Revenge Against My Ex-husband
Chapter 89 Just Like Her Mother

Edric's face darkened when Irene walked away without turning back. Lily said tearfully, "Edric, go and get Irene. Talk to her. I'm fine."

"Why should I? We didn't do anything wrong!" Edric helped Lily up. "I'll take you to the hospital to treat the wound."

While the doctor was treating Lily in the operation room, Edric stood alone outside, feeling irked. How could Irene be so cruel? How could she be so heartless?

A surprised voice rang out from behind all of a sudden, "Edric? Why are you here?"

Edric turned around and saw that it was Marie. Edric then nodded politely and greeted her, "Madam Walker, nice meeting you!"

"Edric, I have something to check with you." Marie pulled Edric aside. "I heard from your mother that you broke up with Lily. Is it true?"

Edric nodded. "It's true."

"That's good! That's good! Then, I wouldn't have to be worried anymore." Marie looked relieved.

"What's the matter, Madam Walker?" Marie and Lily's relationship had been quite good. What was the meaning of her current expression?

"Edric, you mustn't tell others about this. Didn't Lily have a miscarriage three years ago?" Marie asked.

Marie lowered her voice and added, "After that, she has always been unwell; she'd been having quite a number of gynecological issues. Some time ago, she came to see me. I checked her body and found tha she was no longer fit to have a baby."

"What did you say?" Edric was stunned.

"The miscarriage three years ago had caused great damage to her body. Lily might not be able to have a child for the rest of her life!" Marie sighed. "She is such a good, beautiful, and kind lady. Why would God allow such a fate to befall on her?"

Edric was shocked by the news. How could that be? "Madam Walker, are you sure?"

"Edric, I am an expert in this field. Why would I lie to you?" Marie exhaled deeply.

"Ever since I found out that Lily was in poor health, I have been feeling so unsettling. You know, your mother wants a grandchild so desperately. If she knows that Lily can't be pregnant, she will certainly not accept Lily. I have been her friend for many years, and I don't want to deceive her. I feel so terrible being caught in such an awkward position. I have just gone to see your mother, and she told me that Lily has broken up with you. I'm so relieved to hear that. But it's a pity for Lily. She's such a good girl; what can she do about her future life?"

Edric turned around blankly. Lily could never ever conceive again! Lily couldn't give birth because of the miscarriage three years ago!

It was unimaginable. Lily was such an innocent girl. Marie was right. Lily was such a kind person; she should not bear such pain. It was all because of him and Margaret. He must do right by Lily.

Besides, Margaret had become estranged from Irene. She was still lying in the hospital bed, lamenting that she wanted Irene to go to jail. Irene on the other hand, didn't manage to see his painstaking efforts at all.

Lily had ended up in such a state because of him. Right then, Irene's heartless words flashed across his mind. "Don't dwell on the past. Edric is the past and he is with you now. He's now but a filthy, disgusting man in my eyes. I will never accept him anymore!"

Irene commented him as a filthy, disgusting man! How could she be so cruel? How could she convict him of such a crime without listening to his explanation? She was going to leave him! Since she didn't love him anymore, it would make no difference whom he married then. He would just marry Lily!

After two days on IV drip, Eden's fever finally subsided. Irene and Thomas discharged Eden from the hospital. They stayed in Kinsey's house temporarily because they hadn't found a house yet. Irene began to look for houses. She went to several real estate companies. In the end, all of their rentals were over her budget.

Later, Kinsey called Irene and claimed that she saw a notice about a house for rent on the internet. The rent was ridiculously cheap. Kinsey had contacted the house owner and asked Irene to go to inspect the house immediately.

It was a three-bedroom house, and it was tastefully renovated. The landlord told them that he wanted to rent the house out because he was going abroad. He wasn't going to make money from the rental; instead, he just wanted someone to help him look after the house. Therefore, the rental wasn't set at the market rate. Most importantly, the tenant must be someone he deemed kind and friendly. After meeting Irene, the landlord expressed his willingness to rent the house to Irene with the condition that she wasn't allowed to have pets, and that she should take care of the house as her own. Irene gave him her word immediately. From the conversation, the landlord found out that Irene was a single mother, and truth be told, he felt very sympathetic towards her. Thus, he reduced the rental further. Irene was also told that if she had difficulty settling up for the rental in advance, she could pay it when she had the ready money at the end of the year.

Irene was very grateful to have met such a good person. Later, she signed the contract with the landlord and paid three months worth of rent.

After settling the house issue, Irene could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Jordan passed a message to her through David, stating that she didn't need to rush back to work. She could return to the company once everything was settled.

If it weren't for the existence of those disgusting beings in her life-such as Margaret and Lily, Irene felt that her life was actually pretty good.

When she returned, she was in a particularly good mood. She told Thomas about the new house. Thomas was delighted to hear such good news too. "You've indeed met a good Samaritan."

Eden was excited to hear that he would have his own room. "Mom, I want to take a look at the new home."

"Okay, I will take you there tomorrow." Irene rustled his hair and smiled.

Amidst the joy, Irene's phone rang. She picked it up and realized that it was Steven on the line. "What's the matter?" she asked.

"Irene, come out of the house for a while. I have something to tell you." Thomas did not like Steven. Steven knew that too, hence he always avoided appearing in front of Thomas.

Irene resented Steven even more after her previous meeting with Lily. However, since he was now here for her, she could take the chance to interrogate him. With that, she went to see Steven. Steven revealed her a bright, warm smile when he saw Irene. "Irene, I have already cleaned the house and rearranged the interior according to your preferences. Why don't you move in?" "My preferences? I didn't expect that you would still remember what my preferences were. What a surprise!" Irene satirized.

