You Are The Pursuit of My Life novel Chapter 92

"Irene, you're back!" shouted Maisy. She was standing in a remote corner, watching the engagement ceremony in disdain when she noticed Irene. She ran towards Irene immediately.

"Where have you been for all these years? Why haven't you come back to check on me?" Maisy's voice choked.

Irene saw Maisy; and she, too, ran over excitedly. She stretched out her arms and hugged Maisy. When Irene was just a wisp of a girl, Maisy worked as a servant in the Cook family. She had always been very good to Irene.

Deborah and Margaret also came over. When they saw Irene, Margaret's first thought was that Irene was here to stir up trouble. She stood in front of Irene with an aggressive front. "Why did you come?"

Irene let go of Maisy and squinted at Margaret. "Excuse me, who are you in the Cook family?"

"I..." Margaret's face turned red. The contempt on Irene's face agitated her. "Well, Lily's my daughter-in-law, and this is her home!"

"Oh? It's not yours, then. What makes you qualified to ask me what I'm here for?" Irene retorted unceremoniously. She turned to look at Deborah and asked with a smirk, "Isn't that right, Mrs. Cook?"

Deborah gave Irene an awkward smile. She knew that things would not go so smoothly with Irene's presence. Irene definitely had no good intentions for visiting them at this time. Fortunately, the ceremony was over. Immediately, she chirruped, "Irene, let's talk inside!"

"Why are you inviting her in? Just have someone to get her out of here!" Margaret barked despite being in such a joyous ceremony. She was used to demanding things her way. Irene did not have money, power, nor authority. Margaret was not afraid of offending Irene.

Irene sneered. "Since when did an outsider get to make decisions in this house? Don't tell me that Mr. Cook is looking for a new Mrs. Cook again? Madam Deborah, it seems like you should keep an eye on Mr. Cook. He's certainly very charming. Perhaps someone would covet your place in this family!"

Even fools could tell that Irene was insulting Margaret. Margaret did not expect Irene to insinuate that she had a string or two with Steven. Irene was really rude in Margaret's eyes. The latter huffed and was about to retort when Irene looked at Deborah. "Mrs. Cook, is my room ready?"

Deborah tried to put a smile on her face. "We've always kept your room for you."

"It's not the smallest, darkest, and the most humid room, is it?" Irene taunted.

"No, it's the largest one that gets plenty of sunlight," Deborah said.

"Good." Irene was satisfied. She told Maisy, "Maisy, please send my luggage that's with Mr. Cook upstairs. Thank you very much!"

It was only then that Margaret realized Steven was on the side, looking at them with Irene's luggage in hand. She asked, "What's going on?"

Steven cast her a cold gaze with a dark expression. He saw every instance Margaret acted towards Irene a while ago. How dared she speak to Irene in that tone in front of so many guests? He could imagine how arrogant she would be when no one was around.

How much torture did Irene had suffered in the past? He ignored Margaret's question and Maisy's attempt to take Irene's luggage. He held it himself and went into the house.

Edric and Lily approached in their direction. Edric looked at Irene with an unreadable expression. What did Irene want to achieve by coming here? He thought of what she stammered out that night. She had told him, "If you call off the engagement with Lily, I'll consider getting back together with you."

He did not believe her. He thought that everything she said was for revenge and hung up the phone. She called again and again, yet he chose to reject all her calls. Eventually, he switched off his phone.

He thought that she came to mess things up when he first noticed her. However, when he saw her grinning and clapping her hands, he knew that it was different from what he expected. Irene looked at him and Lily with a mocking smile as she squealed, "Congratulations, Miss Cook. Your wish came true! I wish you both to have a child as soon as possible, and many more children in the future!"

Lily was hesitant on what to say. Smirking, Edric replied, "Thank you, Miss Nelson."

"You're welcome! It's what I should do!" Irene beamed. "Go on. I'll go upstairs and take a look at my room. I'll be taking a nap too!"

Edric, Lily, Deborah, and Margaret all felt uneasy at the sight of Irene entering the house nonchalantly. Deborah and Lily wore smiles on their faces, but their hearts were in a mess. They did not believe that Irene would stay put on such an occasion.

Margaret was the most oblivious among the four. She was exasperated when she saw Irene being so arrogant. She cut to the chase and questioned sharply, "Mrs. Cook, what on earth is going on?"

"Let's talk about it later. We should arrange the guests to go to the hotel now!" Deborah forced a smile. Although there were not many people in the yard who came to attend the engagement party, it was definitely not the right place to discuss such a topic.

Most importantly, Deborah did not want to even bring this up, for it was related to a shameful past of hers. After Myra's passing, Steven took on his new position in Alsburg City. She and Lily went together with him. No one knew that Steven had once married Myra prior to Deborah. She had lived all these years as if she was his first, only, and legal wife. If anyone knew that she had apparently been his mistress before she married him, she would certainly be shamed.

The party was not as joyful as it seemed. While Steven returned to the event, he did not look as gleeful as he did in the morning. His attitude towards Margaret also became rather chilly.

The party finally ended. After greeting the guests goodbye, Margaret mentioned Irene again. Steven replied calmly, "Irene is my daughter; my ex-wife gave birth to her."

Margaret paled in an instant. If Edric was not the one who happened to catch her at the side, she would have fallen to the ground from the shock. "How could this be?"