You Are The Pursuit of My Life novel Chapter 66

When the security guard finished the call, Eden, who was on the sofa, had already disappeared.

Eden ran to the elevator and pressed the button a few times. However, the elevator wasn't opening. He didn't dare to stay put as he was afraid that the security guard would catch up to him. Without hesitation, he ran towards the exit.

Edric was driving. He inadvertently glanced at the side and was shocked when he saw a familiar figure.

"Isn't that Irene's child? Why is he alone on the road?" he thought.

Edric immediately stopped the car and went straight to Eden.

Eden was out of breath. All of a sudden, Edric was seen standing in front of him, asking, "Where are you going? Where is your mother?"

"Sir!" Eden exclaimed as if he had seen his savior. "There are bad guys chasing after me. I'm scared."

"Fret not. I will protect you," Edric replied.

Only after Irene was done with her fax did she realize that Eden was gone. She thought that Eden was playing in another office, hence she went to look for him there. "Eden! Eden!"

Irene panicked when she couldn't find Eden after searching high and low. Where could such a young boy go? Did someone kidnap him?

She took the elevator in a hurry in hope that she could find some clues from the security guards downstairs. But, soon as she entered the elevator, her phone rang. It was Edric.

She was not in the mood to answer the phone and rejected it without hesitation. Soon, Edric called again, and without surprise, she continued to decline his calls. After a few times, she couldn't hold her anger in anymore. Picking it up, she shouted fiercely, "Edric, what do you want?"

Nonetheless, it was not Edric's voice that came from the other end, but Eden's sweet voice, "Mom!"

"Eden?" Irene was surprised.

"Mom, I'm with Mr. Myers," Eden said. Apparently, Edric had already introduced himself to Eden while they were in the car.

Irene rushed out of the elevator and went straight to Edric's car. Frankly, his car was rather conspicuous on the roadside. Seeing Irene coming out, Eden poked his head out of the car and shrieked, "Mom, I'm here!"

Irene ran to the side of the vehicle. There was a fit of anger on her face. "Eden, why did you wander off? Did you know how worried I was just now?"

"Why are you being so fierce to a child? He's just a boy. You are the one who didn’t take care of him properly. How can you blame him?" Edric looked at Irene with displeasure. "Fortunately, I saw him just now. If someone were to kidnap him, what are you going to do?"

"You don't have to play the good cop here!" Irene glowered back at Edric. The one with the least rights to tell her off was Edric.

"Mom, I am sorry. Please don't be angry!" Seeing that Irene was irate, Eden immediately apologized.

"It's okay. I am not. Come down, and let's go home!" Irene was reluctant to let Eden and Edric be together.

Eden was not keen to leave Edric. He continued, "Mom, Mr. Myers said he would send us home..."

"Have you forgotten what I said before? Don't talk to strangers! There are a lot of bad guys in this world!" Irene reminded him.

"Mr. Myers is no stranger, and he is not a bad person either!" Eden argued.

Irene's head started to ache. Why would Eden have such strong feelings towards Edric who was just a mere stranger to him? Could it be that blood truly was thicker than water?

She couldn't afford to let Eden and Edric get close to each other! She couldn't take such a risk! Irene hissed with a cold face, "Are you disobeying my words?"

"Irene, why are you so afraid of me?" Edric looked at Irene and suddenly chimed in.

"Afraid of you? Why would I be afraid of you?" Irene asked back.

"Since you are not, why are you afraid of taking my car?" Edric retorted.

"Who said I was?" Irene squealed, her voice raising in a crescendo.

"If you’re not, then why don't you get in?" Edric answered.

Under Edric's provocation, Irene opened the car door. After getting in the car, she found that she was done in by Edric.

She pursed her lips and hugged Eden tightly in her arms. Inwardly, she was cursing Edric. What a shameless man! He always had his way to get the better of her in the past. She did not expect that she’d be goaded by him once again that day.

When Edric was driving, he looked at Irene from time to time from the rearview mirror. He didn't want just to send Irene home immediately as it was a hard-earned chance for him to get along with her.

After thinking for a long time, he asked Eden, "Eden, are you hungry?"

"I am!" Eden replied.

"Do you want me to bring you to eat some delicious food?"

Eden glanced at Irene's face. He wanted to say yes, but he rejected Edric in the end. Nonetheless, Edric did not give up. "You can have delicious fruit ice cream and seafood pizza..." To be honest, he did not know what Eden liked to eat, but he remembered that when he saw Eden for the first time, he was eating pizza with Irene.

Eden swallowed his saliva and looked at Irene, his eyes sparkling with expectations. Irene tactfully avoided Eden's gaze before she remarked, "Good boy, let's eat when we get home."

Eden nodded. "I'll listen to you, Mom, since earning money to feed me isn't an easy task. We don't have much money too, so let's eat out as little as possible."