Revenge Against My Ex-husband
Chapter 176 Petrified

After persuading Margaret to go back to her room to sleep, Edric also went back to his own room. After taking a shower, John called him, "Mr. Myers, Steven had just taken Lily and Deborah to the hospital in

Caulford City today."

"They went to a hospital so far away?" Edric was confused.

"Yes. I had asked people to follow him, but all I could replace out was that Steven had just met up with his old classmate, Chris Cassady. Due to the fact that the meeting was held in private, we could not confirm what they were doing. However, this Chris Cassady is a well-known gynecologist in Caulford City," John answered.

"Is that so?" Edric was stunned. At that time, why was Steven replaceing a gynecologist expert for Deborah and Lily?

Did Steven know that Lily had colluded with Deborah to plot against him? No, he had to talk to Steven and tell him that he had nothing to do with Lily at all.

After thinking for a while, John added, "I had asked someone to investigate Loraine and Tommy. We found that the relationship between them was very suspicious as they seemed to be very intimate with each other."

Edric nodded. "I've just heard about it. Let's put this matter aside for now. You just keep an eye on Lily."

The following day, Lily deliberately acted sick in front of Maisy. She wanted Maisy to know that she was pregnant, but Maisy did not even look at her. When they were having dinner, Lily covered her mouth and went into the bathroom again.

After going back and forth three times, Maisy finally said, "Miss, you don't have to pretend to be pregnant at home. You should do a better job faking it outside instead. It's not a good thing to let others know that you are pregnant."

It turned out that she knew that Lily was pregnant. Lily and Deborah were petrified.

Maisy added, "Mr. Cook has said that you'd better not go out in this state to prevent any trouble from happening. Once he finishes preparing your documents to study abroad, I will accompany you there for the birth. So, it is best if you do not go out during this period."

Lily hated her situation very much. Maisy had refused to pass the news to Irene. What should she do?

Should they let Marie spread the news? No, Steven was already suspicious of them. It was impossible to let Marie do anything at all. Steven had made it very clear that if Irene knew about her pregnancy, he would not hold back.

This matter had come to this point. With Steven's maliciousness, he would definitely get rid her child without hesitation if she angered him. Was she really going to give birth to a child abroad like what Maisy had said? Was she going to retaliate only after giving birth to the child as Deborah did?

Deborah's situation was completely different from what was happening now. Steven had just been an official last time. He was afraid that this kind of thing would affect his career, so he was forced to marry Deborah. However, Edric was different. He was a businessman, so he didn't care about these frivolous things. She thought that Deborah's way of retaliating would not work at all. The only way left was to make Irene give up on Edric completely.

As Lily thought of this, hatred began to pool in her heart again. If Joanne hadn't told Edric about Irene's child, Irene and Edric would not have been together.

Thinking of Joanne, she thought of the business card that Joanne gave her. Could she take advantage of Joanne and have her tell Irene about her pregnancy?

Lily called Joanne and told her that she was pregnant. Joanne was thrilled when she heard this. She was just plotting against Irene, and now this news had been served on a silver platter to her.

Edric went to see Steven. Steven was a politician and also Irene's father, so Edric had to give Steven some respect. He didn't directly say that Lily and Margaret had done dirty things together, but he had gently implied so.

"I want to make it clear to you that I don't have any interest in Lily. Irene is the only one in my heart. In the past, I had promised to get engaged to Lily because she couldn't have any children. Now that Eden is sick, I'm putting all my focus on Irene and Eden now. I don't want to have any relationship with her any further. Please help me keep an eye on Miss Cook. I don't want her to appear in my house again and have any relations with my mother."

Steven's face flushed a little hotly. Of course, he knew that Edric was respecting him by not mentioning that Lily had s*x with him.

He did not believe Lily when she told him that she had slept with Edric. How could it be that Rowane framed her? It must've been that Lily herself had planned it. He had thought that Lily was being unreasonable, so he tried to send her abroad to get rid of her.

Now, Edric had asked him to deal with her. Steven also knew that Edric hated her to the extreme. It was too sad for a woman to be hated by a man while she remained clueless to it.

In Steven's heart, he hated Lily for being such a disappointment and Deborah for not teaching her well. So he said, "I will handle this matter. I have been working on the immigration documents. I will send her abroad immediately. She won't bother you anymore in the future."

Edric had no objection to Steven's course of action. Only Lily herself knew what had happened that night. Thinking of what John had said about Steven and Lily going to the hospital, Edric couldn't help but ask, "I heard that you went to the hospital in Caulford City yesterday. Are you sick?"

Steven just wanted to hide the fact that Lily was pregnant, but when he saw that Edric began to notice, he smiled bitterly and answered, "Lily is pregnant."

"What did you say?" Edric jumped up and sat down again, only realizing that he was overreacting a little. "How are you going to deal with this?"

"I was going to have her get rid of the child, but Lily's body can't handle such a procedure. The doctor said that if we continued the operation on her, she may be infertile for the rest of her life," Steven replied truthfully.

"What do you mean? Are you going to let her give birth to the baby?" Edric got anxious after hearing this.

"I'm sorry! I don't want to do this, either. However, if I don't let her give birth to the baby, she will never get pregnant anymore. I really can't do that to her," Steven pleaded.

"No! This child cannot be born!" Edric refused flatly. "I've never intended to let other women give birth to my children, be it past or present. I won't let this child be born!"

