Chapter 177 Important Information
Edric told Irene everything that happened without hiding anything. He didn't know what kind of judgment he would face. He did not expect Irene to forgive him. He only hoped that Irene would not stop him from seeing Eden.
"Are you saying that she worked with Rowane to drug you and then took advantage of you and got pregnant that way?"
Irene looked at Edric in surprise. She never thought that Edric would talk to her about this matter. She believed that Edric would try his best to hide this matter instead of coming clean.
Edric nodded. "I can't completely remember what happened that night, so only Lily knows what really happened. I guess she must have done something to me when I was unconscious, and that's how she got pregnant."
Thinking of Lily being so brazen to do such a thing to Edric, Irene felt uncomfortable.
"Edric has nothing to do with you anymore. It's natural for him to be with another woman," She told herself, then shook her head and tried to drive away from the discomfort in her heart as much as possible. "Isn't it obvious already? She must've taken advantage of you..."
After saying this, Irene suddenly paused. She remembered that she heard Lily and Deborah talking about her menstrual cycle checkup in the hospital the day after the incident. If Lily had been on her period, how could she have had s*x with Edric?
Even if she was that desperate and did have s*x with Edric, the possibility of pregnancy during her menstruation should have been low, right?
Seeing that Edric was so troubled that he did not dare to look up at her, Irene felt sympathetic towards Edric, "Edric, I want to tell you one thing. Lily had her period that night, so she couldn't have done anything to you."
"How do you know that?" Edric couldn't believe that such a piece of unexpected information would appear.
"I happened to overhear the conversation between Deborah and Lily when I went for a pregnancy checkup in the hospital the other day. They seemed to be doing some kind of examination, and she happened to need to have her period for it," Irene explained.
"She was undergoing artificial insemination." Edric was stunned after he said that. Lily was on her period, so she would not do that kind of thing with him. In that case, was the child artificially inseminated? That night, did she steal his sperm? This matter had to be investigated.
"What are you going to do now?" Irene saw that Edric was frowning and he was not saying a word, so she asked him curiously. She and Edric had already divorced. The fact that Edric came to her to tell her about this was a little strange.
"I want her to stop the pregnancy!" Edric answered.
"Edric, don't be rash. That's your child, and your mother likes Lily so much. Now that she's pregnant, why not get married? That way, I can finally be rest assured." Irene comforted sincerely.
It was no wonder that people liked to say that 'misfortune might be a blessing in disguise'. Although she did not like the idea of Edric and Lily having a child, it had already happened, and there was no need to cry over spilled milk. On the contrary, as long as Edric had his own child, he and Magaret would not have to fight for Eden's custody, so it was relatively a good thing.
Edric suddenly became aggravated, "Irene, I don't want any woman to give birth to my babies except for you with Eden. I won't let Lily keep her baby."
"Edric, it's your business whether you keep it or not. There's no need to tell me." Irene sighed. "I just want to take good care of my child now. I don't want to care about anything else, and I don't have the energy to do so either."
"I know. I'm letting you know so that you won't be upset. Since Lily has done such a shameless thing, she will definitely come to disturb you. I am afraid that she'll make trouble for you," Edric exhaled deeply. "Irene, I used to crave for your forgiveness and wanted to be with you again. However, after experiencing such a thing, I know that it's impossible for anything to happen between us anymore. I won't dream of starting over again with you. I just hope that you won't stop me from seeing my child because of this," Edric begged from the bottom of his heart.
"You don't have to worry about that. As long as Eden is willing to accept you, I won't stop him!"
In the evening, when Kinsey and Thomas came back, Irene told them about Lily's plot of getting pregnant with Edric's child. Kinsey was furious, "I have never heard of such shamelessness before. How can there be such an audacious person in this world?"
"Sure enough, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Deborah schemed against your mother in the very beginning too. Now, her special skills have been passed on to her daughter," Thomas was also outraged.
"Yeah, when I think of this, I am angry. Deborah had stolen away your mother's man, and now the little b*tch is coming to rob your man. Motherf*ckers. Do they think that we're so easy to bully?" Kinsey listened to Thomas's words and became angry and couldn't help swearing.
"Mind your image!" Irene laughed. Kinsey stuck out his tongue. "I'm sorry, I was just too angry."
Thomas sighed, "Edric must've run out of luck. He had such a mother and met such a disgusting woman. There's no way for him to get away from this now. In fact, I think Edric is quite the man. If I had encountered such a thing, I would not have the courage to tell anyone about it."
"Yeah, Edric is really pitiful. He is actually very innocent." Kinsey previously had no sympathy for Edric at all, but this time, she stood on Edric's side. "But Edric's mother must be delighted. She used to like the little b*tch so much, and now that the little b*tch is pregnant, she must've fainted from excitement, right?"
"Maybe, but Edric said he would stop her from having the baby," Irene told them what Edric had told her today.
