Chapter 132 Nothing Remains Unchanged


    Edric had always felt very guilty towards Lily. As a matter of fact, he felt that Margaret was the one


    responsible for putting Lily in such a state. Lily had such a bright future ahead of her but she was


    sucked into this whole predicament.


    After finding out that Steven and Deborah were behind all these, he felt even more sorry for Lily. His


    guilt towards Lily reached its peak after Marie told him about Lily and her infertility. Edric then decided


    to get engaged with Lily although his choice would put Irene in misery.


    For starters, he felt indebted to Lily. Though he didn''t love her one bit, Lily had always seemed kind and


    gentle. He never expected Lily would do such a thing to Irene.


    He was not a fool. He knew that Freya was the mastermind behind all this. Edricmented himself for


    making such a huge mistake.


    Because of whatever things he did to Irene, he had to end the rtionship with Lily.


    Edric didn''tpletely me Lily. He was still Lily''s fiance after all and it was a fact that he cheated on


    her with Irene. He had indeed failed Lily. Putting himself in Lily''s shoes, he was surely guilty.


    However, Irene was innocent. She should not have suffered such pain and humiliation. Edric was ready


    toe clean with Margaret so Irene could forgive both of them.


    He wanted everyone to know that Irene wasn''t supposed to be med for any of this. Firstly, he''d have


    to break up with Lily. But he never expected that the matter would blow up to such a scale even before


    John could carry out his order. Lily waspletely decimated in this process. Hence, Edric finally


    decided to sever ties with Lily and go back to Irene.


    Now Irene had promised to give him another chance. Edric was going to make it clear to Lily that he


    would do everything he could to cure her. He would do everything he could to do right by her, but they


    should share no rtionship whatsoever.


    But Lily refused his request to meet, saying that she had to take care of Steven.


    It was true that Steven had just fallen ill. Edric didn''t want to push her too hard either; thus, he hung up


    the phone. Seeing that there was nothing to eat at home, he drove to a nearby supermarket.


    Irene didn''t wake up till the next day. As a matter of fact, she was woken up by her rumbling belly.


    When she opened her eyes, she found that it was already noon. There was no trace of Edric on the


    bed. She struggled to get up from the bed and went downstairs.


    The breakfast made by Edric was still on the table. Irene wolfed down the food and went upstairs to


    take a bath.


    When she came back after taking a shower and changed her clothes, Edric had just returned from the


    supermarket. "Are you hungry? I''ll whip something up in a jiffy."


    "Don''t you have to go to the office?" Irene was surprised. Edric was a busy man; he couldn''t possibly


    have time to cook lunch for her.


    "I''ve taken some time off to stay home with you the next few days," exined Edric.


    "It''s alright. I will be fine. You better go to the office." She added, "We are starting over anyway. These


    few days wouldn''t matter. We have all the time in the world."


    Edric was extremely happy to hear that. He said softly, "I''ll make you some lunch and I will go to the


    office."


    Since he said so, Irene chose not to stop him. She watched him cook and felt like she couldn''t just


    stand idly by. She got to the kitchen and asked, "Do you need my help?"


    "Just stand there and watch," Edric answered. Edric began washing the pot and Irene recalled how


    clumsy he was before. It was all very weird.


    Seeing her thoughtful expression, Edric exined, "I can cook now. Isn''t it great? After you left, I


    missed you and your cooking so much. Loraine''s cooking really was not up my alley so I tried to make


    some of your recipes from memory. Over the past three years, I have really improved a lot!"


    Irene nodded. She didn''t know how to respond. He was telling her that he missed her, but she didn''t


    feel happy at all. She would rather have Edric be pretentious about his feelings so she could leave him


    without any guilt!


    "I bought your favorite fruits. Help yourself," Edric reminded her.


    Irene then turned and looked at him. Edric had bought a crate; therein was filled with cherries.


    His voice rang out from behind. "I promise that I will give you the life you want! We can afford all of the


    things that you like now."


    Irene didn''t say anything. He continued, "I will transfer some of thepany stocks to you. Then we


    will go get Eden to live with us."


    Hearing this, Irene was shocked and turned to look at Edric. "No! Eden is doing fine over there. You


    can''t bring him here!"


    "Don''t worry. I''ve found a way to help him. I won''t joke around with Eden''s condition."


    "Let''s talk about itter." Irene refused to continue this topic. She never wanted to get back together


    with Edric and she definitely was not nning on bringing Eden over.


    "I know. I just thought that I should inform you first." Edric knew that he needed to take things one step


    at a time.


