Josiah looked surprised when Meredith asked that question. He smiled faintly. "Do you think I'll do anything? Or should I ask, can't you feel it yourself if I did anything to you?"Meredith was lost in words. As she expected, she should not ask that question at all.Josiah saw the embarrassingly look on her face and knew he should stop teasing her. "Don't worry. I did nothing other than piggyback you back here and placed you on the bed.""You did not say good night to me?" Meredith asked without thinking much."Oh. Of course, I did," Josiah replied.There was more Meredith wanted to ask but she was too shy to ask. 'Argh, screw it. It doesn't matter if it was real or a dream. I'll just pretend I don't know anything.'She got off the bed and walked to the bathroom. After she freshened up and changed her clothes, the waiter was just there to send breakfast when she was walking downstairs."Come and eat your breakfast." Josiah waved at her."You haven't had your breakfast? Did Nia
Meredith did not expect Josiah was referring to that time. Moreover, she did not expect him to be there and recognized her and Nia. However, it was all in the past and she had no mean to look back on it.On the other hand, Nia was surprised. She asked, "Really? Did I perform together with Mommy before? When did that happen?""It was three years ago. You have forgotten about it," Meredith said."How was I?" Nia asked.Suddenly, Meredith looked at Josiah. Only the audience knew how was the performance.Josiah nodded with compliments, "Very good. All the audience was stunned and astonish. So were me and Great Grandma. Great Grandma even said she wants to bring you back immediately.""Really?" Nia giggled, "Then why didn't Great Grandma bring me back home?""Because Daddy disallowed," Meredith answered plainly.As expected, Nia asked again, "Why did Daddy disallow Great Grandma?""Because Daddy was an idiot back then," Josiah gave a fuzzy answer. Then he quickly changed the topic,
The competition started and many kids performed quite well. Of course, they were nothing compared to Nia, who could already play very well when she was three years old.Nia held the trophy and ran into Josiah's arm. Josiah carried her up and turned one round and praised her, "The other kids did well but Nia did the best!""Thank you, Daddy!" Nia kissed Josiah's cheek and also Meredith's Cheek. "Mommy, thank you too.""Good girl. Shall we go out to the sea to celebrate you winning first prize?" Josiah asked."Oh, yes!" Nia cheered and looked at Meredith, "Mommy, can you go?"Although Meredith was not feeling comfortable, she did not want to ruin Nia's mood, so she nodded and agreed, "Yes, sure.""But…" She looked at Josiah, "I'm not the one who is scared of water. You should ask your Daddy if he is okay with it.""What? Daddy is afraid of the water?" Nia asked surprisingly.Josiah knew Meredith was talking about the time he nearly drowned when he was a kid. He smiled. "A little.
Meredith caught up with Josiah and Nia. "Anything. I'll let you two choose what to eat."She was never a picking eater. Josiah was also not a picking eater when he was with Meredith and Nia. He asked, "Nia, what do you want to eat?""I want to eat steak and pasta," Nia answered."Alright, then we'll have steak and pasta." Josiah put Nia down and held her hand to walk toward the restaurant in the resort.The restaurant was a more formal restaurant. Josiah made the decision and ordered two recommended main dishes and one kids' meal. After the waiter served the steak, Josiah helped Nia to cut the steak into cubes and did the same for Meredith. Then he looked at them satisfyingly and said, "Try it."Nia tried a piece and nodded her head. "Delicious." Then she tried to feed one to her Daddy. "Daddy, try this."Josiah took a bite and nodded as Nia did. "Yes, it's my first time trying the kids' meal. It's delicious."Nia patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, Daddy. You can always ea
However, Meredith did not want to be seen as purposely distancing herself from Josiah. Thus, she still put a shrimp ball onto Josiah's plate. Before she started to eat her food, Josiah said, "I want one more."Meredith paused what she was doing and gave him another one."One more, please."Meredith was lost in words. When she gave him for the third time, she said, "If you eat more, then there is no more for Nia and me.""It's fine. We can order another plate." Josiah looked at the shrimp ball on his plate and ate it satisfyingly.It had been a long time since Meredith gave him food, so he wanted to take the time to enjoy it.Nia cooperated nicely with Josiah. "Mommy, you can give more to Daddy. One is enough for me.""Hurry up and finish your food." Meredith urged, "Do you still want to go out to the sea?""Yes." Nia quickly ate her food when she heard Meredith ask.When they finished lunch, they took the car that was arranged to arrive at the pier where they board a luxury me
Nia crackled and pulled Josiah's hand and waved at him. Josiah bent down and put his ear next to Nia's face. "Do you have a secret to tell me?"Nia lowered her voice, "Daddy, I think Mommy is still unhappy. She didn't come out to look at the view."Josiah smiled and comforted, "It's fine. Let's take our time.""Daddy, did I not behave good enough?" Nia asked with uncertainty. She was afraid she was not good enough but also was being too over and making her mother feel sick and stressed.Josiah felt heartbroken to see how insecure Nia was. He said, "You have been doing a good job. One day, Mommy will get better.""Alright then." Nia was once again the happy little girl.The ship stopped in the middle of the sea. The crew started to recollect the net they put in previously. It was Nia's first time seeing it. She was so excited that she wanted to help. Meredith was afraid that Nia might get hurt by the fish so she helped Nia to put on a pair of gloves."Daddy, there's so many small
