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
Although the photos were objectively beautiful, they were an eyesore to her.She wanted to delete the photo, but Josiah saw through her thoughts and avoided her hand. "This photo is so good that it cannot be deleted.""Josiah." Meredith gritted her teeth and reminded secretly, "You'd better not let the photos leak out, or I...""You what?" He laughed.Meredith did not know what she could do with him, so she had to ignore him.Instead, Josiah took the initiative to comfort her, "Don't worry, I won't leak it out."When it got dark, dinner was ready.Nia rushed to the table first, looked at all kinds of small seafood and asked, "Are these really what we caught just now?""Yes." Josiah put an octopus for her. "Look, this is the octopus you caught."Nia picked up the octopus and sighed sympathetically, "Little octopus is so cute, I wouldn't want to eat you anymore."Josiah smiled and said, "You usually eat it at home too.""But what I eat at home is different. It's dead. This oct