Revenge Against My Ex-husband
Chapter 153 Interrogation

Hearing Joanne's name, Jordan was seething with fury. Unable to take in any of the sarcasm that Edric had thrown him, Jordan finally understood how Edric went to Mencodia. It turned out that Joanne had disclosed Eden's identity to Edric. Edric went to Mencodia not only to get Irene back, but also to meet Eden.

Jordan knew very well that the reason for the divorce between Irene and Edric was that Irene couldn't give birth to the Myers family. Margaret had wanted a grandson so badly that she did not mind forcing Edric to divorce Irene.

Now that Edric had realized that Eden was his son, he would definitely not allow Irene to marry Nathan. Certainly, he would make sure to have both Eden and Irene back. He might even go to great lengths to stop the marriage between Nathan and Irene.

Even if Irene insisted on marrying Nathan, Edric would, too, fight with Irene for Eden's custody. With the influence of the Myers family in San Fetillo, Irene stood no chance against Edric at all. If Eden was taken away by Edric, it would definitely devastate her.

Thinking of Irene's current situation, Jordan's heart couldn't help feeling aching. He had to hold Joanne accountable for everything. At this moment, he wanted nothing more than to fly to Mencodia and teach her a lesson. Without a second thought, he dialled Joanne's number.

Joanne was lying on the sofa in her room, reading a magazine, wallowing in boredom. When she saw Jordan's name on her phone, her heart almost leapt out of her chest in excitement.

Jordan rarely took the initiative to call her. The day before, he had called her and inquired about Irene. Despite feeling sour inwardly, in order to show her generosity, she pretended to be sincere and reported the situation of Irene and Eden to him.

She had also told him that Nathan wanted to marry Irene so Jordan would give up on Irene. At that time, Jordan sounded rather frigid on the phone, and she knew that he must be despondent to learn Irene's marriage. However, time would water down everything. She strongly believed that he would soon forget about Irene and accept her whole-heartedly.

At this time, Jordan should have just reached his workplace when he called her. Had he given Irene up completely now that he had known that she was going to get married? Was that the reason he was reminded of her? Did that mean that he was going to treat her well?

Joanne couldn't wait to press the answer button. With a voice as delicate as that of a hummingbird, she chirped, "Hello, Jordan, why are you calling me at this time?"

"Joanne, why did you tell Edric about Eden? What's exactly up your sleeve for telling Edric this?"

Jordan's roar had almost deafened Joanne's ears. She did not expect that Jordan would call her at such an hour and lashed out at her. He did all these because of that b*tch, Irene!

Jordan had only had his eyes on Irene. At any time, he would only care about Irene and would never condescend to spare a thought at Joanne.

All of a sudden, the joy in Joanne's heart fizzled into thin air and she burst into tears. Joanne wanted to just scream at the phone, at Jordan.

However, she knew that Jordan was a man who breathed ruthlessness. What if he changed his mind and refused to marry her because she got under his skin? Wouldn't it be a waste of all her previous efforts? Taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger in her heart, she said,, "Jordan, why are you being such a savage? What do I gain from this? Why would I do this if not for Irene and Eden? Eden has leukemia, and Irene is worried to death in order to cure him. The doctor said in order to save Eden, Irene and Edric must have a child.

With a tone underlying with dejection, she added, "I saw that Irene had been brooding with the fact that Edric had abandoned her. There's no way she would go to replace Edric, begging him to save Eden. I only wanted to help her, hence I told Edric the truth. As long as he provides his sperm to Irene, he will be able to save Eden. None of this will affect the marriage between Nathan and Irene anyway. Isn't this perfect? Why do you blame me?" In fact, Joanne had already known that Irene was pregnant.

"Bullsh*t, do you think I will believe you? You just can't stand seeing Irene living a good life, so you told Edric about Eden. You told him to stop Irene from marrying Nathan, and you also wanted him to rob Eden from Irene. Mark my words, if Irene and Eden get hurt because of this, I will not let you get away with this!"

Jordan had grown up with Joanne, and he knew her character all too well. Aware that he had always loved Irene, her envy had grown malicious. She would never be so kind as to help Irene. The only reason why she did this was that she wanted to prevent Irene living a blissful life.

Joanne was trembling with scorned wrath. Before she could continue her explanation, Jordan had already disconnected the call. Staring at the black screen was her pale reflection.

At that time, she had deliberately told Edric about Eden's identity in order to impede Irene from marrying Nathan. She dreaded that Irene would never be able to cut all ties with Jordan after becoming her sister in-law.

Her concern was now vindicated. Just then, Jordan had been so nervous about Irene. If they became a family, they would definitely fraternize with each other.

To say the least, even if Edric succeeded in bringing Irene back to San Fetillo to remarry her, Irene would still be in the same city as Jordan. It would be difficult for Joanne to prevent them from seeing each other.

The thought of Jordan missing Irene made Joanne awfully jealous. No matter what, she could not let Irene jeopardize her happiness. Now it seemed that unless Irene disappeared from this world, Jordan would never forget her.