"If Thomas is cool with the idea, he can move in with you too," Steven added with a smile.

"Don't you think you sounded just like a hypocrite?" Irene sneered and continued in a straightforward manner, "Uncle Thomas would rather beg on the streets than live in your house!" "That's because he has a prejudice against me." Steven gave a dry smile.

"If someone killed your sister, will you have no prejudice against him?" Irene retorted.

"Irene, don't listen to Thomas' words. He is no good man..."

"So you're a good man then?" Irene interrupted him, "Mr. Cook, I want to know if you were supportive of the relationship between Edric and Lily in the past."

"I'm sorry, Irene!" Steven lowered his head in guilt. It was a heavy subject for him. Every time he thought about it, he couldn't believe that he would accept Deborah's suggestion and let Lily be the surrogate mother to maintain Irene's marriage.

Back then, Deborah went to him and claimed that she wanted to atone for her sins. Her tears made Steven decide to go with her suggestion. Furthermore, he was also told that Margaret had been torturing Irene. However, later on when he changed his mind, Deborah informed him that Lily had already gone through the operation.

Steven knew that whatever they had done was wrong and immoral. On the surface, they seemed to be doing it for Irene's sake. Yet, as a matter of fact, that decision of his had hurt Irene the most. His stupidity had allowed him to harm yet another precious daughter of his.

Over the years, he had been living in guilt whenever he was reminded of that incident. He was but an inhuman jerk. He felt sorry for both his two daughters. Irene left him because of that and cut off all contacts with him. God knew how regrettable he was. However, what was done was done, and regretting it wouldn't change anything.

Lily claimed that everything was Steven's idea previously; but, Irene refused to believe it in the beginning. However, seeing Steven's reaction at the moment, she knew that Lily was right. A sharp pang of excruciating pain began to fill her every cell.

How could a noble and intelligent person like Myra choose such a disgusting man? Irene couldn't believe that she had such a shameless, immoral father!

"Irene, I was wrong. I should've discussed it with you before making that decision. Deborah and Lily were also trying to atone for their own mistakes. Please don't hate them. We never wanted to hurt you. We did this for you."

"For me?" Irene really wanted to burst out laughing. Even at this moment, Steven did not forget to put in a good word for Deborah and Lily. Those two were but b*tches in Irene's eyes. Did Steven seriously think that she was an idiot?

Everybody could see through Lily's ulterior motive for Edric. Not to mention that before their marriage, Lily would always come to flatter Margaret, hoping that Margaret could help her win Edric. Then, after Irene was married to Edric, Lily did not even show signs of stopping her sundry indecorous advances. She would often come to the Myers family to annoy Irene.

If Lily had even the tiniest consideration for Irene, she wouldn't have cooperated with Margaret, to begin with.

"Mr. Cook, are you blind? Deaf? Or is your brain dead?" Irene stared fiercely at Steven.

"If all these were done for me, those two b*tches should have stayed away from me after the incident was exposed, or at least stayed far away from Edric. But what did they do instead?" Irene continued. "Irene, it wasn't my intention to let Lily be with Edric. After you divorced Edric, Margaret came to propose marriage, but I refused firmly at that time. After that, Margaret also gave up the idea and began to look for other women for Edric. Later..."

"What happened later?" Irene sneered.

"Later, the media got their hands on photos of Lily and Edric together. Rumor had it that Edric had accompanied Lily to the hospital for a pregnancy checkup. For the sake of Lily's reputation, I had no choice bu to give my consent."

Steven had only revealed part of the whole story. In actual fact, he was going for re-election back then. The rumors happened to leak out at the same period of time. In order not to affect his re-election, he had to acquiesce in everything about Lily and Edric.

Hearing that, Irene couldn't help but guffaw. That two must be the ones who planned this in order to achieve their goals. How lowly they were with the acting! However, a person with such a high position like Steven believed in them. It seemed that they were really important to him.

"Irene, it's my fault for what happened between Lily and Edric. I'll do right by you!" Irene's disappearance after her divorce with Edric had made Steven feel really terrible. His only thought was to make up to Irene so that she could live a better life in the future.

"You want to do right by me? How do you plan to do that?" Irene looked at Steven disdainfully.

"I'll leave all my assets to you. Lily has already promised that she won't ask for a penny after getting married," Steven said earnestly.

Hearing that, Irene couldn't help sniggering. "Mr. Cook, compared with Edric, the cash cow, how much assets could you have?"

Steven knew what she meant. He smiled bitterly and answered, "Irene, although my assets can't be compared with Edric's, they are not small sums either. I do have some antiques and old paintings at home. These things are worth a fortune!"

"Deborah and Lily don't know about these assets, do they?" Irene simpered. "Mr. Cook, if your mistress and your illegitimate daughter know that you have so many valuable items, things will surely get interesting. Why don't I tell them?"

"Irene!" Steven's face changed. Deborah didn't know about his collection. He also didn't want her to know that he was planning to leave those things to Irene from the very beginning.

"Just kidding. Don't take it seriously!" Irene snickered. "I'm really not interested in your assets at all. You'd better keep them for yourself. If you can't use them, then bring them with you to your coffin!"

"In addition, please don't appear in my life again. I feel ashamed whenever I see you." Irene left those words and turned on her heel.

Steven looked at her with a dejected face. Irene's character was exactly like Myra's. They were practically the same!