"I did not lie to you." Josiah looked at the time. "It's only four. There is still time.""We're running out of time!" Meredith reached her hand out to pull him up, yet she was pulled into bed by him. Then, he got on top of her."My hat!" Meredith hit his arm. "My hat has been flattened by you!""We'll just get a new one." Josiah just got up. He was still a little groggy. His voice was seductively hoarse too.He held her down for a while to warm her up before letting her go.Meredith immediately got up from him. She smoothed her flattened hat while she huffed, "You're terrible. I spent so much time tying the bow, yet you ruined it."Josiah got up and took the hat over. "Let me have a look."The bow on the hat was indeed a little crooked. Josiah untied it. He thought it was just a bow, it was something everyone knew how to tie. However, after fiddling with it for a long time, he realized that he did not know how to tie one.Seeing Meredith looking at his hand, Josiah coughed dry
Since Meredith was wearing a mask, the parents could not see her face clearly. They only saw her beautiful huge eyes, fair skin, and slender figure.Josiah was not a chatty person, so he did not reply to them.Another old parent said, "Your wife seems to like children a lot. Do you plan to have any?""We already have children.""Is that so? I'm sorry. Your wife still has a great figure. I thought that she has not given birth before.""She has. Our child is already four years old.""Oh, then, it's as old as our child." The parent continued asking, "You two have such good genes. Your child must be good-looking. Is it a boy or a girl?""A girl.""Since she's already quite old and it's the weekend, why did you not take her out?""She's sick. She's currently staying in a hospital abroad.""Oh, I see." The nosy parents were rather embarrassed to continue the conversation. They politely comforted him, "It's alright. It's normal for children to be sick. It will be fine.""Hmm. It wi
Josiah sighed helplessly. He bent down and scrunched her wet skirt into a ball and wrung it dry. He got up and said, "Let's go.""Joe, are you angry?" Meredith looked at him cautiously."If I am angry, what are you going to do about it?" He asked."I will…" Meredith thought for a while before saying, "kiss you?"Josiah liked kissing her the most. He also liked being kissed by her."Okay, you still have some awareness." Josiah turned and faced the sea. He closed his eyes. "Kiss me. If you kiss me, I'll forgive you."Meredith happily nodded. Then, she tiptoed and kissed him on the lips. She kissed him seriously and passionately. That was because she also liked kissing him.Josiah was aroused by her kisses. He felt that if she were to continue kissing him that way, he might not be able to control himself and drag her back to the hotel.To fulfill her dreams of making a seashell bracelet, he had to pull himself off her. "Okay, that’s enough.""Are you sure?" Meredith licked her li
"Okay." Josiah opened his mouth and accepted the shrimp.It was Meredith's turn to ask, "Does it taste good?""Not as good as the one you make," Josiah said."But I think this is better than mine.""Is that so?" Josiah thought for a while. "Maybe because I deshelled it for you?""I think that must be it." Meredith giggled."Try the dish with the scallops." Joe placed a dish of cooked scallops in front of her. "Use the spoon. Be careful of the shell."Meredith said with a smile. "Why don't you help me if you're worried for me?""I can help you do it, but you have to learn how to eat it on your own. What if I'm not by your side in the future?""Why won't you be by my side, Joe?""Hmm...what if you are out with your friends?"Although he never thought of letting her leave his side. His heart aches at the thought of not being by her side.However, he could not continue imprisoning her. She would have her own circle of friends sooner or later."Then, I won't order this dish." M
After sending the message, Meredith eagerly sat up and headed to the door of the bedroom. When she walked past the study, her feet involuntarily stopped for a while.Should she enter and tell Josiah about it? Josiah would surely not agree to let her meet Maeve. She still had to come up with an excuse that could fully persuade him.However, what excuse could she come up with that would let him let her head out on her own? Would Josiah just put his work aside to accompany her if she told him about this?Thinking back and forth, in the end, she decided not to tell him.She softly headed downstairs only to see Yuna keeping watch there.Sure enough, Josiah kept a tight watch on her.After standing on the staircase for a while, she realized that Yuna had fallen asleep by the entrance. She looked tired.Picking her shoes up in her hand, Meredith slipped away under Yuna's nose.From the hotel to the cafe, Meredith passed by the dessert shop where she bought iced tea together with Yun
Sharon smiled bitterly. "Mrs. Shelby, at the party that day, I was shoved by someone. Which was why I crashed into you. I thought for a long time. I'm guessing it must be Maeve. At that time, she was standing right behind me. "Of course, I'm telling you not to push blame or to ask you to avenge me. I just want you to know who Maeve Xander is. She is not going to treat you kindly. Mister Josiah has settled the score with her because of the party incident, so she was planning how to seek revenge on you.""But…" Meredith was confused. "Why does she hate me? Have I offended her in the past?"She only knew that she pushed Yena down the stairs. If someone were to hate her, it should be Yena."Mrs. Shelby, a man as great as Mister Josiah will surely be the man of countless women's dreams, yet he only loves you and spoils you. Some of the women would naturally try to get rid of you since they can't have him.""Is that so?" Meredith was suddenly silent.Just because they could not have h
Sharon was right. She was having a blissful time with Josiah. They were very much in love. Why did she need to harp on the past?Why should she fall for that woman's trap?She could treat what she had now as a completely new life, living each day in bliss with the man that she loves.She could not help but think. If she was forced to split with Josiah because of her forgotten memories, would she be upset? She would surely be.She did not even dare think that one day she might split up with Josiah. Meredith took her phone out and sent Maeve a message, [I'm sorry, Miss Xander. I don't want to know about it anymore.]Maeve had been waiting at the cafe for a long time. When she received Meredith's message, she was infuriated.She quickly replied, [What are you talking about? It's about your past. Don't you want to know how your daughter died? Don't you want to know how Josiah hurt you two in the past?]However, her message was not successfully sent to Meredith's phone, because Mer
"Meredith! That is your past! Don't you have any pride or determination? You…""I already said I don’t want to know about it!" Meredith covered her ears. She looked at Maeve and said, "Miss Xander, I know you want to make me completely mad and steal Joe away from me, but I'm not going to let you do it. I'm not going to listen to a single word you say, so you can stop!"Meredith tried hard to keep herself in control, to not be swayed by the decision that she made with difficulty a moment ago.She was not going to fall for Maeve's trap. She turned around and left.Maeve panicked. She grabbed Meredith's wrists with both her hands and pulled them away from her ears with force. "Meredith, you have no choice but to listen. I'm going to tell you about how Josiah was back then…"Since Maeve used too much force, the seashell bracelet on Meredith's wrist snapped. The polished seashells fell to the ground like marbles.Maeve was stunned for a while. When she lowered to see the ground full o