An evil idea knocked on her mind. She slowly clenched her fists, gnashed her teeth and said, "Irene, you b*tch, you are going to make my life miserable, aren't you? I won't let you have it your way! Just you wait and see!"

On the other side, Jordan had hung up the phone. However, he still felt rather uneasy. Again, he called Nathan. He really didn't understand why Irene's phone would fall into Edric's hands. Theoretically, Irene would not care about Edric unless she agreed to get back with him.

As soon as the phone was connected, Jordan asked Nathan if Edric had gone to Mencodia to meet Eden.

Nathan's words injected Jordan with a dose of relief. He told him that Edric was only staying in the White family because of Britney's invitation. Irene never wanted Eden to reconcile with Edric, nor did she agree to marry him.

Jordan exhaled deeply. "Glad to hear that. I'm really afraid that Edric will hurt them. You must protect them."

Nathan had always known Jordan's affection for Irene. It was not strange for Jordan to be so edgy. Nathan replied, "Don't worry! As long as I'm here, Edric can't hurt them. However, in order to prevent Edric from fighting for Eden's custody, I want Irene and Eden to migrate to Mencodia. Only then Edric won't have his way easily."

"You don't have to worry about that. Thomas has already told me about this. I am handling their migration documents, and they should be able to move to Mencodia soon. No matter how broad Edric's connections are, he can't do anything once they are at Mencodia." Jordan secretly admired Dave's foresight. The latter was indeed a prudent man.

Nathan asked strangely, "Really? Why didn't I hear about it from Irene?"

"It's Thomas' idea. He wants Irene to focus on Eden's treatment. He doesn't want her to worry about the other issues, hence he comes to me to help him with the migration."

Of course, Jordan would not tell Nathan that Dave had revealed his real identity to him in order to seek his help. He also gave Jordan a design of the sports tournament.

In fact, even if Jordan didn't have that piece of drawing, he would still lend a helping hand to Irene. He had only himself to blame for falling head over heels for Irene; he could never bring himself to turn away Irene.

Pleased, Nathan smiled and said, "I didn't expect him to be so thoughtful. I will tell Irene about this. Thank you."

"Nah, drop the formality. Okay, now you listen to me. Treat Irene well. Don't let her suffer any more."

Jordan attempted to sound as unconcerned as possible, but his heart was replete with sorrow. Although he was glad that Irene could replace Nathan whom she could depend on, that did not eradicate his envy at Nathan.

Nathan received Jordan's hint at once. Nathan knew too well about the feeling of heartache. He was reminded of the time when he learned that Jordan had been pursuing Irene and Irene had also had a good impression of Jordan. Now that Irene was about to marry Nathan, she would never go back to Jordan.

He answered very solemnly, "Don't worry. I promise to make Irene happy for the rest of her life."

Jordan chortled and said, "Okay, I'll take you on your words. That's it. I'm hanging up."

"Wait a minute. How did you know that Edric came to Mencodia for Eden?" This question flashed through Nathan's mind. Based on his understanding of Irene, she should not have called Jordan to tell him about this matter. Hence, someone must have tipped him off.

Hesitated for a moment, Jordan answered, "It's your sister who snitches on us. After Edric talked to Joanne, he went straight to Mencodia."

"What? Joanne? Why can't she never learn her lesson?" Nathan had been replaceing it strange since the day Edric came to their house. Putting two and two together now, Nathan could finally wrap his head around it.

When Irene had been kidnapped, Joanne had taken it upon herself to inform the police. Her action had almost gotten Irene killed. Thus, he was not surprised at all that Joanne would relay this secret to Edric. But, how could she be so cruel? How could she hurt Irene again and again?

On the other side of the phone, Jordan's voice rang out, this time tinged with a hint of seriousness. "Nathan, I have to remind you. You have to be on guard against Joanne. She has always been jealous of Irene because I once saw Irene romantically. I am pretty sure that she contacted Edric purposely this time so Edric would go to Irene and give Irene a hard time again. I am afraid that she will plot against Irene in the future."

Nathan was silent for a moment before he replied, "Alright, I'll talk to her."

After all, Joanne was his sister. No matter how angry Nathan was, he could not badmouth Joanne in front of Jordan. Besides, he also hoped that Joanne would live a happy life with Jordan. If he told Jordan that Irene had almost been killed by Joanne once, he believed that Jordan would cancel the engagement there and then. Jordan would never want to marry Joanne.

In San Fetillo, at Myers family.

Margaret leaned on the sofa alone and watched TV, heavy silence hanging in the air. If she had a grandchild to keep her company, she wouldn't feel so lonely either.

At the thought of that, Margaret was reminded of Lily. She didn't know whether Lily could get pregnant or not. Anyway, Margaret swore to protect Lily by all means if Lily could carry a child for Edric.

Her train of thought now went to Edric. Edric had been abroad for a few days, and he hadn't called back once. When she had checked with John, John refused to provide her any useful information.

She had made countless phone calls, all of which had failed to get through. The relationship between her and Edric had been rocky. Looking at the time, she reckoned that it should be possible for her call to get through if she made a call now. She took out her phone and dialled Edric's number. But to no surprise, she still could not reach him.