Meredith and Nia were stunned when they saw someone jumping in. It was later they discovered the man who jumped was Josiah."Daddy! Daddy fell down!" Nia cared less about her little crab anymore. She screamed in shock, "Save my Daddy! Someone! Save my Daddy!"The crew looked at where Josiah fell. He comforted, "It's alright. I think Mister Josiah jumped down to get the little white crab. He will come up soon.""Really?" Nia asked worriedly. "Mommy, Daddy is really not afraid of the water anymore?""I don't know." Looking at the wavey sea surface, Meredith started to panic.With how much Josiah loved Nia, it was not weird to see him jumping off the ship to catch the little crab for Nia. The thing she worried about was if Josiah really knew how to swim and if he was really taking swimming lessons. What if he was telling lies to make himself look better?As the time slowly passed, Meredith got more anxious since Josiah had not resurfaced yet. Especially when Nia was screaming at the
Josiah was reminded by her, and felt that it was also not a good idea.In the face of Meredith's sharp tongued, soft hearted character, the most effective way to go up against her was to hurt himself and make her feel pity for him.It was a pity that Meredith did not give him this chance, and she urged again, "Please stay out of trouble, go in and change your clothes."Nia agreed and said, "Daddy, Mommy is right, go and change to some dry clothes."Josiah went obediently.Meredith accompanied Nia to continue fishing on the deck.Josiah changed his clothes and also took a shower.Seeing that the mother and daughter had caught a large bucket of seafood, he asked with a smile, "Are you planning to eat all of this seafood tonight?""Can't we?" Nia pointed to the seafood in the bucket and asked, "Daddy, uncle said that these seafood are delicious. Would you like to try them?" "I'm okay to do that."Josiah pointed to the little seafood at her feet, "What are these?""This is a l
Back in the bedroom on the second floor, Liam pulled Ivy into the bathroom to take a bath together.Ivy allowed him to take off her clothes and pulled her to stand under the water.Liam helped her take a bath and asked, "How is it? Is everything okay?""It's not bad." Ivy said, "I didn't expect your parents to welcome me so warmly."Liam looked at her proudly, with the water still flowing down from his head. "Of course! You should thank the guy that has good taste. How can they dislike a girl of my choosing?"Ivy smiled and said, "Okay, previously...""Don't mention the previous things, let them pass." Liam interrupted her.Ivy was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "Okay, it's all over.""Yes. From now on, there is only happiness." Liam lowered his head and whispered in her ear, and kissed her lips……Meredith and Josiah listened in shock to Liam and Ivy's story, while watching the three children chasing and making trouble outside the floor-to-ceiling window.They were all
Ivy raised her hand and touched the top of Siena's hair. "God treated me well, and gave me back my daughter, and also gave me the child's father.""No, you're wrong." Liam smiled and said, "God treated me well and sent the child and the child's mother back to my arms.""Oh, spare me." Madam Sheldon shook her head unbearably.Madam Sheldon finally believed that Siena was her own granddaughter.She excitedly hugged Siena into her arms, and she burst into tears with joy. "Great, our Sheldon family finally has a granddaughter! Great!""Grandma, you like Siena, right?" Siena asked sweetly."Nonsense! Of course, Grandma likes Siena. Grandma has always dreamed about a little grandson or a little granddaughter." Madam Sheldon choked as she said.Liam and Ivy looked at each other and smiled.After hugging Siena excitedly for a while, Madam Sheldon released her, and looked at her again. "Now that you mentioned it, she looks a lot like Liam. Look at her nose, her ears...right? Am I righ
"You even helped me get dressed before you left!" Liam pinched her chin. "Ivy, aren't you embarrassed saying these things?""You asked me.""...""If I didn't help you get dressed, you might be so stupid that you don't even know that you slept with someone, right?""Ivy!" Liam gritted his teeth. "You stole my seed, and you dare to laugh at me for being stupid?""Isn't it stupid?" Ivy was not afraid of him. She raised an eyebrow at him deliberately. "Liam, think about it. Were you being stupid that night?"Liam was silent.Yes, he was really stupid.He was so stupid that he was too embarrassed to admit it. He did not even have the face to mention it in front of Josiah.Looking at the woman in front of him, he wanted to laugh and be mad at the same time.He did not want to say anything. He just wanted to use actions to prove how angry he was, how excited, happy, and...Countless emotions were intertwined in his body, causing him to bow his head and kiss her lips fiercely.Ivy
"Okay, I'm sorry." Ivy got up and walked around in front of him, sitting on his lap and hugging his neck with a smile. "Do I need to make up for you as well? Say sorry to you?""Yes, of course.""I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn't have kept it from you for so long. I shouldn't have kept the news about Siena's from you until now, okay?""Do you think I'll let you off with just that?" Liam was not satisfied."Then what do you want?""The rest will be paid in the evening.""Okay, double compensation," Ivy responded generously.Hearing her say that, Liam was extremely satisfied.He did not mind his daughter's presence at all. He instructed her, "Siena, turn around, I'm going to kiss Mommy.""Why can't I see you kiss Mommy?" Siena was puzzled."Because your Mommy will be shy.""Oh, okay then." Siena turned around wisely."I'm not shy, it's you who is shy." Ivy held Liam's handsome face and kissed him on the lips.Liam was moved for a second, and when he tried to dee
The adoptive parents expressed their understanding. They waved their hands and said, "It's alright. If it were me, I'd be crying happy tears too.""Anyway, thank you very much," Liam said."Mister Liam, you don't have to be so polite. Otherwise, we will be even more embarrassed," the adoptive father said.The adoptive mother held Siena, who seemed a little lost. She pulled Siena in front of Ivy and said softly, "Siena, I'm sorry, Mommy never told you that Ivy is your biological mommy."Siena looked at her in shock. "Really? Is Mommy Ivy my biological mother? Did she give birth to me?""Yes. Mommy wouldn't just pass you to a random stranger, right?" The adoptive mother smiled and said, "Siena, you will be able to spend time with your biological mommy in the future. Isn't that great?"Siena nodded, then stretched out her palm and gently stroked Ivy's face. "Mommy, why are you crying? Don't you want to be my biological mommy?""Siena!" Ivy suddenly pulled Siena into her embrace."
