You Are The Pursuit of My Life

Chapter 171

Finally, Lily decided to meet Joanne at a cafe near the Cook family home. Joanne rushed to the cafe and found that Lily had yet to arrive. Slightly infuriated, she thought, "What's wrong with her? I'd already agreed to meet her near her place, and yet she's making me wait?" While she was holding in her dissatisfaction, Lily walked in and urged her the moment she sat down, "Hurry up and speak, I'm in a rush."

"Miss Cook, why are you so busy?" Joanne sneered. "If that's the case, I'm not gonna talk about it. You'd better go and attend to your business."

"Miss White, what do you mean? It was not easy for me to take the time to meet you. How can you fool me like this?" Lily was annoyed.

"I'm not fooling around with you. The things I want to tell you, they're crucial. You have to show your sincerity," Joanne said as she ordered the waiter to serve the drinks. She picked the cup and took a sip. However, Lily did not budge. Joanne found her acting even weirder. However, she wasn't aware that Lily was feeling anxious as she watched Joanne sip her tea languidly. Not wanting to dillydally any further, she asked, "What kind of sincerity do you want me to prove?"

"Miss Cook, you must answer a few questions of mine with honesty." Joanne stared at Lily. "Have you given up on Edric or not?"

"I-" To Lily, Joanne was just an outsider. How could she tell an outsider that she still harbored feelings for Edric?

Lily's reaction was only natural. Although Joanne was young, she was cunning. She didn't need Lily to answer this question but rather make use of the question to judge her sentiments. If Lily replied decisively, then her reaction proved that she had indeed moved on from Edric. However, Lily's hesitation at that moment cleared the air for her.

"Miss Cook, you don't have to answer anymore. It's clear to me now." Joanne set down the cup.

"Miss Cook, you're in a dither because you have yet to trust me. That's understandable. Since that's the case, allow me to be frank with you too. I dislike your half-sister, Irene, very much. I reckon you must have heard some rumors about that, Miss Cook. So, I won't share the reasons, and I'll be blunt with you. I'm here to seek your cooperation."

"How are we going to have a cooperation?" "I want to face Irene head-on and make her stay away from Nathan and Jordan. I believe, Miss Cook, we share the same goals. It wouldn't be easy to face her individually, so I purposely came to you to show my sincerity. So, I hope you would do the same for me, Miss Cook."

Lily lowered her guard at this point. "Miss White, what plans do you have in mind?"

This was an indication that she had agreed to cooperate with her, which was entirely within Joanne's expectations. "I suppose you know that Irene's son is Edric's?"

At Lily's nod, Joanne probed further, "So, do you also know about Irene's pregnancy, Miss Cook?"

"Pregnant? Irene is pregnant?" Lily was stumped. Margaret hadn't told Marie about this matter, so naturally, she wouldn't know.

Joanne had always thought that Lily knew about Irene's pregnancy. When she saw how astonished she was, she knew that Lily had been kept in the dark. She lowered her voice.

"To save her son, Irene is bearing Edric's child again. If this child is born, she and Edric will have two children. By that time, it would be difficult for you to turn the tables, Miss Cook. Do you understand what I mean?"

could not

she stared at her, "I

that Lily seemed to be lost in thought,

Joanne's face. She felt her face flush warm. She had just lost her composure. Her mother was right. She needed more experience to improve herself. She was much more old-fashioned

chuckle, as if she was shrugging off the matter. "Thank you for letting me know about this, Miss White. I've been out for too long, and I'm afraid that my mother would be worried about me.

Lily a name card and said, "This is my personal number. You can call me for anything, Miss Cook. I hope I can have more tea time with you in the future, Miss

White. I hope that we can be friends in the future." Lily received the name

However, he felt stirred up after hearing that Rowane had

would suspect that the person had ill intentions. However, Irene was the one who told him so. She would never tell lies. Edric was doubtful. He

ago, and she never gave Edric her new number. Edric called John and was about to ask John to search for Rowane's number. When the line was connected, John spoke first, "Mr. Myers, where are you? I have something important

it would certainly be. Edric had a hunch that he must have discovered something after investigating

the office. Edric's mind was filled with Rowane's whereabouts. He asked before John could say anything, "Is there any news about Rowane?" John shook his head. "Ever since Rowane left the country, her

frowned and thought, "Unless Rowane had

"Go

She had contacted Marie

and Rowane used to suspect that Marie was Rowane's mother. However, Rowane had denied it eventually. Since Marie was not

heart, but he controlled his composure. Then, he recounted the whole story about Rowane treating him to a meal. "What do you think about

with Rowane for some time, so he had a good impression of her.

Say, what ulterior

by Madam?" John asked

purpose in getting me drunk? Just to provoke Irene and make her leave?" Edric thought that she would

was intolerant towards alcohol, he

help but flinch. In his memory, he had only drunk a few glasses of wine that night and had not been drunk to the point of compromising his

do they want to recreate the birthday party scenario

words, Edric dredged up the

a good relationship with Margaret. Had they bribed Rowane? Had Rowane drugged him and staged him to be

speculation was tenable, then there had to be something that he did not happened that night. Eric didn't dare to think about what could have happened. He felt

saw her entering the