You Are The Pursuit of My Life novel Chapter 59

Lily took the slap without dodging. A bright red weal sprang up on her fair cheek.

A woman happened to come to the restroom and saw Irene slapped Lily. Lily was the daughter of the Secretary and Edric's girlfriend. Irene was just a nobody.

How dare she slapped the Secretary's daughter? The woman shouted out immediately. Lily began to cover her face and cry when she saw the audience.

Someone spread the news to the party right away. Edric heard the commotion. He put out the cigarette and came back from the garden. A group of people were gathering in the hallway. He immediately saw Irene surrounded in the middle.

He strove over, his heart tightened. Lily threw herself into Edric's arms as if he was her savior. She cried even more pitifully.

Edric helped her stand straight and asked, "What happened?"

Lily only cried and didn't answer. The woman who watched the scene replied, "I don't know what happened either. I came to the bathroom and saw this woman cursed and slapped Miss Cook."

"That's outrageous? How can she do this?" People who knew Lily started to protest on her behalf at once.

"Exactly. How can she be so ill-mannered? How can she slap people on such an occasion?"

A mocking smile crept on Irene's face. It turned out that Lily had planned all of these. She deliberately provoked Irene so everyone would condemn Irene for attacking Lily. Irene had to admit that Lily came up with a good plan.

There were always troublemakers who were eager to fan the flames. Someone else stood up for Lily and said, "Miss, you must apologize to Miss Cook!"

"Apologize?" Irene sneered, "Why don't you ask her why I slapped her?"

"No matter what happened, it's wrong to hit someone."

"It's not your turn to speak here," Irene snapped back. Her arrogance only made people angrier. "How can you act like this? Apologize! Apologize quickly!"

Irene turned a blind eye to the condemnation from the crowd. She fixed her eyes on Edric and Lily and said, "Miss Cook, are you sure you want me to apologize?"

Lily cried without speaking. She and Deborah were well aware of Irene's high self-esteem. They knew that she would rather endure the humiliation and pain than show her weakness in front of other people.

That was why Irene left the family without asking for any explanation after knowing that Lily was pregnant with Edric's child. She suppressed the news of Edric's betrayal as well as her own pain. Deborah said Irene was just like her mother.

Such a person would never tell the truth about what happened in the past. That was why Lily dared to goad Irene on to attack her in the first place.

Lily had two objects. First, she threw herself into Edric's arms to provoke Irene. Second, she wanted the crowd to denounce Irene, which would leave a bad impression in Jordan's mind.

At this point, both of her goals were achieved. She just needed to wait to see how Jordan reacted to it. While crying, Lily searched for Jordan in the crowd. Where did this guy go?

Edric's eyes darkened. Although he had always known about Irene's strong personality, he didn't believe that she would hit Lily for no reason. "I want to know why."

If it had been in the past, Irene would have been cursing at Lily furiously at this point, which would only aggravate the situation. But she was no longer the fool she was before and saw through Lily's plot.

That being the case, how could she let Lily succeed? She didn't curse at Lily or stay silent. Instead, she looked at Edric with a smile, said, "Mr. Myers, are you sure you want to hear the reason?"

Edric nodded. "Yes, I want to know why."

"I also want to know why." Jordan suddenly appeared next to Irene. He reached out to hold Irene's hand and said, "I'm here. Don't worry!"

Jordan put his arm around Irene's shoulder to protect her.

"Then I'm honored to obey. I'll tell everyone the reason why I hit Miss Cook for everyone to judge it."

Lily didn't expect that Jordan would choose to stand up for Irene in public, nor did she expect that Irene would be willing to tell everyone about their argument. Her body froze when she was crying in Edric's arms. "Will Irene tell everyone I was pregnant before?"

Lily would be humiliated if everyone knew that Irene was once Edric's wife and Lily was a surrogate. She would not be able to gain a foothold in the high-class society even if she married Edric.

Irene cleared her throat. "The argument started when Miss Cook and I were talking about the most popular topic in recent years -- home wreckers..."

"Edric, I'm a little dizzy." Lily didn't expect Irene to have changed so much. She immediately pretended to faint when she heard Irene say "home wreckers".

Edric was also surprised that Irene would bring it up. Irene didn't know what happened back then. He and Lily didn't have an affair. How could Lily survive in the future if Irene told everyone that she was a surrogate?

He immediately held Lily up. "I'll take you to the hospital!"

Edric left with Lily. Without the leading roles, the audience lost interests as well. The crowd dispersed.

Jordan held Irene's waist and left. He laughed when they got in the car outside, "Irene, do you tend to get physical?"

"Mr. Reed, what do you mean?"

"You have slapped both your sister and me. By the way, your sister is a pretty good actress. At first, she was so domineering and immediately fainted when you were about to tell everyone her mother was a homewrecker. Edric also played along perfectly. They are quite a match for each other." Jordan suddenly remembered something and sighed, "Does Edric know Lily was born to a mistress?"