Revenge Against My Ex-husband

Irene already had doubts about Margaret's sudden kindness, and now the suspicion in her heart was growing bigger and bigger. Was Margaret deliberately trying to confuse her so that she would be less on her guard and then she would find a chance to harm her?

Although the idea was a little unbelievable, she did not dare to risk her baby's life. She smiled faintly and said, "Alright, I like to add some milk into the bird's nest. I'll go add some and then eat it."

As she spoke, she turned around and entered the room as Loraine followed behind her. After only just a few steps, Irene turned around and stopped her, "Oh, I've forgotten one thing. Last time, when Mrs. Myers brought Eden back, he was greatly frightened. He was always afraid to see you two. You'd better not go in and let him see you. Otherwise, he would cry."

Loraine stopped walking and asked awkwardly, "He's even afraid of me?"

"Yes, ever since he came back from the hospital that day, he has been saying that the two women are so mean. If they dare to bully him again in the future, I'll have to call the police to come and arrest them." Those words were partly true. Eden had just said that the police would have to arrest Margaret, but he did not mention Loraine. However, when Irene saw Loraine's embarrassed expression, she eased her hatred and just lied to her.

Loraine felt even more embarrassed, "Alright, I'll wait for you here."

Irene smiled at her and turned around to walk into the house.

When she returned into the house, Thomas looked at the thermos in her hand and asked, "What is it? Who sent it?"

"Uncle, this is the bird's nest that Margaret asked Loraine to send me," Irene put the thermos on the tea table.

Thomas was shocked, "She really did send you the bird's nest? How could Lily have guessed so accurately? Could there really be something wrong with the bird's nest?"

Irene glanced at Eden, who was sitting on the ground and playing with the toy car. She motioned for Thomas to follow her into the kitchen and told him about Loraine's strange attitude earlier.

Thomas's face darkened, "If that's the case, then there must be something wrong with it. You'd better not eat it."

"Don't worry, I won't," Irene said as she opened the lid of the thermos. She glanced inside and bore a strange expression on her face.

More than half of the thermos was filled with the bird's nest. The color of the soup was orange red, and there was a fragrance that was different from the ones she had eaten before.

"Weird, why is the bird's nest so red? It's impossible for it to be in this color!" After marrying Edric, Irene had eaten a lot of nutritious food in order to have children. Moreover, the Myers family was rich, so those premium foods were like daily meals. Although the bird's nest was precious, Irene had eaten it many times, and she knew that something was wrong with it at first glance.

Thomas leaned forward to take a look. Then, he picked up the thermos and sniffed it. His expression changed drastically, "There's a smell of saffron in this bird's nest." "What?! Saffron?!"

"That's right," Thomas took a fork and stirred the contents. He picked up a thin, orange object and said solemnly, "Look, this must be the saffron. The person who cooked the bird's nest was not careful enough, and she did not pick out all the saffron and left one behind."

Irene took a deep breath. She knew that Thomas often read medical books for Eden's illness. These days especially, he even studied Chinese herbal medicine every day. It was not surprising that he knew about saffron. She had suspected that Margaret would do something to the bird's nest, but she did not expect that she would put saffron in it. It was known that saffron would cause miscarriage. If Margaret had done so, wouldn't it be harmful to the child in her stomach?

Thinking of the consequences of eating the bird's nest, Irene trembled, "This old witch is so vicious! She even tries to harm my child."

"I think there's something wrong here. She clearly knows that your baby is Edric's, and Eden is waiting for the baby's umbilical cord blood to save his life. Why should she harm you?" Thomas was calmer than Irene and immediately sensed that something was amiss.

Irene gritted her teeth and said, "She must hate me for breaking her leg, and Edric had refused to listen to her as well. That's why she wants to harm me."

Thomas shook his head, "I don't think she would do that. Eden and the child in your stomach are both her grandchildren. No matter how vicious she is, she won't do anything to hurt them."

However, Irene disagreed, "For Margaret, the baby in Lily that b*tch, is also her grandchild She has always liked her. Now, the b*tch is even pregnant with twins. To her, they are more important than Eden and my baby."

"No, she loves having grandchildren so much. No matter who gives birth to her grandchildren, as long as they are related to her family, she would still care for them. I think there's something wrong here. You just said that she sent someone to bring it here. Who is it?"

"It's her caretaker, Loraine. I told her to wait in the garden."

Thomas raised his eyebrows, "Could it be the caretaker who did this?"

"No way, I have nothing against Loraine. Why would she want to harm me? Even if she did, it would definitely be Margaret who gave her the orders."

In the past few years in the Myers family, Irene had always been polite to Loraine. She thought that she had never offended her and that Loraine would not harm her back. However, Loraine had been a caretaker in the Myers family for many years and had always been obedient towards Margaret. If Margaret had ordered her to do this, she would not dare to disobey.

Thomas pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't you poke around Loraine and see what she has to say?"

"Okay, I'll go ask her now," Irene thought that Thomas's words were reasonable. She quickly packed up the thermos and held onto it, wanting to leave, but then Thomas stopped her.

"Wait a minute. Pour some out and keep it as evidence. Take out the piece of saffron and show it to her."

Irene understood that Thomas was afraid that Margaret would not admit it when they confronted her. She hurriedly took a bowl, poured some bird's nest into it, and kept it before leaving.

