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. This content is © NôvelDrama.Org.

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 find 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 finding 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 find 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.