"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
"Of course not," Ysabelle responded, "why are you even asking? We must, of course, make sure the adult is safe!"The doctor looked at Ysabelle, puzzled. He was trying to figure out who Ysabelle was.Ysabelle quickly explained, "I'm her sister."Meredith's anxious cries were heard from the ER, "Doctor, I don't have a husband or sister. They're not my family. I am the one who should be deciding whether I want to save the child or not!'"Please listen to me, I need to save the child," Meredith cried.The doctor looked puzzledly at Josiah, "Are you not her husband?"Ysabelle replied in Josiah's stead, "He is the father to the child.""So…do you want to save the child or not?"Ysabelle replied, "No. Meredith's life is more important."The doctor shot a glare at Ysabelle then continued staring at Josiah, waiting for his response.Meredith came running out of the ER, dropped to her knees in front of Josiah's feet, and cried, "Josiah, please don't kill my baby, no, he's also your bab
After a pause, Josiah pulled into a smirk and replied, "Ysabelle, did it ever occur to you that the baby is my flesh and blood too? Do you really think that it's right for you to be so eager in getting rid of one of Shelby's family bloodlines?"Ysabelle was once again rendered speechless.Gnawing on her lips, she tried to explain herself, "I already told you that I was only thinking of helping you to get rid of Meredith. If you think that's how I think…fine then. I won't say anything anymore."She then pretended to be angry and sat down on the bench in front of the ER.Ysabelle thought that Josiah would say something to make her feel better but Josiah said to her instead, "Ysabelle, you should leave.""Why?""There's no need for you to be here."Ysabelle wondered what Josiah meant. Was he implying that she would cause harm to Meredith?Ysabelle wanted to wait and confirm that Meredith would lose her baby tonight. If not, all of her efforts tonight would have gone to waste.Lo
To his surprise, Meredith responded as if she had just seen a ghost, pushing him away. "Get away from me you devil! Go away!"She called out to him because she wanted to chase him away? Not because she needed him?The gentleness that Josiah showed to Meredith lasted only for a short while."You're something else, aren't you, Meredith Leighton?"Josiah could not believe that he was actually worried of her being out alone in the rain and in the middle of the night. That was why he drove out to look for her and had even saved her from the group of men who wanted to assault her. He even allowed her to keep the baby…Josiah thought that he must have lost his mind.He turned around and was about to walk away when she grabbed onto his sleeves.Looking back at her, Josiah realized that she was awake.Staring at him with her eyes that were welled up with tears, she sobbed, "Where is my baby? Did you get rid of him?"Josiah's gaze clouded. Nodding, he replied flatly, "Yeah, I've gotten