Revenge Against My Ex-husband
Chapter 59 Nice Plan

Lily took the slap without dodging. A bright red weal sprang up on her fair cheek.

A woman happened to come to the restroom and saw Irene slapped Lily. Lily was the daughter of the Secretary and Edric's girlfriend. Irene was just a nobody.

How dare she slapped the Secretary's daughter? The woman shouted out immediately. Lily began to cover her face and cry when she saw the audience.

Someone spread the news to the party right away. Edric heard the commotion. He put out the cigarette and came back from the garden. A group of people were gathering in the hallway. He immediately saw Irene surrounded in the middle.

He strove over, his heart tightened. Lily threw herself into Edric's arms as if he was her savior. She cried even more pitifully.

Edric helped her stand straight and asked, "What happened?"

Lily only cried and didn't answer. The woman who watched the scene replied, "I don't know what happened either. I came to the bathroom and saw this woman cursed and slapped Miss Cook."

"That's outrageous? How can she do this?" People who knew Lily started to protest on her behalf at once.

"Exactly. How can she be so ill-mannered? How can she slap people on such an occasion?"

A mocking smile crept on Irene's face. It turned out that Lily had planned all of these. She deliberately provoked Irene so everyone would condemn Irene for attacking Lily. Irene had to admit that Lily came up with a good plan.

There were always troublemakers who were eager to fan the flames. Someone else stood up for Lily and said, "Miss, you must apologize to Miss Cook!"

"Apologize?" Irene sneered, "Why don't you ask her why I slapped her?"

"No matter what happened, it's wrong to hit someone."

"It's not your turn to speak here," Irene snapped back. Her arrogance only made people angrier. "How can you act like this? Apologize! Apologize quickly!"

Irene turned a blind eye to the condemnation from the crowd. She fixed her eyes on Edric and Lily and said, "Miss Cook, are you sure you want me to apologize?"

Lily cried without speaking. She and Deborah were well aware of Irene's high self-esteem. They knew that she would rather endure the humiliation and pain than show her weakness in front of other people. That was why Irene left the family without asking for any explanation after knowing that Lily was pregnant with Edric's child. She suppressed the news of Edric's betrayal as well as her own pain. Deborah said Irene was just like her mother.

Such a person would never tell the truth about what happened in the past. That was why Lily dared to goad Irene on to attack her in the first place.

Lily had two objects. First, she threw herself into Edric's arms to provoke Irene. Second, she wanted the crowd to denounce Irene, which would leave a bad impression in Jordan's mind.

At this point, both of her goals were achieved. She just needed to wait to see how Jordan reacted to it. While crying, Lily searched for Jordan in the crowd. Where did this guy go?

Edric's eyes darkened. Although he had always known about Irene's strong personality, he didn't believe that she would hit Lily for no reason. "I want to know why."

If it had been in the past, Irene would have been cursing at Lily furiously at this point, which would only aggravate the situation. But she was no longer the fool she was before and saw through Lily's plot. That being the case, how could she let Lily succeed? She didn't curse at Lily or stay silent. Instead, she looked at Edric with a smile, said, "Mr. Myers, are you sure you want to hear the reason?" Edric nodded. "Yes, I want to know why."

"I also want to know why." Jordan suddenly appeared next to Irene. He reached out to hold Irene's hand and said, "I'm here. Don't worry!"

Jordan put his arm around Irene's shoulder to protect her.

"Then I'm honored to obey. I'll tell everyone the reason why I hit Miss Cook for everyone to judge it."

Lily didn't expect that Jordan would choose to stand up for Irene in public, nor did she expect that Irene would be willing to tell everyone about their argument. Her body froze when she was crying in Edric's arms. "Will Irene tell everyone I was pregnant before?"

Lily would be humiliated if everyone knew that Irene was once Edric's wife and Lily was a surrogate. She would not be able to gain a foothold in the high-class society even if she married Edric.

Irene cleared her throat. "The argument started when Miss Cook and I were talking about the most popular topic in recent years -- home wreckers..."

"Edric, I'm a little dizzy." Lily didn't expect Irene to have changed so much. She immediately pretended to faint when she heard Irene say "home wreckers".

Edric was also surprised that Irene would bring it up. Irene didn't know what happened back then. He and Lily didn't have an affair. How could Lily survive in the future if Irene told everyone that she was a surrogate?

He immediately held Lily up. "I'll take you to the hospital!"

Edric left with Lily. Without the leading roles, the audience lost interests as well. The crowd dispersed.

Jordan held Irene's waist and left. He laughed when they got in the car outside, "Irene, do you tend to get physical?"

"Mr. Reed, what do you mean?"

"You have slapped both your sister and me. By the way, your sister is a pretty good actress. At first, she was so domineering and immediately fainted when you were about to tell everyone her mother was a homewrecker. Edric also played along perfectly. They are quite a match for each other." Jordan suddenly remembered something and sighed, "Does Edric know Lily was born to a mistress?"

"I don't know!"

"I think Margaret would never let her son marry a woman born to a mistress if she found out."

"Why did you say that?" Irene was curious. Margaret had always thought highly of Lily.