Walking out of the living room door, Irene saw Loraine looking anxiously into the room. She became even more annoyed. She walked up to her in a few steps and put the thermos in her arms. She said sternly, "Loraine, take a good look at what's inside. How dare you bring it for me to eat."

Loraine looked at the thermos in confusion, "Isn't this just bird's nest?" Then she opened the lid and looked inside.

Irene pointed to the thermos and said, "Have you seen it clearly? Is this the color of bird's nest after it's cooked? Would it smell so fragrant? You have been in the Myers family for so many years, and you often cook bird's nest. You should know better than me, right?"

Loraine stared at the bird's nest in the thermos and exclaimed, "Oh, why is the bird's nest in this color? Mrs. Myers clearly mentioned that this is a premium bird's nest and specially asked someone to buy it from overseas. It is absolutely an authentic product. Why does it look like a defective product from artificial dying?"

"What do you mean by defective product? It's obvious that there's saffron inside. What is this?" Irene said as she picked up the saffron that was mixed in the bird's nest and showed it to Loraine. "Saffron? No way?" Loraine widened her eyes and looked at the saffron in Irene's hand incredulously.

"Stop pretending!" Irene sneered, "No wonder you asked me to eat it right away. It turns out that you were afraid that if I didn't eat it, your plan would be ruined. Tell me honestly. Did Margaret ask you to do this?"

Loraine waved her hand vigorously, "No, no, from soaking, cooking till putting it into the thermos, it was all done by Mrs. Myers herself. I'm only responsible for sending it to you. I really don't know what's going on. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mrs. Myers."

"In that case, let's go to the Myers family and ask Margaret in person to find out who did this exactly," Irene took the thermos and dragged Loraine out.

Loraine only struggled a little and followed her out of the villa's gates. She did not look panicked, but puzzled instead.

Irene saw her face and felt that Loraine really had no idea about the situation. Otherwise, she would definitely be terrified.

Margaret was known to be bad-tempered. If she was even a little dissatisfied, she would be furious at Loraine. If Loraine really had received orders from Margaret to harm Irene and now that her conspiracy was revealed, she would definitely blame it on Loraine and rain curses upon Loraine after that.

It seemed Margaret was the only one behind this. She did not expect the old witch to be so cruel that she did not even think about Eden at all.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. When the driver of the Myers family, Hodge, saw them coming out, he immediately got out of the car and opened the door. Irene paid him no mind and she opened the door, directly getting into the car. Loraine also followed.

On the way, Loraine defended Margaret, saying that Margaret would definitely not be so malicious as to harm Irene's baby. She must have made a mistake on accident.

Irene glared at Loraine, "Are you telling me that she's blind and can't even differentiate between bird's nest and saffron?"

Loraine hurriedly explained, "No, I mean, Mrs. Myers may have needed saffron for herself and while making the bird's nest, she accidentally mixed these two things up."

Irene sneered, "Hmph, she needs saffron? Is she having an irregular menstruation or does she not have a clean lochia after delivering a baby? I didn't know that she still needed saffron at her age."

Loraine paused for a moment before she realized that Irene was criticizing Margaret as an old woman who had menopause and she had no need to eat saffron at all. After pausing for a few seconds, she smiled apologetically and said, "I thought saffron is good for skin care as well? Maybe that's why Mrs. Myers is consuming it?"

"Alright, you don't have to speak for her anymore," Irene interrupted her. How ridiculous! Even if Margaret really wanted to use the saffron for skin care, she still wouldn't have cooked it herself, let alone pour the saffron soup into the bird's nest.

Loraine shut her mouth and looked at Irene's gloomy face. She did not dare say a word.

The car drove into the Myers family home and stopped. Irene opened the door and got out of the car. Loraine followed closely behind her.

Walking into the living room, Irene put the thermos on the tea table, sat down on the sofa and asked Loraine,

"Where's Margaret?"

"When I left, Mrs. Myers was taking a nap upstairs. She should still be sleeping there now," Loraine answered.

"Why aren't you calling her down?"

"Mrs. Myers doesn't like to be disturbed when she's asleep. Miss Nelson, I think you'd better wait here for a while. Let's talk about this when Mrs. Myers wakes up."

"Who would take a nap at this hour? Did she hear that I was coming, so she's afraid to come out to see me because she feels guilty?" Irene sneered, "Well, if she won't come see me, I'll go up and see her instead."

As she spoke, she walked upstairs. Loraine stopped her, "Miss Nelson, you can't go upstairs."

"What are you doing? I asked for you to call her down, but you didn't. Why are you stopping me from going upstairs?" After that, she shook Loraine's hand off and went upstairs.

Loraine followed her for two steps, and the phone at the corner of the sofa suddenly rang. She had no choice but to turn around to answer the phone.

Irene had lived here before for many years and knew where Margaret's bedroom was. She went upstairs without waiting for Loraine.

Margaret's bedroom was the last room on the right of the second floor and Irene walked towards her door. She raised her hand and knocked on it. She waited and did not hear any sound. She knocked again, but still no one answered. She grew a little impatient. She pushed the door open and walked in, caring less about being polite anymore.

When she entered the room, Irene was stunned. On the wooden floor near the bed, Margaret was lying down on the ground, motionless, as though she had fainted.