"If it were me, I would also get rid the child. Who would want a child born out of schemes and tricks!" Kinsey nodded. "This time, I support Edric. I hope that he will dispose of the child in the little b*tch's belly immediately and let the little b*tch cry."
"I doubt things would go so smoothly." Irene shook her head. "Margaret would definitely stop that."
"You're right. With Margaret here, it won't be easy for Edric to deal with Lily's child." Kinsey was a little discouraged. "Do we have to let that little b*tch have her way?"
"What else can we do?"
"I feel so disheartened. Why are we letting that little b*tch win? Those two have had enough fun these years. No, we must find a way to punish them," Kinsey's eyes suddenly lit up after she said that. "Irene, that little b*tch wants to marry Edric, right? Why don't we play with her? You and Edric will get married again, and the little b*tch will get nothing in the end."
"What a lousy idea!" Irene glared at her.
"In my life, what I believe is that I will not offend others unless I have been attacked first. If I were you, I would definitely unite with Edric. On the condition that Edric will give all the property to Eden and your unborn baby so that even if that b*tch gives birth to a baby under Margaret's protection, she would have nothing in the future. That b*tch is scheming against Edric for the sake of money, so this would be a great blow to her."
Kinsey was getting more excited as she spoke, but when she saw Irene and Thomas staring at her, she had to stop talking, "Forget it. I shouldn't hope to rely on you two. I'll just continue fantasizing in my head."
The next day, when Kinsey told Jordan that Lily was pregnant, Jordan was also surprised. "To think such a shameless person would exist in this world!"
"Yeah, this mother and daughter really defines the word 'shameless' to the extreme. I don't think Irene deserves this." Kinsey echoed, "I have to think of a way to retaliate back."
"Isn't Edric trying to get rid of the child? This is the best way to retaliate." Jordan sneered. "How painful it is to kill a person's hopes in an instant."
"Margaret would never allow that." Kinsey sighed.
"If Edric insists on doing so, Margaret can't stop him, " Jordan claimed.
"You're right." Kinsey nodded. "By the way, how is the investigation on Deborah going?"
"I've found something. The beauty salon was run by a man named Heather Wheeler. Heather and Deborah would go out using the Cat Alley, nothing unusual. Moreover, Deborah has never been back there recently., Jordan recalled some of the findings he had.
"How could this be?" Kinsey sighed disappointedly. "I thought I could find the old b*tch's weakness and destroy her, but I didn't expect that there would be no progress."
"It's not that there's no progress at all. As long as we pay attention to her, we will definitely get hold of her weakness, so you don't have to worry too much." Jordan tried to encourage her.
After leaving Jordan, Kinsey went back to the TV station. When she got off work, she was unexpectedly stopped by Joanne at the TV station's gate. "You are Kinsey, right? I have something to talk to you about."
"What's the matter?" Naturally, Kinsey also knew Jordan's fiancee.
"Miss Miller, do you think it is appropriate to talk about these things here?" Joanne looked down on Kinsey. Recently, when she heard that Jordan had met Kinsey several times, she began to feel uncomfortable.
Although Kinsey was not as beautiful as Irene, she was still quite a beauty herself. Could it be that she had a relationship with Jordan? She had to beat Kinsey.
According to Joanne, Kinsey was just a small director at the TV station. She would definitely be intimidated upon seeing her, so defeating her would be easy.
Unexpectedly, Joanne was wrong. In Kinsey's eyes, she was nothing at all. "It's not some important secret anyway. Why can't you say it here? I'm very busy. If Miss White has something to say, then spit it out. If not, then I'll just go home now."
Seeing that Kinsey was disregarding her, Joanne felt embarrassed. "Miss Miller, I heard that you live in my fiance's villa?" Joanne asked.
"That's right. Miss White should have known about this earlier, right?" Kinsey answered.
"Do you think it's reasonable to live in my fiancé's villa?" Joanne pushed on further.
"What's wrong with that?" Kinsey asked. "I don't live alone, and it's your fiancé who had invited me. If you are not satisfied with that, you can talk to him. What's the point in looking for me?"
"Jordan is handsome and rich. Many women want to hook up with him. Additionally, Jordan has been addicted to fooling around with women since he was a child. The Reed Family is not an ordinary family, and not many people are qualified even to get close to him. I hope Miss Miller knows this as well."
"So you do know how handsome Jordan is? It's normal for other women to have feelings for a man like him." Kinsey smiled at Joanne. "To tell you the truth, I like Jordan very much. Originally, it was just an innocent crush. However, since you've said so, I might just give it a try."
"You..." Joanne did not expect Kinsey and Irene to be so starkly different. After being stunned a while, she immediately composed herself, "Jordan likes Irene, and you know that, don't you? You are Irene's friend..."
"Do you want to tell Irene that I like Jordan?" Kinsey interrupted her, "Let me tell you, a few words can't ruin the friendship between Irene and I. If you don't believe me, you can go ahead and give it a try."