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
Josiah was aware that Meredith had been spending most of her time in the hospital."I didn't see Walter driving out though," Alfred asked, puzzled, "And Miss Meredith hadn't been home since this morning. Sir, where did you ask Walter to send Miss Meredith to?"Josiah was slightly startled. Looking at Alfred, he asked, "What did you say? Walter did not give her a ride?""No, he didn't. Walter had taken his leave right after sending you home.""Then who drove Meredith?""There were no records of Lanny and Walter driving anyone this evening. I'm guessing that she had left on her own."Walter was Josiah's personal driver whereas Lanny was in charge of the logistics at the Shelby mansion and Lanny received orders directly from Alfred.Alfred did not even know that Meredith had come home earlier.To be exact, aside from Josiah, no one else knew that Meredith had come home. After all, she was kicked out of the place by Josiah right after Liam dropped her off.Josiah thought that Mere
The shirt on her body was torn apart and she could feel raindrops hitting on her bare skin.But Meredith did not even feel cold.Her voice had turned hoarse from all the screaming but all she could do was plead and beg with them again, and again. "No, please don't! Please let me go! I'm begging you!"One of the men grabbed her by her hair, whispered into her ear, and warned, "I thought I made it clear that the three of us will let you go if you behave and cooperate with us. If not…we'll have to use brute force and you'd only end up more hurt.""Help…""Save your breath. No one will be able to hear you in this rain."One of the men lowered his head, wanting to kiss her but Meredith knocked her head against his lips, causing him to hiss in pain."What a stubborn b*tch!" The man was slowly getting impatient."I'll go first so hold her tight!" The man said to the other men."Why do you get to go first? I want to go first too.""No, I want to be the first."The three of them star
He removed his coat and covered Meredith with his coat. Lifting Meredith off the ground, Josiah walked toward his car with Meredith in his arms.Settling her down in the backseat, Meredith suddenly grabbed him and pleaded with him in a shaky voice, "Josiah, don't. Don't leave me alone…"To Meredith, Josiah was someone dangerous too. So why was she asking him for help?Would it change anything? Asking for his help.But at the thought of what those men almost did to her, Meredith could only turn to Josiah, who had also done vile things to her.Josiah stared at the hands holding onto him tightly and then at Meredith who was shivering non-stop, then said, "How am I going to send you to the hospital if you don't let me go?"Meredith immediately let go of her grasp on him.She needed to be at the hospital.Meredith was shivering throughout their drive to the hospital.Josiah got her off from the backseat, carried her in his arms, and strode toward the ER."What happened?" The docto