"A little." Meredith smiled, embarrassed."Hold on a little longer. We'll come again tomorrow.""Okay."Just when they were about to leave, Meredith realized a little boy squatting down by the corner of the field. The boy was in an extremely white set of clothes. He looked a little thin.He stared at the children playing in the field with two big eyes. They could see that he wanted to play with the other children, but due to some reason, he did not join them.Meredith got herself free from Josiah's grasp and walked over to the little boy. She bent down and asked him gently, "Hey, kid, why are you here alone? Don't you want to play with the other children?"The little boy shook his head and said nothing."What do you mean by shaking your head?" Meredith thought seriously. "Hmm. Let me guess. You shook your head, meaning you don't want to play with the other children?"The little boy nodded a little."Then, why don't you like playing with them?" Meredith asked once again."Beca
Josiah could no longer take her coquettish torments. He could only give in and say, "Okay, I can adopt Caden, but we can only have him for a while. We can't become his daddy and mommy. Is that alright?"Meredith looked at Caden and saw the desire in his eyes. She could only agree to it."We'll let Caden head home first. I'll get Yoseph to talk to the orphanage tomorrow.""Okay, then we'll bring Caden back home tomorrow."Josiah saw the smile on her face. He raised her hand and patted her on the head. "You're finally smiling?""You're the best, Joe." Meredith smiled widely and bent down in front of Caden. She said, "Caden, I'll take you home to my place to stay tomorrow, how about that? I can cook very well."Caden had never enjoyed the warmth of a family before. He has also never met such a gentle and kind teacher that was willing to take him home. Naturally, he agreed happily."Come, pinky promise." Meredith and Caden stuck their pinky fingers out. They hooked fingers and press
Meredith said, "Caden will become as brilliant and likable as Miss Leighton. Of course, all of you will too. Do you understand?"Another boy weakly asked, "Then, will I become an orphan too in the future?"Meredith nodded. "Of course, all of us will become orphans eventually."The boy suddenly cried out loud. He sobbed and said, "I don't want to become an orphan. My Mommy and Daddy won't die."Meredith immediately walked over to the little boy and hugged him in her arms. She consoled him, saying, "Brent, don't worry. I'm talking about many years later. A hundred years later, by then, you're an old man already.""I don't want to be an old man either." The boy continued crying."Why? Is it not going to be an old man? An old man is still adorable." Meredith was a little lost and frightened by the little boy.She had to console him for quite a while before he calmed down.Outside the classroom, a teacher said softly, "How could Miss Leighton do this to the children? What if they re
Meredith smiled at him when she saw him. She waved at him and said, "Joe, you're back? Caden said he was hungry, so we started eating first. Come and eat with us."Josiah slowly walked over. He looked at the dishes on the table and teased, "You actually prepared mine too? Good that you remembered you have a husband that has not eaten.""Of course, I prepared yours too." Meredith pointed at the fish on the table. "See, this baked salmon is for you.""But the baked salmon would only taste nice when it's out of the oven. It won't taste good being placed outside for a long time.""Uh…" Meredith chuckled dryly, "It hasn't been out for a long time. It's barely been twenty minutes.""It's cold." His face darkened."It's not cold. It's still a little warm," Meredith said after she touched it.Josiah pulled a chair and sat down. He coolly said, "Great, Mrs. Shelby. It's only the first day and you have already neglected your husband."When he said that he looked at Caden by the side.Wh
However, that day…Josiah said unhappily, "I don't want to do it myself today. I want you to do it for me."Meredith looked at him and his empty plate. She said, "Okay, I'll do it for you." She got up, took the empty plate, and went into the kitchen.The moment Meredith left, Caden lost his protection. Especially when he saw Josiah looking at him with a face devoid of emotion. The chicken wings were suddenly not that tasty anymore.Josiah indeed did not like Caden because he usurped his position in Meredith's heart. It was nothing else but that.Josiah pointed at the kitchen and said in a low voice, "Buddy, she is my wife. Only I can hug her, stick to her, and let her feed me. Others can't. Do you hear me?"Caden nodded in fear.Josiah reached his legs out under the table and moved Caden's chair ten centimeters aside. "Good. From this moment on, stay away from my wife."Meredith came out with food and placed it in front of Josiah. She said, "Eat up."The next second, her gaze
Josiah inhaled. He suppressed his annoyance and said, "Mrs. Shelby, take some fish for me."She used to be the one who placed food on his plate.Meredith looked at him curiously. "Joe, what's going on with you?"Why was he being so troublesome?Josiah raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mrs. Shelby, I should be the one asking you what is going on with you? Just because you have a child you no longer want your husband, is that it?"She was already like that with another person's child. He could not imagine if Nia were to come back, his position in her heart would be even worse than the weed growing by the side of the door.At that thought, he was worried!"Caden is still young. Today is his first day here. Of course, I have to take good care of him." Meredith did not think of it as a problem."Because it's his first day, right?" Josiah nodded. "Okay, I'll bear with you for one day."Then, he took the fish himself and ate them.The fish tasted worse than usual. He did not know if i
Meredith was speechless."Mommy, what is going on?""I…" Meredith hugged and shook her head. She muttered in pain, "Don't call me mommy, don't…"The pain in her head got even worse. Her legs turned to jelly, and she slumped to the ground.Caden noticed that she was feeling worse. He immediately got off the bed and ran out of his room. He yelled, "Uncle, uncle, come quick. Mommy is not feeling well…"Josiah was waiting for Meredith to return to the bedroom while still sulking. He was wondering if she was even planning to sleep together with Caden.He suddenly heard Caden calling out. He immediately got down from his bed and rushed out.He ran into the guest room next door and saw Meredith sitting on the floor, hugging her head while hitting her head against the nightstand."Edith, what happened?" Josiah immediately rushed over and hugged her in his arms to stop her from harming herself."Don't call me mommy, don't call me mommy, don't…."Hearing her mutters, Josiah finally gue
"Okay, let's head back to bed." Meredith picked up the book that she had not finished reading a moment ago. "Caden, do you want me to continue reading you a bedtime story?""Yes, thank you, mommy." Caden nodded.Josiah said a little helplessly, "So, I'm being left out again."Meredith was immersed in the joy of reading the book to Caden, and Caden was delightfully listening to Meredith read him a bedtime story, so they ignored him.Josiah turned around and walked out of the bedroom. He turned back to look at the so-called mother and son.It was as if nothing had happened a moment ago. Everything resumed as normal quickly.Josiah returned to his bedroom and could not fall asleep no matter what. He would never be able to sleep well without Meredith in his arms. At the thought that his wife had been taken away by a small brat, he felt worse.Naturally, it was harder for him to fall asleep.He finally heard footsteps coming. He deliberately turned around with his back facing her wh