"Miss Lily, but I…""Don't worry, Miss Meredith. Sir will not make it harder for you this time.""Miss Lily, it's because I don't want to keep running into him."Right then, Josiah's cold voice was heard from upstairs. "If you hated to see me, then why would you be so desperate to have my child?""Sir," Lily immediately turned around to greet Josiah.Meredith was slightly taken aback. Turning her head to avoid his gaze, she said, "Miss Lily, I'll sleep in the guest room on the first floor.""So you really don't want to see me, huh?" Josiah smirked and added, "if that's the case, I want you to see me and run into me every day until you get sick of me.""..." Meredith replied, "Josiah Shelby, I am already sick of seeing your face.""Oh, that won't be enough. I want you to be sick of me to the point where you'll give up on your baby," Josiah then said to Lily, "drag her to the second floor.""Sir, are you heading out?""Yes." Josiah walked toward the door.Meredith had no other
"Give me a copy of your pregnancy report.""What do you need that for?" Meredith wondered if he was actually showing concern if his child was growing well."Just get me a copy and don't ask," Josiah sounded slightly annoyed.Meredith gnawed on her lips and held back her anger."The baby is too small to run an ultrasound scan. I only have a soft copy of the pregnancy report from the blood test. I will forward it to you." Meredith then emailed him a copy of the pregnancy report to him on her phone.Josiah opened up the document and realized that the fetus was really small, it was not even a month old.Looking at the day she got pregnant, Josiah realized that it was the day when she slept with him.At the thought that he was being drugged, Josiah's face was clouded.Meredith noticed his expression changed and wanted to leave but she was once again stopped by him.Josiah forwarded the pregnancy report to his grandmother right in front of Meredith.Within a minute, Josiah's phone
"Why are you interested in a prostitute?""I need to see how she looks right? What if the baby gets her bad looks?"Josiah laughed, "Grandma, isn't it funny that you're worried about this?"The more that she listened to their conversation, the more unsettled Meredith felt.Meredith wondered if Josiah deliberately wanted his grandmother to think that the child's mother was a prostitute and later if he wanted to get rid of the child, Josiah's grandmother would not be that affected.After all, the Shelby family was a reputable family and even if Josiah's grandmother really wanted a great-grandchild, she could find other ways to do so instead of relying on a prostitute.Meredith thought that Josiah was indeed cunning.Josiah's grandmother was even more furious. "Josiah Shelby! You're killing me!"She then ended the call.Putting down the phone, Josiah smiled at Meredith. "Did you hear that, Meredith Leighton? My grandmother is disgusted by the fact that you're a prostitute, so we
She could not help but retorted, "Josiah Shelby, can you not talk about such things in front of the baby? Do you want your child to hate you?""The person that he should have should be you. You are the one who forcefully brought him into this world," said Josiah as he got up from the dining table and left.Meredith furiously took a bite from her sandwich, wishing that the sandwich was Josiah so that she could tear him apart.After breakfast, Meredith got ready to head out.She came up with a random excuse for Lily. "If Josiah asks for me, tell him that I went out to get a few new outfits."Lily took a glance at the skies outside and said, "It might rain later. Don't you want to go out on another day?""Don't worry about that. I'll bring my umbrella."Without waiting for a response from Lily, Meredith then left.She visited Lily at the hospital and taught piano lessons in the evening. By the time she finished her class, it was already raining.She did not expect the rain to be
Taking a glance at his wristwatch, Josiah realized that it was already eight at night but Meredith had still yet to return.Josiah wondered if Meredith needed the whole day just to shop for new outfits.Noticing Josiah's expression for getting darker, Miss Lily quickly said, "Sir, I've called Miss Meredith earlier and she said that the traffic is rather heavy because of the heavy rain."Shortly after, they heard a car pulling over.Josiah subconsciously adjusted his sitting position and started flipping through the TV channels with the remote.As the sounds of footsteps entered the house, Josiah said without even turning his head, "I thought you're not coming back anymore?"He suddenly felt someone slapping his back."You rude bastard! How dare you talk to me with that attitude?"Josiah was taken aback. At the sight of his grandmother, he sprung up onto his feet. "Grandma? What are you doing here?""Who else do you think? Is there someone else staying here? Don't tell me that
Josiah suddenly pulled her into a corner and glared at her. "I'll deal with you regarding what you did with Liam earlier, but I want you to get out of my house, right now, this instance!""Why?" Meredith was wordless with rage. "Are you sick in the head? You were the one who forced me to move in with you and you're now asking me to leave?"Besides, how could he kick a pregnant lady out the house when it was raining heavily outside?He was being unreasonable."Because I don't want grandma to know that you're still alive and I don't want her to see you." Josiah took a glimpse inside the house.Meredith wondered to herself, 'What is he talking about? Is his grandmother here?'Studying her expression, Josiah guessed that Meredith must be up to no good.Closing into her, Josiah warned, "Meredith Leighton, don't think that I don't know what you're planning inside that head of yours. If you dare to speak of things that you shouldn't to my grandma, I will take no mercy on that baby of y
"What if you're lying to me?" Josiah's grandmother glared at him and added, "Who knows that you might simply get a pregnant lady to trick me."Josiah felt the corners of his lips twitching.He did not expect that it would be this hard to persuade and convince his grandmother."I didn't." Josiah shook his head helplessly.The Shelby's mansion was located in the rich people's area and to reach outside the area, one would need to bypass a long private route from the mansion.There were no public transport services and one would need to walk if not by car.Walking out of Shelby's mansion, the rain started pouring down heavily.She had no choice but to find a shelter to avoid the heavy rain.Neither could she return to the mansion nor her rented house, Meredith could only go to the hospital.She wanted to call for a cab through a cab service on her phone but soon realized that her phone had run out of battery.She waited for the rain to get smaller but instead, the rain only got h
"Sorry," Lowering her head, Meredith apologized and walked past them.But the group of men walked closer toward her to block her path. They were laughing creepily, "You're the lady with the burned face? Come on, let us have a look. Hideous women turn us on the most."Meredith was terrified but she stayed calm and tried to move past them."Where do you think you're going in the middle of the night? Come on now, play with us, hmm?" One of the men pulled her back and studied her while laughing sleazily, "Tsk tsk, you are indeed one ugly thing, aren't you? But don't worry, we wouldn't mind."Meredith stammered, "What…what are you guys planning to do?""Something meaningful, of course," Another man grabbed the umbrella in Meredith's hand and pulled her into his arms.Moving his hand over her body while nodding, he said, "Though you look ugly, I must say that you have a nice body figure. It's enough for me and my boys to take turns with you."The men were willing to do more than just