You Are The Pursuit of My Life novel Chapter 86

After hanging up the phone, Lily looked at Deborah and said, "Mom, Edric sounded weird; it seems like something's wrong!"

"Don't worry. Tell him the truth. Steven will be responsible for anything that happens," Deborah said dismissively.

"But I'm still worried," Lily replied in doubt.

"Don't be scared. I'll take care of everything for you." Deborah had a sinister smile. "That little b*tch wants to have Edric? In her dreams! Edric is yours. I won't just turn her and Edric into strangers; I'll make sure they become enemies!"

Hearing Deborah's words, Lily felt relieved and headed out to meet Edric.

Edric's expression looked incredibly livid. "I have something to ask you!"

"What's the matter?" Lily spoke in a meek voice, attempting to elicit sympathy in Edric. She and Deborah had already thought of all the possible situations and came up with countermeasures. She was not panicked at all as she faced Edric.

"Did you know the relationship between you

and Irene?" Edric stared at her. His gaze was sharp as if he was trying to see through her.

"You know?" Lily showed a dumbstruck expression and looked down at the ground. "I knew she was my sister for a long time. Because of my mom, she has a huge misunderstanding towards us. She never wanted to acknowledge our relationship."

Sneering, Edric remarked, "So, my mother and I were the only ones kept in the dark? You knew that she was your sister and she hated you. Why did you agree to the surrogacy?"

"Edric, I'm sorry! We lied to you. Back then, Irene could not get pregnant for so many years, and we heard that Aunt Margaret was treating her really badly because of it. Dad was really worried, so..." Lily trailed off.

"So what?" he asked.

"Dad has always felt sorry towards Irene, so has my mom. When they heard that Aunt Margaret was being mean to her because she couldn't get pregnant, their hearts ached for her. Coincidentally, Aunt Margaret mentioned the surrogacy to my mom. Instantly, my mom thought of me. I didn't want to do it, but my mom said that this was our only chance to make up for the past to Irene. If I could give birth to a child for her, Aunt Margaret would definitely stop hurting Irene. She could live happily with you by then. I felt bad for her too, so I agreed."

"How could you all do this?" Edric murmured to himself. He never dreamed that Lily had agreed to be a surrogate only because of Steven and Deborah's guilt towards Irene. This was the only reason that could explain why a rich heiress like her would be willing to do something like this.

"Edric, although I have always liked you, I never thought of replacing Irene. I'm telling the truth!" Lily explained pitifully.

"I never planned to tell her about the fact that I was pregnant with your child. All I wanted was to give birth to a child for you secretly so that Aunt Margaret would not torture her anymore. You have to believe me; I had no other motives!"

Edric did not reply to her. Back then, Margaret was exasperated that they could not save the baby. Yet, Lily did not even complain about it. The moment she had got out of the operation room, she begged him to not blame Irene, saying that it was all her fault. She was so weak after the surgery, but that was all she had to say.

Later, when Lily heard that Margaret forced him to divorce Irene, she came to him in tears. She claimed that she was the one to be blamed and asked him to go explain things to Irene. She even said that she would go with him.

Then, when Margaret demanded him to marry Lily, she continued to bring up Irene in front of him. She was always so apologetic about Irene. He never understood why, but now he knew that all these happened with a reason.

Lily stole a glance at Edric and began to wipe her tears with her hands. "I've always felt very sorry towards Irene. All these years, I couldn't sleep at night because of the guilt. If it weren't for me, you and Irene wouldn't have ended up like this. This is all my fault! When you said you wanted to return to her, I was so relieved. You have all my support. As long as you two are able to get back together, I won't have to live in guilt anymore when I see her."

Edric said nothing. He had nowhere to vent his frustration. If what Lily said was true, Steven and Deborah were indeed the true culprits of this incident. They sacrificed Lily to make up for the mistakes they made. Lily was innocent; she had done nothing wrong.

Lily was sobbing, and Edric's thoughts were caught in a mess. Everything was too f*cking unexpected!

He took out a cigarette irritably. Before he lit it, his phone rang. In the call, Loraine said in a panic, "Mr. Myers, please come back quickly. Miss Nelson has just rushed into the house and is quarreling with Mrs. Myers!"

Irene was in an argument with Margaret at their home? Shocked, Edric bolted up at once. Lily overheard the conversation and chimed in, "Edric, I'll go with you."

After Edric had left the hospital, Irene went to Thomas' ward. Thomas' leg was injured and he could not ambulate. Irene sat by the bed and talked to him while Eden played by himself.

Irene and Thomas had no idea as to when Eden disappeared. Later, a nurse came in with an envelope in her hand. She handed the envelope to Irene. "Someone asked me to give this to you."

Confused, Irene took it from the nurse. When she opened it, there was only a single message. "If you want your son back safe and sound, leave San Fetillo!"

"Eden!" It was only then that she realized Eden was gone. She ran out anxiously to look for him, and happened to meet Kinsey who had just come in. Seeing her flustered look, Kinsey grabbed her wrist and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Eden is gone!" Irene exclaimed.

"Don't worry, maybe he's just playing outside," Kinsey comforted her.