"There's nothing to thank me for. As long as Yena is alright." Meredith was hoping for him to leave as soon as possible as she did not want Josiah to find out about her pregnancy.She was worried that he would try to get rid of her baby just like how he did in her dream.Josiah though added coldly, "I also thought of visiting you and that baby of yours that you're carrying."Meredith was aghast.So Josiah already found out about it.It was sort of obvious as Meredith was in the ward of the Obstetrics and Gynecology department. But Meredith was still puzzled as to how Josiah got to know."Spill it, who's the father?" Josiah asked coldy. Meredith took a deep breath and said regretfully, "Too bad it is not yours. If not I would have tried to convince your grandmother to take me back into the Shelby family."Josiah narrowed his eyes.He thought that he would be relieved to know that he was not the father of the child but for some reason, a wave of fury and disappointment crashe
"Yes, he is not the father to my child. You can pass those to me," Meredith responded.The nurse wanted to say something else but at the sight of Josiah's darkened expression, she swallowed back her words."Sorry…so sorry. I didn't know," The nurse cleared her throat and walked past Josiah."That's alright." Meredith was especially polite to the nurse. "Thank you so much for these. Sorry to trouble you with all the procedures as the father of my child is not here yet."The nurse replied, "I don't mind since I have some time on my hands. But I'm worried that I won't be able to help when things get busy. It's best if the father of your child is around.""Ah, of course. I will try to contact him…"Josiah no longer heard the words that Meredith was saying.Perhaps he was getting further from the ward or perhaps he was too furious to even hear anything clearly.Even Yoseph who was waiting for him at one end of the corridor felt chills run down his spine at the sight of Josiah's clou
Leon had no one else to blame aside from himself the moment he actually believed Josiah when he said that he was willing to share his ex-wife with other men.As soon as Josiah got into his car, his phone rang.It was from his house back in Delmas City. Josiah did not pick up the phone but switched his phone to silent mode instead.After a while, Yoseph's phone started ringing. After checking the caller ID, he then asked, "Sir, it's ma'am who is calling. Should I pick it up?""No.""But…you know how ma'am is, right. She will keep calling if you don't pick up her call.""Just tell her that I'm in a meeting.""Yes, Sir," Yoseph then answered the call.However, before Yoseph could even say anything, Josiah's grandmother warned him, "I don't care if he's in a meeting or if he is meeting an important client or if he's sleeping. Tell him to pick up his phone right now if not I'll head down to Jehovah City right now!"With an awkward expression on his face, Yoseph turned to look at Jo
Josiah did not say anything further and simply pulled into a scoff.After keeping an eye on Meredith for the next few days, Ysabelle realized that Meredith still had her baby.She let out her anger by kicking the trashcan next to her.Inwardly, she seethed, 'How is it that she still has the baby?'Ysabelle was annoyed that Meredith was safe and sound when she had risked her life to make sure Yena ended up in the ER.The more she thought about it, the more she felt frustrated that she kicked the trashcan again."Miss, you can be sued for the destruction of public property." A doctor who passed by Ysabelle came up to her and warned.Ysabelle who was already simmering in rage, hissed, "You don't even own this hospital. Mind your own business.""Miss, mind I remind you that you don't own this hospital too. And as an employee of this hospital, I have the right to ask you to leave this hospital.""You-" Ysabelle retorted, "this hospital will soon be mine!""Ah, I see now. You must
She got her answers immediately when she noticed the smell that she was so familiar with.It was Josiah Shelby.Did he actually save her?How was it possible?"Josiah, what are you doing here?" Ysabelle pretended to be surprised.But before Josiah responded, she quickly went on, "My dad sent me here to convince Meredith to get rid of that unfathered baby, but she is unwilling to."Meredith slowly came back to her senses. Josiah and Ysabelle had always been on the same side. How could she expect Josiah to be kind just because he caught her right in time?Scrambling out of his arms, Meredith seethed coldly, "Ysabelle, I'm going to say it once more. Even though the child is unfathered, he still has me as his mother. I will not get rid of him. And, I have already cut ties with the Leighton family for a long time. The Leightons have no right to be telling me what I should do with my life."She then walked away in hurried steps.Staring at Meredith who was leaving, Ysabelle said to
"...""Shall I make a guess why you're not admitting that I am the father of the child?" Josiah pretended that he was thinking hard before replying, "You knew that I would never allow you to carry my child and you're worried that I'd force you to get rid of the child. As long as you're able to get away with it for nine months, I'd not be able to do anything to you because I will not kill a newborn. And, you'd be able to take the child with you to meet my grandmother, am I right?"Staring at his face that was brimming with confidence, Meredith tugged at the corners of her lips and snickered, "Josiah Shelby, it's such a waste that you're not a scriptwriter. Let me tell you one last time, this child is not yours.""Well, just one test and we'll find out.""Oh really?" Meredith pretended to be surprised. "I didn't think that you'd know that we have something called the paternity test. Because if you did, you'd have done a paternity test with Nia instead of forcing me to get rid of Nia.
Meredith glared at her, seething, "Ysabelle Leighton, you're despicable!""Well, how do you think I managed to stay by Josiah's side all these years?""If you're so capable, why haven't Josiah married you yet?""Oh fret not, Josiah would definitely marry me once the child in your tummy is gone and your daughter is dead.""..." Ysabelle's words pierced through her heart like sharp knives.Her daughter and the child in her tummy…she must think of a way to save herself. She would not let Ysabelle have her way."You can dream on!""Oh, I don't think it would be a dream, sister," Picking up the box of pills on the floor, Ysabelle went on, "it's just like the last time, I don't have to do anything and Josiah would get rid of the child you're carrying."But, of course, I will make sure I keep a good eye on you this time so that the previous mistake won't repeat." Ysabelle then stuffed the box of pills in Meredith's hand. "I'd advise you to take the pills on your own instead of having
She knew better that she should not provoke him.She was risking her chances anyway, risking the fact that Josiah would care about his grandmother finding out.But what if she was wrong?What if Josiah could not care less about his grandmother finding out and insisted on her getting an abortion?Hence, Meredith added, "Josiah Shelby, I've made it clear that I don't love you anymore, and I have absolutely no interest in getting married to you. I will take care of the kids someplace far away from you. So please, take mercy on me and the kids."Josiah did not believe that Meredith had no intention of getting married to him when she tried so hard to get pregnant with his child.Josiah thought that Meredith would surely say otherwise once she gave birth to the child.Therefore, Josiah did not believe her.But Meredith was right that Josiah would care about his grandmother's feelings.His grandmother had been spamming calls on his phone every other day just to remind him that she wa