Staring at Meredith, Josiah scoffed, "It was Wesley who overlooked the entire paternity test procedure himself, and no one else was involved. You can stop wasting your energy on putting the blame onto others."Josiah then continued dragging her downstairs.Struggling to get away from him while crying, Meredith pleaded with Josiah, "Joe, would you please run another paternity test? Just once more, and if it's the same results, I'll do whatever you tell me to, please, I'm begging you…""Meredith Leighton!" Josiah threw her onto the floor in front of a storage room. Staring down at her coldly, he hissed, "You'd made me into a fool for trusting you, and you expect me to make the same mistake?""Joe, there's really a mistake on this one!" Crawling toward him, Meredith tried to grab onto Josiah but was kicked away.Dropping onto the floor, Meredith felt as if her bones were hammered into pieces.Josiah added coldly, "A liar like you does not deserve to stay on the second floor. You wil
Meridith stopped Lily, shook her head, and said, "Just leave her be, Lily."With all the remaining strength left in her, Meredith got up onto her feet, reached for the mop, and was about to start doing chores."But you're still sick…""I'll be fine, thank you for your concern, Lily."Even though Lily could not bring herself to let Meredith work, she had to agree with Ysabelle - that Meredith would only suffer if Josiah knew that she was helping Meredith with the house chores.Dragging her painful and weak body, Meredith started cleaning the house.Because of her high fever, Meredith's body was in pain hence she had to take a break after several minutes of cleaning.Lily, who was keeping an eye on her, felt bad for her but there was nothing she could do to help Meredith.Meredith had finally finished cleaning up the living room when Ysabelle walked into the house with several roses in her hand, leaving muddy traces behind her from her pair of high heels.Looking at the muddy tr
Ysabelle looked at Josiah to find that he looked annoyed.Hence, Ysabelle dared not push it. Plastering a fake smile on her face, she said to Meredith, "That's alright, I should have been more careful."Getting up onto her feet, Ysabelle hissed softly, "Meredith Leighton, just you wait…"Nodding, Meredith replied, "Sure. Come at me all you want if you are okay with me exposing all those dirty tricks and schemes of yours."Even though Meredith was no match against Josiah, she was able to handle Ysabelle.Since she was already stuck in this pathetic situation, she was not scared of anything else. But at the same time, she would not put up with the evil-blooded woman anymore.Shooting her a deathly glare, Ysabelle stormed upstairs to change.Just when Meredith was about to continue cleaning the floor, she heard Josiah's voice coming from the kitchen. "These are not prepared by Meredith."At the mention of her name, Meredith felt her stomach drop.Lily quickly explained, "Sir, Mis
"It is impossible that the doctors made a mistake on such an important task," Wesley sighed helplessly and added, "Miss Meredith, you're on your own now."Wesley then ended the call.Meredith took another deep breath before dialing another number on her phone.She then heard Ysabelle's mockery coming behind her. "Oh Meredith, you should really stop wasting your energy. Nia is really not Josiah's child so why are you trying so hard to prove a lie?"Turning around furiously, Meredith glared at Ysabelle. "So? Are you admitting that you manipulated the test results?""How is it possible?" Ysabelle cackled, "Do you think that I am capable of doing so? Or do you think that I bribed the hospital? What you saw on the papers is the truth so just accept them and stop dreaming!"Looking at the pretentious smile plastered on Ysabelle's face, anger stirred within Meredith.Meredith knew that Ysabelle was indeed capable of manipulating the test results judging by how she had plotted a scheme
Meredith opened her eyes slowly and vaguely, she saw a man.He was as good-looking as Josiah but he had a slightly different vibe about him.Josiah had this imposing charisma that intimidated most people but the man in front of her eyes carried this warm and gentle vibe with him.Rubbing her eyes, she asked, "Who…are you?""Liam Sheldon, Josiah's best friend.""Ahh," replied Meredith as she adjusted her body, closed her eyes, and continued sleeping."You know me?" Liam smiled."Of course, who doesn't?" Meredith added, "I still remember that I beat you in that wine-tasting competition."Meredith did not remember Liam simply because she only had eyes for Josiah back then.But who knew that the only man that held her heart was also the man who made her life a living hell."So you do remember about that." Liam tapped her shoulder gently and continued, "Hey, enough with the sleeping. Come have a chat with me.""Sure thing, one hundred bucks for a minute." Meredith still had her e
Arching his brow, Josiah said, "You can try if you dare."He then turned around and left.But he came to a stop, turned around, looked at Meredith and said, "Since you have free time on your hands to be offering your services, it seems to me that your workload isn't enough. I'll make sure that Alfred gives you more work tomorrow."After Josiah left, Liam patted Meredith's shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry. That guy won't be able to do anything with you as long as I'm here."Meredith pulled into a bitter smile.Josiah would not be able to do anything to her? Aside from making her life a living hell, at least he kept her alive."Liam, there's still more that you don't know about him," Meredith added, "it'd be best if you keep your distance from me. I don't want to cause you any trouble.""What are you talking about? I'm not a bit afraid of him.""But I do." Meredith stared at him, with a look of solemn expression on her face.Liam stayed silent and replied with a smile, "
Staring at the door that Liam closed behind him, Josiah was simmering in annoyance.The next morning, Meredith was already working on the chores.She started making breakfast at half-past six in the morning after finishing her cleaning chores.At seven sharp, Josiah had come downstairs to have breakfast.Meredith was startled to see Liam alongside Ysabelle and Josiah.Liam of course had noticed her. Flashing a bright smile at her, he greeted, "Morning, Edith."Meredith instinctively avoided his gaze.It was not because she was embarrassed, it was simply because she did not wish to anger Josiah again. After all, Josiah was already infuriated by what happened between her and Liam last night."Oh, I didn't know that Mister Liam knows my sister," Ysabelle jokes, "this explains why my sister blushed when she saw you.""Not only do we know each other, but we've also even attended wine-tasting events together." Alongside Ysabelle, Liam too decided to trigger Josiah.Seeing how Josia
But before Liam could think of any ideas, Josiah had already finished his breakfast and was about to leave the dining table.Seeing that Josiah had left, Ysabelle too hurriedly finished her food, got up from the table, flashed Liam a smile, and said, "Enjoy your meal, Mister Liam. I'll go check up on Yena now."Passing by Josiah's bedroom, Ysabelle could not help herself but knocked on his door and walked into the room.Josiah was in the middle of changing. His fingers stopped at the last button of his shirt as he glanced at Ysabelle through the mirror. "Anything?""It's nothing, I just…" Smiling, Ysabelle walked over to him, took the necktie from the table, and said, "Let me help you with this."Before Josiah said anything, Ysabelle tiptoed to wrap the necktie around his shoulders and started to tie it.Because they were standing close, Josiah noticed a familiar perfume scent on her body.It was the perfume that Meredith had been using.When he and Meredith got married, Meredi