Chapter 199

She wrapped her arms around his body and started unbuttoning his shirt.

But Josiah stopped her.

Grabbing her chin to lift her head, Josiah snickered, "What's the rush, Miss Meredith? Do you want it so badly that you don't care where we are right now?"

Seeing how Josiah had stopped, Meredith felt anxious.

This was the first time she so desperately wanted Josiah to want her.

"What's wrong? Are you scared?" She tried to provoke him.

"This is my company. What is there to be afraid of?" Josiah scoffed and his gaze stopped on her left cheek. "It's your face, it disgusts me."

"Don't lie Josiah. Your body had already given you away."

"But I can't ignore what my eyes are seeing," Swallowing down the burning desire in him, he shook his head and went on, "Meredith Leighton, did you really think that you could return to being my wife with that face of yours? And with that damaged and dirty body of yours?"

"..."

Who said she wanted to be his wife again? All she wanted was to have another