You Are The Pursuit of My Life novel Chapter 139

At daybreak, Edric opened his eyes after a deep sleep. Looking at Irene who was still sleeping beside him, he anxiously hugged her and planted a kiss on her forehead. "Irene, I'm sorry!"

The previous night, he knew how crazy he had been, but he couldn't control it. In the car, he was still trying his best to keep it together with sheer willpower. But the moment he returned home and saw Irene, he lost all his control. He had to have her right there and then.

He fiercely made love to her once on the couch. That managed to somewhat calm down the heat inside him a little. He held Irene in his arms and asked for forgiveness. Regardless of her punches and kicks, he took her back to the bedroom. He wanted to give her a bath, but within minutes, his desire started burning inside him again. Hence, he ended up making love to her again.

He heard Irene begging for mercy, but he could not stop himself.

Irene's body was full of marks from the day before. Edric reached out his hand and gently touched one on her bare neck. His eyes were pitch-black. Margaret had used her birthday to trap him; was she trying to make him cut her off?

He was not a rebellious child, and he looked down on those who were. He had always believed that a person who was not kind to their parents should not be treated as a person as well.

He knew how hard Margaret had worked for him, and because of that he had allowed Margaret to do whatever she liked in the past. But now when he found out what Margaret was capable of, Edric felt extremely disappointed.

How could she do something so immoral? He was loyal to her but not blindly so. Margaret had gone too far this time; he definitely would not let this go.

He couldn't forget Lily of course. He had always thought that Lily was kind, but that impression had largely been reduced the previous night. She had said that she wanted him and Irene to be together, but behind his back, she had colluded with Margaret to carry out such a despicable scheme.

No matter what kind of reasons or excuses Lily had, she knew clearly that the woman he loved was Irene. Despite knowing he would never leave Irene, she still proceeded to plot against him. That was enough to show him how terrible of a person she was.

Thinking about how guilty he used to feel towards her, he found himself incredibly naive. Luckily, he had kept an eye on her. Otherwise, he and Irene would really be in deep trouble.

Irene wiggled in his embrace and opened her eyes. "Irene, you're awake!" Edric's eyes were twinkling with guilt.

Irene felt aches all over her body. "Edric, were you insane last night?"

"Irene, I'm sorry!" Edric apologized.

Irene was about to scold him when she noticed the scars on his bare skin. The previous night, Edric was like a ravenous wolf. She was in so much pain she kept gasping. Naturally, her first instinct was to resist him, and hence the scratches on his body and his face. Looking at the several bloody scratches on his face, Irene held her anger back. "What happened last night?"

Edric sighed. "I drank too much. I'm sorry!" Even though Margaret was the one who had caused this, he didn't want to let Irene know lest she despised Margaret even more.

He finally understood why Irene refused to tell him about her relationship with Steven. For Irene, she was ashamed to have a father like Steven; she would rather hide the truth than be honest with him.

It was true that Edric had drunk a lot the previous night, so he wasn't clear- headed. Although Irene was confused about why he was so drunk, she would never have expected that Margaret would pull such a scheme on Edric. Hence she didn't doubt Edric's answer at all. "You should drink less in the future. You have gastritis after all."

Irene's concern made Edric's eyes filled with tears. He hugged Irene tightly and said, "Don't worry. I won't drink so much in the future."

"Edric, please be gentle. It hurts." He exerted so much force that Irene whined.

"I'm sorry! I'm just too emotional!" Edric quickly let go of her and lowered his head to kiss her. "Are you hungry? I'll go make breakfast for you."

"Forget it. Let me do it," Irene said and got up. Edric thought he had misheard her. He gazed at Irene. Irene then glared at him and said, "What are you looking at? Is it so surprising for me to make breakfast?"

"I'm not surprised; I'm touched!" Indeed, this was the first time since Irene moved in that she offered to make breakfast. In the past, she would always make excuses and said that she forgot how to cook. Now that she was willing to make breakfast for him, did it mean that she had let go of the past and was willing to accept Edric again?

Steven had just returned from his morning exercise and opened the door when he saw Lily sitting on the sofa in the living room. Seeing him entering the house, Lily smiled and said, "Good morning, Dad!"

Steven just nodded and went to Lily's side to sit down. Lily apologized, "Dad, I'm sorry! I drank too much last night! I won't do it again!" "Do you really mean it?" Steven asked without a trace of emotion in his eyes.

"I know I was wrong," Lily replied. "Dad, I was just out of my head for a moment. Please forgive me!"

Steven didn't reply to her. Lily continued, "Dad, Irene hasn't been home in so long. I miss her so much. Why don't I ask Loraine to buy some of her favorite dishes back so we can invite her and Edric over for dinner?"

Steven looked at Lily at the mention of Edric. Seeing her neutral expression, he nodded slightly. This meant that he agreed. Deborah was right. In Steven's heart, Irene was his everything, yet Lily did not even mean anything. Lily's heart swelled with hatred right there and then but she did not show it on her face. "I'll go and call her right now!"

She picked up the phone and was about to dial Irene's number when Steven stopped her. "Forget it. Irene won't listen to you. I'll call her!"

Edric went to the office after breakfast. John was very surprised to see him. "Why are you not at home resting?"

"The bidding is about to begin. I'm worried," answered Edric.