Revenge Against My Ex-husband
Chapter 156 She Didn't Want To Live Like That Anymore

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 replace 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.

"I think she is deliberately torturing both Edric and you. She knows you want grandchildren and that Edric feels sorry towards her. She is trying to upset the peace in your family!" barked Marie.

Margaret was now convinced that this was indeed Irene's motive. She was deliberately taking revenge on Margaret and Edric. Marie's words had made a deep impression on her. "Yes, that's it! She hates us, so she wants to take revenge on us. What a vile woman! I'll put an end to her schemes!"

"What are you going to do?" Marie asked tentatively.

"That boy belongs to the Myers family, so of course I'll take him back. As for Irene, if she even thinks about stepping into the Myers family again, she can dream on! Not while I'm 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 Irene to walk through those doors again.

"She definitely isn't going to agree to give the child to you," reminded Marie.

"She won't have a choice. Does she think she can beat us?" Margaret said arrogantly, "I'll just throw some money her way. If she refuses, I'll file a lawsuit against her. Let's see who will win!"

This was basically a declaration of war. Perhaps Margaret 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 by if Irene lost custody of Eden. Then again, perhaps it was better this way. A declaration of war did have some upsides to everyone involved.

Marie continued to egg Margeret on. "Yes, if she doesn't agree, take her to court. With the financial backing of the Myers Group, there's no way she'll be able to keep the child!"

Margaret's mood lifted after hearing Marie's persuasive words, but Marie was still pensive. She had to 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 running up and down, preparing for the sports tournament. I heard Deborah say that almost everything under the sports tournament will fall to the Myers Group."

"Really?" Margaret was delighted.

"It's true. With a daughter-in-law like Lily who 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,' Marie added.

"I understand. By the way, has there been any news about Lily?"

"I haven't asked yet. I'll do 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 complications arose before bringing it up again.

Marie knew Margaret was fond of children. Thus, during the surgery, she'd made sure to implant two embryos. 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 certainly be over the moon!

They chatted a bit longer and then ended the call.

After hanging up the phone, Marie didn't feel completely at ease, and wanted to call Deborah to check 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 such a young child; what if he had been injured from his fall? She started getting anxious again so she called Edric, but still there was no answer.

Margaret started overthinking things again. What if Eden was seriously injured from his fall? If that was the case then she had made things even worse than she thought. Even though she was haughty and snobbish, she wasn't really an evil person. She had a sharp tongue, but she had never actually physically harmed anyone before.

At nightfall, Edric finally appeared, his expression inconsolable. Margaret was worried about Eden, but she was used to bossing people around, hence, her tone was rather unpleasant as she barked, "Irene spoils her child too much. It's just a fall isn't it? Is all that really necessary?"

On hearing that, Edric 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 he asked, "Mom, are you really my mother?"

"What are you talking about?" Margaret felt extremely guilty under Edric's gaze.

"How can you say all these things? Even a healthy child wouldn't have been able 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 marry Nathan, and Eden was sick. He felt being pulled apart from the inside out.

"Wait! Is the child sick? What's wrong with the child?" Margaret asked nervously.

"It's leukemia!" Edric sat down with his head in his arms, his tone strapped with helplessness and sorrow.

"What do 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?" Margaret was both irate and remorseful. She was used to replaceing a scapegoat for every misfortune and mishap in life, therefore she immediately started pinning the blame on Irene.

"Even now you still have the nerve to replace 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 divorced, and you were the one who kicked Irene and Eden out. Everything's such a mess, and you're the mastermind behind it all!" yelled Edric. "Edric, keep your voice down. This is a hotel. People can hear us! Have you no shame?" Margaret's face turned red.

"Shame? Do you know what shame even means? If you did, you wouldn't have rushed over to the White family to make such a scene today. Look at what you have done!" Edric roared.

"I was just... frustrated! Irene wouldn't let me see my own grandson so I was upset. If she would just let me hug him, would I even have to do that?" Margaret tried to explain herself in a small voice. "What do you have to be upset about? The mother of your grandson is toiling and working hard to raise her own child; is that not the natural order of things? You're also a mother yourself. If someone tried to take your son away, would you just sit back and do nothing?" Edric asked incredulously.

"Of course, I wouldn't! But I'm not some random stranger! I'm the boy's grandmother. I just wanted to see him, that's all. I had no bad intentions—"

"Since you want to see him, why didn't you try your hardest to ask for Irene's forgiveness and make amends for all the mistakes you had done in the past? But look at what you have done instead. You had thrown a hissy fit. All you know how to do is cause a scene and stir up more trouble. Do you honestly think that will change anything?"

"I didn't mean to cause that. I just love him so much. Edric, I'm your own mother. Why could I ever hurt my grandson?" Margaret felt that she'd been unfairly wronged.

"But you're not good to Irene! Mom, as long as you're treating Irene badly, the issues between me and her will never be resolved!" Edric grabbed his head.

"Doesn't she also treat me badly? How could you put all the blame on me?" Now Margaret was unhappy.

"You're the one who forced her hand! Think over it yourself. How well did Irene treat you when we were married? For goodness' sake, think about it!" Edric's eyes were bloodshot. "I treated her well at that time, didn't I?" Margaret retorted.

There was no way to get his point through to her. Edric had no choice but to vent his anger on the table beside him, violently slamming his fist down, hard.