"Just think of Lily." Steven just begged, "Edric, just let her give birth to the baby. I will send her abroad and never let her come back."

"She is a human being, not a cat or dog. Mr. Cook, are you certain that sending her abroad would be enough to sweep everything under the rug?" Edric sneered. "If she brought the child back, how can I face her in the future?"

"But the doctor said that Lily became like this because of the injury of the miscarriage that year..."

Edric rudely interrupted Steven. "At the end of the day, it was you who had wronged her. This has nothing to do with me. I have given her so much money as compensation over the years. If she had a conscience, she should have known to stop instead of continuing to pester me shamelessly. Let me tell you! Lily must've done something to get that child. Her purpose is to move up the ladder using the child! I will never sympathize with such a shameless person! Mr. Cook, I am warning you now that I won't accept this child. Lily ending up infertile has nothing to do with me. I will leave you with two options, either you have her get rid of the child, or I will use everything in my power to do it myself!"

Seeing that Edric's aggressive attitude, Steven knew he had no choice, and he understood Edric's worries well. However, no matter how cold-hearted he was, he could never do that to his daughter. He would not leave his daughter to rot alone for the rest of her life without any support. Edric had gone too far with this.

The two of them unhappily parted that day. Steven was angry in his heart, and so was Edric. To think back that he unknowingly slept with Lily, and now she even was bearing his baby. This was too unfair. Before this, Edric still held on to whatever little hope was left and thought he would start over with Irene. However, after such a mess, Edric clearly realized that it was impossible for him and Irene to start over again.

He was depressed. Lily wanted to give birth to the child. Let her dream on. No matter what, he would get rid that child even if it killed him.

While Edric was feeling dispirited, Joanne came to replace Irene. "Irene, you're so pitiful. You're here taking care of Edric's child and saving his son, but he and Lily already had a secret affair."

"Miss White, you're wrong. Me saving my son has nothing to do with Edric. I'm just a mother doing what I can. As for Edric, we have already divorced. It's natural for him to be with another woman. There's no need for secrecy at all."

"You are really generous, but I don't think you are being sincere. I don't believe that you are not sad at all." Joanne sneered, "Let me tell you, Lily is pregnant."

Irene was stunned. Didn't Edric say that Lily could not have children? What's this about her being pregnant then?

Seeing that Irene's shocked expression, Joanne knew that she had her attention, and she put on an even more sinister smile. "I heard that she's pregnant with twins. If she were to give Edric two sons, your child would be worthless. As a mother of the child, shouldn't you think of a way to let your child fight for the rights he deserves?"

"Miss White need not worry about this. My child is a priceless treasure in my heart. As for the rights you mentioned, it is only important to those useless parasites. My child can do whatever he wants, and he can create his own happiness."

"Just keep on pretending. I don't believe that you really don't care about money. If that's the case, you wouldn't have kept on pestering my brother and Jordan. Instead, you'd have found some poor guy to marry."

"That's just Miss White's wishful thinking. As long as I know the truth, I don't need anyone else to understand it. We are not fools. The reason why you come here today is to see how sad I am. Are you satisfied with what you're seeing now?" Irene stared at Joanne with a mocking smile.

As Joanne's intention had been exposed, her face immediately flushed red. "Irene, I was just feeling sorry for you, so I came here to tell you. Don't be so brash!"

"Then, I have to apologize. I really couldn't tell that Miss White was being kind at all!" Irene sniped back. "I still have some matters to attend to, Miss White. Please leave. I won't be seeing you off!" Joanne left angrily with a flushed face. When she met Edric at the door, Edric felt uncomfortable upon seeing her. "Miss White, why are you coming here so frequently? What are you trying to do?" "This is my fiancé's villa. It's none of your business, and I can come and go as I please." Joanne was full of anger.

"Of course, it's none of my business that you came to your fiancé's villa. However, I'm warning you that my wife and children live in this villa. Don't try anything to them. I won't be this nice to you if you provoke me!"

"What wife? She's just an ex-wife. Do you think I'll be afraid of you?" Joanne retorted.

"I know you are not afraid, but I'm willing to make a bet with you. Would you believe me if I said that I would have someone strip you naked and throw you on the street tonight? Can you even imagine the media sensation that would cause?"

Joanne looked at Edric's gloomy face and did not dare to refute. This was San Fetillo, which was Edric's territory. The consequences would not be good if she provoked him.

Seeing Edric, Irene controlled the disgust in her heart and tried to talk to him as calmly as possible. "Eden has just fallen asleep. If you want to see him, you can go in and take a look. Leave when he wakes up I don't want him to be upset when he sees you."

Edric shook his head. "Irene, I'm not here to see Eden. I have something to talk to you about."

Irene nodded and invited Edric to sit on the sofa and poured him a glass of water. Edric lowered his head and did not dare to look at her.

After he had left Steven, Edric was both angry and desperate. He was furious because Lily was too shameless. He felt that he and Irene could never be together for the rest of his life. In the past, Edric had been waiting for Irene as he thought that if he did not have an affair, there was still a reason for Irene to forgive him. However, he had lost any possible chance for Irene to forgive him now.

Edric had contemplated his decision for a long time before he dared to come here. He wanted to come clean to Irene. Thus, he said, "Irene, Lily is pregnant."