilled surgeon. During the procedure, she deftly implanted the embryo into Lily's womb, her skillful hands making miraculous work. After the surgery went off without a hitch, they both sighed in relief. Marie instructed Lily to rest in the ward for a few hours and cautioned her not to move about too much or strain her body with exercise. This was to prevent the embryo from getting dislodged from her womb, which would cause the surgery to fail.

After that, Marie left the hospital while Lily stayed in the ward with Deborah.

Not long after Marie left, a man in a military jacket snuck into the hospital. He made a few rounds in the wards before heading to the parking lot. There, he took stock of his surroundings. At this hour, security was a little lax; hence, he watched and waited for a while before noticing an Audi parked in one corner. Walking quietly over to the car, he peeped inside.

At a glance, his eyes lit up in delight. In the car was a lady's handbag. The man whipped out a glass cutter and cut a hole in the car window. In a flash, he grabbed the handbag, cleared out all of its valuables, and disappeared into After Dark.

Meanwhile back in Mencodia, Margaret sensed that something was wrong when she noticed Eden being rushed to the hospital. Britney was normally courteous towards her, but after seeing how bad the condition Eden was in, her attitude had completely changed. She commanded her servants to show Margaret out, and then retired to her study with a stormy expression on her face.

Margaret thought herself worthy of more respect. Thus, being shooed out by Britney's servants like this was very insulting to her. But she had no excuse to linger there. After leaving the home of the White family, she huffily returned to her hotel. Along the way, she kept calling Edric, but he didn't pick up.

By now, her anger had reached its boiling point, and she needed to find someone to lash out on. When she was in San Fetillo, the first person she would look for was Loraine. But now that she was in Mencodia, she had no one around her.

With no other solution, Margaret thought of Marie and called her up at once, even though it was so late at night at this moment. Marie had finished the surgery and had just returned home. Seeing Margaret calling at this hour, she assumed that something serious must have occurred; therefore, she answered the call immediately. In a flurry of spluttering words, Margaret told her what had happened earlier that day. Upon hearing that Eden was Edric's child, Marie was taken aback, saying, "Surely, you must be mistaken?" "No, it's true! I thought the same at first; I refused to believe the child was Edric's. But when we met and I took a closer look, I realized that he's the spitting image of Edric when he was a young boy. He really is Edric's child!" Margaret wasn't doubting the child's identity. She was more indignant at Irene's attitude towards them. "That malicious woman secretly gave birth to a child and kept his existence from us. What is she playing here?"

"She's definitely up to no good," responded Marie. Naturally, Marie wanted to add fuel to the fire. "She is obviously using her son for selfish reasons." "Why didn't she tell us that she was pregnant when she got divorced? If she had, I wouldn't have made her divorce Edric." Margaret was the type of person to always push the blame onto someone else. Clearly, she was the one who had forced Irene to divorce Edric, but now she somehow managed to twist the story around and put the blame on Irene.

"Who knows what she was thinking." But Marie knew, of course, why Irene had kept silent. She was just like Myra, a stubborn and prideful woman. She was convinced that Edric had betrayed her, so obviously she kept the news of her pregnancy to herself. For Marie, this was the perfect opportunity to gaslight Margaret so she could hate Irene more, thus paving the way for Marie's own plans.

both Edric and you. She knows you want grandchildren and that Edric feels sorry towards her. She is trying to upset the peace in

words had made a deep impression on her. "Yes, that's it! She hates

you going to

still alive," Margaret spoke these words wholeheartedly and emphatically. She knew she must have Eden. She and Irene were enemies from the start. Really, how Irene could have ever been a good match for Edric? Margaret swore that she would never allow

agree to give the child

us?" Margaret said arrogantly, "I'll just throw some money her way. If she refuses, I'll file a lawsuit against her. Let's

really was too stupid to see where this would all lead. Irene wasn't just some ordinary girl - she was Steven's daughter. Margaret was convinced that she would win the lawsuit, but Marie knew better. Steven wouldn't sit idly

With the

put in a few good words for Lily so Margaret would rally behind them in support. "Margaret, I'm telling you, you can't give in to someone like Irene. The child belongs to the Myers family; you must take him back. With such a sh*tty person like Irene as his mother, you have to really take good care of him. Lily is way better for that boy than Irene. While Irene has been stirring things up between you and Edric, Lily has been

"Really?" Margaret was delighted.

works so hard for the Myers family, the company will definitely soar to greater heights. You must be firm in your convictions; don't let Edric convince you otherwise,"

way, has there been any

so tomorrow," Marie answered. Although she was confident in her own surgery skills, she still couldn't guarantee that it would be a success. She wanted to monitor the situation to make sure no potential

If it was a success, then Lily would be pregnant with twins. The chances of having twins were so small that when that news broke, Margaret would

chatted a bit longer and then ended

on Lily. But since Lily had just had her surgery, Marie didn't want to disturb her rest either. Therefore, she opted to wait until the next day to ring them up. After Margaret had poured her heart out to Marie, she felt a lot calmer. Thinking about recent events, it seemed that she had indeed gone too far. Eden was

she thought. Even though she was haughty and snobbish, she wasn't really an

used to bossing people around, hence, her tone was rather unpleasant as she barked, "Irene spoils her

turned to stare at Margaret. His eyes were filled with a gleam of unfamiliar darkness that Margaret had never seen before. She shivered unconsciously as

about?" Margaret felt extremely guilty

to withstand your force, let alone a sick one. He is your grandson! How can you be so indifferent and cold-blooded?" Edric suddenly grew furious. Irene was going to

sick? What's wrong with the child?" Margaret asked

with his head in his arms, his tone strapped

you mean? How could my grandson have such a disease?! It's all that woman's fault. If she hadn't had given birth to him in secret, would he have gotten this sick?"

vel

a scapegoat for every misfortune and mishap in life,

find an excuse? How can you honestly keep blaming Irene for everything? Other people might not know the truth, but I know you were the one who found a surrogate mother, you were the one who forced Irene and me to get

behind it