You Are The Pursuit of My Life

Chapter 159

Nathan agreed to her request and left. After tucking Eden to sleep, Irene stood by the door of the White family and glanced around nervously, checking her phone every few minutes. Why hadn't Nathan called her? Had something really happened to Edric? All of a sudden, the phone rang. Irene answered it immediately, "Nathan, have you found him?"

"I'm not Nathan!" Edric said in a low voice.

"It's you. Where are you? John is looking for you everywhere..."

"Irene, I have something to tell you," Edric interrupted her. "Can you not marry Nathan?"

Irene was silent for a moment. "No!"

"Are my mistakes really unforgivable? Can't you just forgive me this once?"

Irene let his question hang. Was Edric truly that unforgivable? She had loathed him before and thought him inexcusable. But after knowing the truth, her hatred for him had abated. She had considered getting back together with him for Eden's sake; she really had. But with Margaret hovering around, Irene just didn't see a future for them. With a calm voice, she said, "You knew that we did not hold a future together, yet you still refused to let us go. What are you if not a fool?"

"We have no future together?" Edric let out a wretched laugh. "Irene, I've never forgotten my promise to you. Never. Did you know that?"

"So what? We can't go back!" she thought. Cold tears dripped down her face. She wiped them away. "Edric, I'm almost 30 years old. I'm no longer that girl who believed in fantasies and promises, you know? Whatever you had said is long gone, and I don't remember any of it anymore!"

What she meant was she had long dismissed his promise to her. Edric looked up at the sky, his heart coursed with bitterness. "Irene, I was all for my pretense to be generous. Though I do wish you abundant happiness, I just bring myself to do it. I'm already a pile of garbage in your heart anyway, I suppose I could make myself look worse, no? I hope you and Nathan won't be happy because only I can give you happiness!"

Hearing what he had said, Irene was surprisingly not offended at all. "Edric, I don't need your blessing. You'd better return to your hotel as soon as possible. John is everywhere looking for you. He is very anxious. Call him back! Or tell me where you are and I'll ask him to go get you."

Her indifferent voice spread in Edric's ears and crushed his hope into smithereens. She was not the slightest bit unshaken. As expected, she didn't care about him. He reached out his hand to sweep away the tears at the corner of his eyes. "I'll go back right away!" The phone call ended abruptly...

Irene stood in the living room in a daze, her phone still in her hand. Six years ago on a night like this, Edric had stood in front of her firmly and asked for her hand in marriage. He'd told her she would only be happy if she married him. But now, he was wishing for her the opposite, claiming that he was the only one who could give her happiness!

How ironic! "Edric, my life will not be controlled by you. I will show you that even without you, I can very well be happy!"

It didn't take long for Nathan to come back. He stated that Edric had returned to the hotel, and Irene felt relieved at it. They then called it a night.

The next morning, Nathan and Irene drove to the marriage registration department. Because of their identities, they weren't required to make an appointment like regular people. They just had to wait to be notified.

marriage license application in Mencodia was equivalent to a form filled at that in Haverland. The staff member noticed that they hadn't brought a witness along

have a ceremony: the two parties had to make

into a small room, and the ceremony was presided over by the staff member who registered the information. Seeing that Irene was a foreigner, he asked her

language; thus, the staff member commenced the ceremony. Irene and Nathan just repeated after

oath, the housekeeper called, "Young Master Nathan,

could care less about the ceremony as they excused themselves and ran out. Along the way, their anxiety was peaking. When they reached the White Mansion, the housekeeper was already waiting by the door. "What's going on?" they

went to make a cup of tea. When I returned, he had already disappeared. I thought he was just being naughty and went into hiding. I looked around but I couldn't find him. So I called you," answered

room. They had no idea who he was speaking to. But, after the call ended, he went out of the White Mansion alone.

he take Eden away?" Nathan and Irene exchanged

stayed. The front desk of the hotel stated that Edric was in the room. Nathan and Irene went straight to his room and pressed the doorbell for a long time. Finally, the door was opened, and a pungent smell of alcohol flooded

the door. He asked without

frowned. "Edric, where

voice and looked up at her drunkenly. "It's you? I'm not dreaming, am

glimpse of Nathan standing behind Irene, he chuckled. "I've said

did you get someone to

slurring his words. "Why would I

or I will never

heartless woman! Do you know, it feels like you're stabbing me with a knife? I'd

of my way!" Irene

Edric wobbled and fell down, his head hit the floor with a thunk. He had injured his forehead and was bleeding, but he didn't feel any pain. He just stared blankly at Irene His eyes were twinkling with a thousand

Irene was stumped by his gaze. Her

have gotten caught in her

"Edric, we should never drag the child into our affairs. Eden is sick. What if something

out of here right now!" Edric couldn't vent his anger on Irene, but there was no way he was going to be courteous to Nathan. He was the one who

turned bone-chillingly cold. Stripping the veil of politeness, he barked, "Edric, if you are a

shocked when he saw Edric lying on

Irene and Nathan, his expression frigid. "Mr. White, what are you

Edric took Eden away. I'm here to reclaim him," Irene

Nelson, you must be mistaken. Mr. Myers has never left the hotel since he came back last night. How could he take your son away?"

his mother," Irene snarled. She was certain that