Chapter 43 What Am I To You


    Edward nodded, thinking to himself, it was luck he did not say anything bad.


    Irene realized what Edward was worried about. She twitched her lips. "Edward, what are you afraid of?"


    She rolled her eyes and stuck out a finger. "Are you afraid that Mama might say something bad about


    your childhood in front of me?"


    Edward walked over, held her outstretched finger, and gently ced it in his hand. Then he turned and


    put his arm around Irene''s waist. "What can I do? I am not afraid of my mother''s words, am I right,


    mamma?" Then he turned again and looked at udia with a serious and confident expression.


    "Stop bickering. Your grandmother is waiting for us. Let''s go and eat!" udia was very happy because


    her son was happy. She knew that Edward had rarely been loved by his parents since he was a child.


    Now that he had someone he liked and who liked him, she felt a littleforted.


    ...


    In the dining room.


    The four of them had a good time. Cameron had brought his illegitimate son Eric back into the Wilson


    family and even let him join thepany, so Madeline was mad to him and had not let Camerone


    to her house. Besides, udia was here. They were going to be embarrassed to see each other.


    After dinner, they cahtted in the living room. Irene drank some fruit wine which was not too strong.


    Since she didn''t drink often, she still  felt dizzy and leaned on Edward like docile a cat.


    Madeline and udia were both smart people. Madeline spoke first, "Irene is already asleep. Why


    don''t you sleep here today?"


    Edward touched Irene''s babyish cheek. "I''d better go back home, I can not sleep well on a new bed!"


    he said to Madeline and udia, but his eyes still red at Irene gentlely.


    Madeline and udia had never seen such a gentle look. Of course, they know it was not Edward who


    recognize the bed. At a guess, Irene was the one who recognized the bed. He was afraid she would


    not be able to sleep on an unfamiliar bed.


    Madeline took a deep breath, thinking that she could finally be reassured. Seeing thid couple loved


    each other deeply, she was relieved. "Alright, then, I won''t stop you here.Drive safe. By the way, take


    these grapes with you. Irene likes sour grapes."


    Edward nodded, and then gently picked up Irene in his arms and drove home.


    ...


    The Jones family.


    Beth knocked on the door to Tristan''s room and stormed in angrily. "Tristan, what''s going on here? Why


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    are the people you hired so unreliable? I heard they were arrested?"


    Tristan had just finished showering and was wearing a bathrobe. He wiped his hair as well as talked on


    the phone. When he saw it was Beth, he hung up the phone and said, "I was out of luck. When that


    b*tch Irene was being taken to the hotel, her schoolmate popped up suddenly."


    Hearing this, Beth was mad. "You asked that person to take her to a hotel? What did you think? Just


    find a random ce and handle the sl*t, Why did you go to a hotel..."


    "She was lucky this time. Next time, I''ll definitely teach her a lesson." Tristan''s eyes were filled with


    fierceness and hatred. Because of Edward, his business had been messed up and his father didn''t


    liked him any more.


    "No matter what, this time, you must “treat" her well." She could no longer bear the hatred. She didn''t


    want to see her loved one to be with Irene.


    Beth opened the door and saw Sofia walking back and forth at the stairs timidly.


    Seeing Bethe out, she walked over and said, "Er... Beth."


    Disgusted,Beth said contemptuously, "What?" She was in no mood to talk to this woman now. Besides,


    her tone became worse when she heard that the n had failed.


    "Has anything happened to Irene? Did you do it?" Sofia was not stupid, she knew that the thing had


    happened that day was not simple. She knew that Beth wouldn''t had let her daughter leave easily that


    day. That was not Beth''s usual style.


    "Humph-" Beth snorted, "What do you mean? Aunt Sofia, you saw that I did not do anything to her


    before she had left ." After,Beth turned on her high heels, entered her room and shut the door strongly.


    ...


    Sofia was shocked by the sound, murmured, "It''s good that it''s not you. It''s good that it''s not you."


    ...


    Irene was awakened by the ringing of the telephone. When she opened her eyes, she had already


    returned to her bedroom. She had a slight headache, probably from the drinking. She got up slowly,


    picked up the phone without paying attention to the name. "Hello?"


