"What use is there checking up on him? It solves nothing."Margot returned to the sofa and sat down. "Right now, other than Josiah, no one can help us.""But Josiah has said, only if you two die will he let the Leightons go.""How is this letting us go? He clearly wants us dead.""Exactly, so we don’t have to waste our time pleading with him," Ysabelle said while rubbing her hungry tummy. She said, "Mom, I'm hungry, can you go make me something to eat?"Ever since the fall of the Leightons, all their servants have left. Their lavish lifestyles instantly vanished too.Margot glanced at Ysabelle and reprimanded, "Now, do you know the importance of learning how to cook? Come here, I'll teach you.""I'm not learning." Ysabelle did not feel that she would one day stoop so low as to have to make food on her own."What are you going to do if you don’t learn how to cook? The chefs are all gone. Are you going to starve to death?" Margot dragged Ysabelle into the kitchen, forcing her to
Although the ambulance soon arrived, Marvin could not be saved.Upon hearing the news of his death, Margot and Ysabelle slumped on the ground at the same time. They never would have thought that a member of their family would suddenly pass away just in a blink of an eye.…Josiah came out of the lift. He headed to the exit while listening to Yoseph reporting to him.After finishing reporting on work, Yoseph suddenly said, "Mister Josiah, there is something I do not know if it interests you or not. Marvin killed himself out of fear of facing judgment."Josiah merely grunted a response.As he expected, Josiah did not care about it. He did not have any interest in it either.Yoseph added, "Mister Josiah, but you shouldn't forget something. Marvin Leighton is also Miss Meredith's father."At that, Josiah finally had some reaction. He stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Yoseph. "So, what about that?"Yoseph was speechless.Josiah continued, "Why would she need such a fathe
"Perhaps this is Miss Meredith's way of escaping. Let's just observe and see.""Okay.""Mister Josiah, if there is nothing else, I'll go attend to my work.""Go."After the doctor left, Josiah took away the chocolate in Meredith's arms and coaxed gently, "Edith, let's have your meal first, alright?""I already said that I'm not having my meal. Why are you so annoying, Joe?""But I want to eat. I'm hungry.""You're hungry?""Yes. I'm hungry. Will you eat with me?"Sure enough, Meredith threw the chocolate by the side and nodded. "Okay, let's eat quickly, then."Josiah waved at the caretaker by the side. The caretaker immediately served them the dinner that was prepared long ago.Josiah accepted the bowl of oatmeal porridge from the caretaker and fed Meredith. "Come, have some porridge.""Aren't you hungry? You eat first." Meredith pushed the spoon toward his mouth, asking him to eat first.Josiah opened his mouth and accepted the spoonful of porridge.Then, he scooped anot
"What use is there? Will Nia come back to life?" Josiah's grandmother hit him on the back. She suddenly threw her walking stick aside and sobbed miserably, "My little Nia! My great-granddaughter! I have not even seen her before and she's already dead. Woo, woo…""Grandma…""It's all your fault! You jerk!" Josiah's grandmother did not have her walking stick with her anymore. She used her hands instead, hitting him. "Leave! I don't want to see you anymore!""Grandma, come on."Josiah was already depressed. After being reprimanded by his grandmother, he felt worse.He picked up her walking stick. "Grandma, continue hitting me."If hitting him could relieve her of her anger, he would feel better too. However, his grandmother no longer wanted to hit him or see him.She threw the walking stick to the other side. "Leave!"Seeing how his grandmother refused to see him, he could only give in. "Grandma, take care. I'll make a move first."He turned around and was about to leave when his
"I…" Margot knew that this was impossible, but she still nodded to console Ysabelle. She said, "Okay. Don't be scared. I'll go beg him to save you."Ysabelle was taken away by the police. Margot stood alone by the sealed mansion and fell to the ground, breaking down.After a while, she got up and headed to the hospital. She could not enter Meredith's ward, so she could only wait by the lobby. She finally waited until Josiah's appearance.She immediately ran to him and said with tears on her face, "Mister Josiah, I beg you…to please let Ysabelle go."Josiah stopped in his tracks. He coldly looked at her. "What happened to Ysabelle?""Mister Josiah, don't you know what happened to her? She was taken away by the police!""Oh, why is that?"Margot was speechless.Josiah said, "I'm sorry, she has done so many terrible things. I don't know which one you are referring to."Margot was struck in tears, but she still had to beg. "Mister Josiah, regarding Leah's incident, Ysabelle did no
Margot realized that her tactics did not work. She immediately ran up to plead with him again, "Mister Josiah, Ysabelle is Meredith's sister, her last family member alive. I beg you not to hurt her.""Mrs. Leighton, all Edith needs is me." Josiah stopped in his tracks and looked at her. "Also, Nia will come back.""You…" Margot continued, "can you help her, seeing how she always had feelings for you?"Josiah no longer bothered with her. Margot wanted to chase after him, but she was held back by a few bodyguards.All her grievances and anger formed into one loud bark, "Josiah, you will have your retributions for all the evil doing! You deserved every last bit of it, especially when your wife and child left you!"The doors of the lift slowly closed, slowly covering Josiah's cold and handsome face.…Meredith was hugging a bouquet of fresh roses. She was extremely delighted.The sunlight shone in, emphasizing her delighted expression and the roses, making it seem even more beautif
Josiah was quite relieved. He lowered his head and smiled at her. "How is it? Do you like it here?""I do. It's huge.""As long as you like it."Lily was already waiting inside for some time. When she saw Meredith, she immediately welcomed her in. "Miss Meredith, you're finally home. It's great!"Josiah coughed gently and reminded her. "You have to call her Ma'am.""Oh, right. How forgetful of me." Lily slapped her forehead and said, "Ma'am, don't stand outside for too long. Come in and have some food.""She is Lily. She has been always caring for you," Josiah introduced Lily to Meredith.Meredith nodded. "Thank you, Lily."Lily saw how Meredith seemed a little distant, she had mixed feelings about that, but as long as she survived and returned home. Josiah brought Meredith to the master bedroom upstairs.Meredith asked quietly, "T-This is our room? Why don't I remember anything about it?""Isn't that normal for you? You'll just have to get reacquainted with it." Josiah sca
The woman that looked worse than a ghost was…herself?If the background was not the hospital and the woman in the photo was not carrying a bouquet of roses, also how they were being surrounded and photographed in the hospital a moment ago, Meredith would not have thought that it was her.She instinctively raised her hand to touch the left side of her face. She previously felt that something was off with the left side of her face but because there were no mirrors at the hospital and no one told her about it, she did not have the chance to get to the bottom of it.At that moment, she saw the photos. The bumps of her scars on her face was like an electric shock to her. She immediately retracted her hand."No, no…." Meredith shook her head. "I do not look like that. I'm not that ugly…"Meredith muttered to herself to console herself, yet she involuntarily turned her head to look at over at the mirror.Looking at the huge mirror, she could not muster the courage to walk over to have a