"Because Margaret was a victim of extramarital affairs," Jordan answered.

"Edric's father had an affair?"

"No, it was Margaret's father. She suffered a lot. Fortunately, Edric's father loved her very much. But he died young. Margaret devoted herself to her son. Her son is everything to her. You can imagine this kind of love. Anyway, Lily will have plenty of trouble after she married Edric."

Irene didn't say anything. She had already learned how cruel Margaret was. All of a sudden, she was excited to see how Margaret would react when she realized her precious daughter-in-law was born to a mistress. It must be a wonderful drama.

Edric helped Lily get in the car. Lily burst into tears. "Edric, I'm fine. I just pretended to faint. I don't want to be humiliated in that kind of situation."

Edric naturally knew that she was only pretending. It was the only way she could stop Irene from telling everything.

"I just wanted to apologize to her and explain the truth of the past. But she wouldn't listen and called me a home-wrecker. She was so emotional that she slapped me. Edric, I'm sorry. I didn't want to cause trouble for you," Lily sobbed in a low voice.

"I know." Edric felt guilty, thinking of the misunderstanding Lily suffered for him. "Lily, I'm sorry!"

Lily initially was worried that Edric wouldn't believe her. She breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Edric's apology. She must not provoke Irene again in the future.

After sending Lily home, Edric took a U-turn and left. Lily watched him drive away and went into the house. Deborah was waiting for her in the living room and was shocked when she saw the weal on Lily's face.

"What's wrong?"

Steven just came out of the study and also saw the weals and tears on Lily's face. He was surprised as well. "What happened?"

"Irene, she slapped me!" Lily burst into tears and recounted the incident with plenty of embellishments. Not only did she say that Irene called her a mistress, but she also didn't forget to mention that Irene called Deborah a mistress as well. Anyway, it was all Irene's fault.

Deborah certainly understood what Lily was going for. She reached out to wipe Lily's tears and started to cry herself. "It's all my fault. My poor child! I am the reason you have to suffer!" Steven sighed. He knew Irene had a bad temper. Seeing Deborah and Lily crying their hearts out, he said with a sigh, "How can Irene do this? Lily is her sister no matter what. This is absurd!" Deborah had never heard Steven criticizing Irene before. Overjoyed, she knew she had to fan the flames and make Steven even angrier at Irene. Therefore, she continued to speak while crying, "It was my fault back then. I shouldn't have come to you. It wouldn't be like this if I hadn't come to you. Irene wouldn't have left you. My Lily... my Lily wouldn't be humiliated like this!"

Deborah took on everything and kept crying, "This is my karma. But why is God punishing my daughter? Steven, Lily was not a mistress. You knew what happened back then. We did everything for Irene's sake!"

Steven sighed, "I know. I'm sorry you have to suffer. I will talk to Irene and tell her Edric didn't have an affair with Lily. I will ask her not to hate Lily anymore!"

Steven's words stopped the women from crying. How could they continue the deception if Steven told Irene the truth?

Irene divorced Edric because she thought he had an affair. She would definitely forgive Edric if she knew Edric never cheated on her with Lily. If that happened, Deborah and Lily's plan would be ruined. "Steven, don't talk to Irene.She won't believe you even if you did," Deborah said in a hurry.

"Why?"

"I asked Lily to be the surrogate so Margaret could leave Irene and Edric alone. But it didn't work out that way. Margaret threatened to kill herself to force Edric to divorce Irene. Irene must hate Lily badly. Now Edric is about to get engaged with Lily. Irene won't believe you if you go to tell her the truth. She will think that you're lying for us and will only hate you more. I don't want your relationship with Irene to be destroyed again."

"Yes, dad. Mom is right. Irene's hatred for us has been ingrained deep in her heart. She won't believe you even if you go to explain to her," Lily immediately echoed.

"But how can we let you be misunderstood forever?"

"Lily has been taking the blame for so long. She will be alright for now. We need to think about Irene. She finally changed her attitude toward you a little. You will only push her away if you defend us at this time," Deborah persuaded him.

Steven was in a dilemma. Indeed, Deborah was right that Irene wouldn't believe him even if he told her the truth now. She would think that he was helping Deborah and Lily out. She already resented him for bringing them back to the family and would never forgive him if this was mishandled.

Deborah and Lily heaved a sigh of relief, seeing Steven dropped the idea. Deborah helped Lily back to her bedroom and closed the door. She said to Lily with menace, "Don't provoke that b*tch again, at least not before you and Edric get married."

Lily nodded. She felt aggrieved at the thought of the kiss between Edric and Irene tonight. "Mom, Edric keeps thinking about her. I'm worried that something might happen to our engagement."

"You have to keep your cool at this time. I controlled myself for so many years for your father. Can't you wait for a few days?" Deborah scolded her.

"Remember, don't provoke that b*tch now. Focus on Margaret. As long as you please her, she will put pressure on Edric and make sure he will marry you."

Edric turned the car around and went to Irene's place. He arrived at the familiar alley before long. He looked up yet saw it was dark inside. Surprised, he wondered why Irene hadn't come back.

What about Thomas?