    However, he still had not made it clear to Lily yet. He needed to settle all of his problems to prevent


    anything else from harming Irene and Eden.


    After lunch, Irene urged Edric to go to thepany. After he left, Irene looked around the vi. It had


    been several days since she moved into the vi yet this was the first time that she really got a closer


    look at it.


    Irene took a small tour of the house and realized that Edric really decorated the house to her likings,


    such as the kid''s rooms, the decor, color theme, and even the furniture options. No wonder people said


    that one would slowly mold into the likeness of their partners.


    She was lost in her thoughts when Kinsey gave her a call. "Irene, I saw Deborah going to the Immie


    Saloon. Do you think I should go in and have a look?"


    "Look at what?" Irene had not yet reacted to Kinsey''s words and hint. It was not a big deal for Deborah


    to enter the beauty salon.


    "To take a look at what she is nning! Your father is seriously ill in bed, but she is in the mood for a


    hair treatment! Don''t you find that a little weird?"


    Kinsey didn''t know that Steven was faking it, but Irene did. Maybe Steven told Deborah about his n;


    that could exin why Deborah went for some beauty sessions. However, Irene couldn''t tell Kinsey


    that Steven was faking his illness, therefore she tried to stop Kinsey from pursuing this matter any


    further. "Forget it, she probably has her own reasons. You go do your own stuff and leave her be."


    Kinsey gave up the idea of following Deborah. They then talked for a while before ending the call.


    Marie was not in a good mood after she met with Margaret. She thought that she could turn the tides


    with her wits but she never expected Steven to be in such a predicament. D*mn Steven, why did he


    have to be caught in this awkward position at this critical time?


    Steven deserved to go to hell but he should go alone! Though Marie hated Steven, at that point, she


    hoped that Steven was fine. If anything should happen to him, what would possibly happen to Lily?


    Deborah must have assumed that the only reason that she helped Lily was because of the hatred she


    had for Myra. But in fact, Lily was Marie''s biological daughter. How could she watch her own daughter


    live in such agony?


    Speaking of that, it was not a pleasant memory to Marie too. She had a love-hate rtionship with Lily.


    N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Lily was her own flesh and blood but Lily also represented one of her deepest darkest secrets.


    If it wasn''t for her infertility, she would never have given birth to Lily. And it was all thanks to Myra and


    Steven.


    Blood was thicker than water. Myra was basically her half-sister and Marie ought to love her. But


    unfortunately, they were a pair of sworn enemies.


    Marie''s mother, Dania was a rich mistress that fell from grace. Because of that, she was forced to


    marry Myra''s father and that led to the birth of Myra and Thomas.


    Myra''s father died from tuberculosis and left them behind. It was a really challenging time in fact. Some


    timeter, Dania met Yohannes Walker, who was an up-anding artist in town. He was also a


    widowed man who had a son, Dave.


    Yohannes was instantly smitten by Dania''s beauty and began courting her. Naturally, Dania was


    attracted to him and they slowly began an item.


    Yohannes then promised Dania that he would take care of Myra and Thomas. It was supposed to be


    fantastic news but the Nelson family had toe and ruin things. They forced Dania to make a


    decision: stay in the Nelson family with the kids or leave them and go with Yohannes.


    It was a very hard decision. Dania had finally met her lover but these kids were her flesh and blood too.


    In the end, she chose the former.


    Later, Marie found out that someone from the Nelson family had taken an interest in Dania and wanted


    to marry her. Dania refused but that man used the children as leverage and forced Dania into marriage.


    Dania initially agreed to leave with Yohannes because she was pregnant with Marie. Under those


    circumstances, she was forced to make a decision and ended up choosing Yohannes. But she had


    never forgotten Myra and Thomas. Marie remembered that Dania had mentioned Myra and Thomas for


    as long as she could remember.


    Marie was initially very excited to meet Myra but that all turned to dust when they actually met. She was


    five years old when it happened. Dania brought them to the Nelson family to meet Myra and Thomas


    but they were refused entry. The people from the Nelson family hurled slurs towards her and began


    cursing her.


    They even called Marie a b*stard, the offspring of the devil. After that, Dania left with her. She was


    forever traumatized and resented Myra. Myra was the one that caused them that suffering.


    Although Dania was very happy in her marriage with Yohannes, the Walker family was not very kind to


    her either. They were very judgmental towards premarital pregnancies. Marie heard people talking and


    judging her behind her back. She even caught Dania crying in the room alone.


    Yohanna couldn''t bear to watch Dania endure that humiliation. Hence, he decided to move out of San


    Fetillo with them and start afresh. Without all this gossip and criticism, they were finally happy again.