    " Irene..." It was Sofia''s call.


    Irene sobered up a little and recalled what had happened that day. "What do you want?" she asked


    indifferently. She had never expected that her mother dared to call her.


    After a long silence, Irene finally lost her patience. She rubbed the space between her eyebrows and


    said, "If there''s nothing else, I''ll hang up."


    "Wait, Irene." Sofia finally talked "I just wants to know if anything happened to you that day." Maybe it


    was an illusion, but Irene felt like she could actually hear a mother''s concern in that sentence.


    Irene bitterly smiled. It should be an illusion. How could the woman on the other end of the phone care


    about her? That woman always only cares about herself, she talked to herself. "What do you think


    wiould have happened to me?" Irene questioned.


    "Should I had been raped or killed by someone with a knife?" Irene did not say the rest of the words.


    Sofia was silent for a while. She did not dare say anything. "I... Irene, I did not know Beth would send


    someone to hurt you. I thought..." Sofia had never thought Beth would hurt Irene like that just because


    of Edward.


    "Why? Mother? What do you think? Why did Beth show mercy to me?" Had she forgotten what Beth


    had done to her and how much she hated her?


    "Irene-I, I am sorry." Sofia''s voice was as quiet as a gnat, but Irene felt like every word she just said


    had made her upset.


    "You are sorry? Mom, will you truely apologise to me too. You have always been heartless to me.


    Compared to what you have done in the past, you were not really vicious that day. The words and the


    attitude you showed that day were too familiar to me " Irene spoke each word clearly and slowly.


    Sofia did not dare think too hmuch about what she had done to her daughter before. She feared that if


    she thought about it, she would not never forgive herself, she could no longer live a rich life as the wife


    of the Jones family. Instead, she was tormented by the human conscience.


    But Irene over there could not stop talking, "Mama, what am I to you? I used to not understand, but


    Sofia''s heart apart.


    Irene stopped at the end. Sofia clearly felt the whimper in her daughter''s voice. Her strong nasal voice


    made her fear to get the phone too close to her ear. "Mom, have you been happy these years?"


    How could Sofia answer this question? She pleased the Beth and Tristan to stay in the Jones family, as


    well as she unted her wealth and luck with other wealthy wives. But at ight, when she was alone, she


    considered herself a fool. She could not answer that question, so she had to say, "Then, Irene, can you


    forgive me?"


    Forgiveness? How to forgive this kid of cold-blooded mother? Irene no longer wanted to know Sofia''s


    sanswer. She sniffed, “Don’t call me anymore. I have no rtionship with the Jones family. From


    another perspective, it was really reasonable if I don’t forgive you."


    Hung up the phone, Irene breathed a sigh of relief, but she felt that something else was burning in her


    heart.


    She stared at the ceiling in a daze. She felt she lost something, soemthing between Sofia and herself...


    "Irene?" Edward just came out of the bathroom and his hair was still dripping water.


    As soon as he came out, he heard Irene talking on the telephone. He could tell that the person on the


    other end was Sofia. What shocked Edward was that Beth hired someone to abduct Irene, and he


    could not help but felt angry when he recalled that day.


    How could Beth cause trouble for Irene?


    Edward clenched his fists tightly.


    However, considering Irene''s current condition, he could only let go of his anger.  He would deal with


    Beth in the future.


    He walked to the bed and sat down without blowing his hair. "What''s happening?"


    Irene stretched out her arms around his waist and leaned her head on his chest, feeling his strong


    breath.


    "Edward, how can there be such a mother in the world? She abandoned her own child and allowed


    others to bully her child, never helped her child when she is bullied..."


    Edward patted Irene''s back. He didn''t know how tofort his wife.


    What was the difference between Cameron and Sofia? They are totally same. Edward never felt the


    love from his father in his life. Fortunately, he had a grandmother who loved him dearly, but what


    about Irene? She was alone in the Jones family.


    Thinking of this, he couldn''t help but feel sorry for Irene.


    Edward lifted Irene''s head from his chest and ced his hands on Irene''s shoulders. He forced her to


    look him in the eye and said, "Irene, let me tell you a story!"