Siena's adoptive parents expressed that they understood. They waved their hands and said, "It's fine. If it were me, we would cry happy tears too." "Anyway, thank you very much," Liam said."Mister Liam, don't say such a thing. If not, we will be even more embarrassed," Siena's adoptive father said.Siena's adoptive mother pulled Siena, who did not know much about what was happening, over to Ivy's side and gently said, "Siena, I'm sorry. I have never told you that Ivy is your real Mommy."Siena looked at her in shock. "Are you serious? Mommy Ivy is my real Mommy? The one that gave birth to me?""Yes, if not, how could I simply give you to any other person?" Siena's adoptive mother said with a smile, "In the future, you will be living with your real Mommy. Are you happy?"Siena nodded before reaching her hand out and touching Ivy's face. "Mommy, why are you crying? Don't you want to be my real Mommy?""Siena!" Ivy suddenly hugged her."Darling, I have been looking for you for s
Siena's adoptive parents looked at each other and smiled.The kitchen was calling them to take their seats.Liam got up and said, "Come, let's eat and talk."Then, he said to Siena, "Siena, go get Daddy and Mommy to eat. They must be hungry."Siena happily brought her adoptive parents to take their seats. The dinner was in the garden. They ate and talked at the same time. The entire process was pleasant.Toward the end, Siena's adoptive mover suddenly got up and walked over to Ivy. She looked at her deeply and said after a while, "Ivy, there is a secret I have been hiding from you for a very long time.""What is it?" Ivy saw how serious she was. She could not help but feel the severity of it."Siena…" Siena's adoptive mother paused for a while before saying, "Siena is the baby that you have been looking for all these years."Ivy was stunned. Liam was stunned too.Ivy was feeling uneasy. Blood was rushing to her head. Shock, delight, surprise, excitement, all of the emotions ga
Ivy heard what Liam said and looked out at the door.When she saw that it was Siena's adoptive parents, she was instantly stunned."They are the guests that you mentioned?""Yes." Liam stood next to her and smiled. He said, "They said they hoped that they could see Siena one more time.""Is that so? That's great." Ivy held Siena's hand and walked out.Outside the door, Siena's adoptive parents were extremely friendly. "Hello! Ivy! Haven't seen you in a while!""Hello." Ivy welcomed them. "Welcome."They looked at Siena behind Ivy. "Hello, Siena. It's been a while."Siena was so anxious she was almost in tears. She said with reddened eyes, "I don't want to go back! I don't want to!"Seeing how Siena was against them, they looked awkward. From there, one could infer how irresponsible they were of their adopted daughter previously.Ivy ruffled Siena's head and said softly in her ears, "Siena, don't be afraid. Your adoptive parents are here to send you off because you're about to
Ivy cleared her throat. She ruffled Siena's head. "Don't listen to your Daddy. How could I be tired? Furthermore, taking care of you is the happiest and proudest thing I have ever done.""Really? Mommy, you really like me that much?""I do."Siena laughed happily."Let's go. We'll head home." Ivy held Siena's hand and they walked under the sycamore tree."Mommy, has Daddy gone back?""Not yet," Ivy said, "Daddy said he wants to give us a surprise.""Oh, that's great. I don't want Daddy to leave us.""Why? Do you like Daddy?""I do." Siena nodded. "Also, with Daddy here, you will be much happier. I like to see you being happy."Ivy saw Siena's face under the sun. She could not help but be moved. Siena was too understanding and caring.She suddenly thought of her own daughter. If she was still around, she would be Siena's age. She wondered whether she was as caring as Siena.At that thought, the smile on her face faded a little."Mommy, look! There are two birds!" Siena sudd