This was the first time after Meredith lost her memories that she called him by his full name.Her temper was flaring up.Meredith cleared her throat. She chuckled and said, "Joe, my lovely Joe."Then, she pleaded with him. "Joe, can I get out of the car already?"Josiah finally let her go.Seeing her vanishing from his sight within the kindergarten, he was even more depressed.The first thing he did when he returned to the office was to interrupt Yoseph's work reports. He said, "Find a better family who wants to adopt as soon as possible.""Ah?" Yoseph was stunned. "Mister Josiah, what do you mean by that?""Caden.""Are you saying you want me to find a better family to adopt Caden?""Yes." He thought if he were to continue letting Caden stay at his place, he was going to explode sooner or later."Mister Josiah, please allow me to ask you this. Is Caden hard to care for? Is he naughty? Is he too noisy affecting you and Mrs. Shelby? Or…"If not, why would Josiah so desperat
"Yes. I haven't seen you in a long time." Quinley smiled and walked over. Looking at Meredith's ID tag, she said, "Meredith, don't tell me you're working here?""Yes, I'm working here. I teach the children piano.""Why? Josiah is so rich, why does he need you to come out to work?""I insisted on going to work, so Joe agreed to it," Meredith explained."No wonder," Quinley nodded and said, "but, back then, Josiah…""Quinley," Meredith suddenly interrupted her by saying, "don't talk to me about the past. I don't want to hear about it."Quinley was stunned speechless.Although her main reason for looking for Meredith that day was not to talk about her past, seeing how she was so against her past, Quinley was confused.Has she regained her memories but decided to live in the moment of her happy life and not pursue the past? Did she not care for her daughter's death at all? If that was the case, Meredith sure was cruel.To understand the truth, Quinley cautiously asked, "Meredith
Eight to ten years was definitely not a short time."Yeah, I didn't expect that Josiah would love you this much, to the point that he was willing to put Maeve in hell just to protect you." Quinley wiped away her tears and said, "I went to see Maeve the other day and she broke down and even got on her knees, begging me to save her. She said she was wrong and would never make rash decisions anymore."Quinley then secretly observed Meredith's reaction.Meredith paused a while before responding, "For a young lady, eight to ten years is indeed a bit too much.""Yes, and that is why Maeve broke down and even got onto her knees," Quinley added, "but of course, she was not begging me for mercy, she was begging you instead.""Me?""Yes. It was Josiah who put her in jail, and aside from you, who else could help her? And Maeve knows of this, of course. But she could not see you so she asked me to help her and talk to you instead."Quinley held Meredith's hands tightly and said, "Meredith,
Noon came and Meredith returned to the mansion with Caden. She prepared some fruits for Caden and left him in the living room as he watched the TV. Meredith then started making dinner in the kitchen.As usual, she had prepared Josiah's favorite dishes and had waited for Josiah to get home from work before having dinner.She then served some pasta onto his plate and made sure Josiah had settled down at the dining table.After all of that, she then immediately rushed to Caden."Caden darling, here are some beef meatballs. Try some and see if you like it," She put two pieces of meatballs onto his plate and went on, "I'll make more next time if you like them."It was the same sentence again. Josiah reminded her, "Meredith, you have been saying the same thing repeatedly every time we have dinner.""Because I'd only make them again if you like then, if not I won't," Meredith was puzzled, "is there anything wrong with that?""Mm…not really."Meredith continued feeding Caden and only s
He could not help but doubt his 'ability'."Meredith, do you not find me attractive anymore?""Huh?" Meredith was lost."How is it that you only care about talking in this situation?" Josiah got into the bathtub and adjusted her body so that she was sitting on top of him. While teasing her with his fingers, he stared at her intently and whispered, "Don't you want it?"Meredith felt her body go numb.Of course, she still found Josiah attractive.Meredith whimpered softly, "Joe, what are you doing? It's not comfortable here.""I can't wait anymore." Josiah adjusted her body so that she was in a more comfortable position. Seeing how she was reacting to his teasing, Josiah smiled in relief. "I thought you didn't need me anymore."Leaning in his arms, she whispered into his ear, "You're the man that I love, how could I possibly not need you anymore?""Then why are you only paying attention to Caden?""Because I feel sorry for Caden. I want to take care of him and I want to see him
To be fair, Caden was like a replacement for Nia as well. But Meredith did not seem to realize this.Josiah comforted her gently, "It doesn't matter if he is seen as a replacement or not, as long as they are nice to Caden, love, and care for him.""But…" Meredith bit down on her lips and said, "I'm not ready to let Caden go.""Why? You've only know him for three days.""I'm puzzled too," Meredith tried to think about it and said, "it's weird that every time Caden calls me Mommy, I feel happy and touched. And I want him to be my son.""Joe, could it be…" She was hesitant to bring up the name. "Because of Nia?"At the mention of Nia's name, Josiah felt his heart drop.Since Meredith sort of figured out Nia's presence, Josiah did not wish to keep her in the dark anymore."Perhaps," He said, "in fact, you might be replacing Nia with Caden as well. But this doesn't stop you from loving him and caring for him. So, you shouldn't worry about the new family seeing Caden as a replacement
"Okay!" Caden went upstairs excitedly with Lily."Alright, go on." Josiah sat her down on his lap.Josiah thought he could be intimate with Meredith when Caden was not in sight."Urm…" Meredith was wondering how she should bring it up. After a pause, she said, "You knew about me running into Maeve at the resort, right?""Yeah. I know that she broke your bracelet." Josiah nodded.Josiah wondered why Meredith was suddenly bringing up Maeve.Could it be that someone spewed nonsense to her when he allowed her to step out of the mansion?"Look Joe, I've fixed the bracelet." She showed the bracelet around her wrist to Josiah. The seashells on the bracelet looked shinier than before."Mm, I noticed." Josiah nodded and continued having his breakfast."And Maeve didn't really say anything as Yuna and the rest of the girls had taunted her away," Meredith stared at him and went on, "what I'm trying to say is that you don't have to be so hard on her."Josiah's hand froze mid-air. Staring
"You weren't friends with her from the start. But she made up stories, tried to steal your husband, and even stalked you when we were at the resort. Judging by her character, I don't think she'd be grateful that you freed her, I'm sure she'd do worse to you.""I don't think that would happen.""You can't be too sure," replied Josiah."But because of this, you're asking her to spend eight to ten years of her life in jail. Isn't it a bit too cruel?" Seeing how Josiah was not willing to take a step back, Meredith was rather taken aback.She did not expect to see this cruel and ruthless side of Josiah who only showered her with love.And this was also the first time she felt slightly intimidated by him.Noticing the look of terror in her eyes, Josiah could not help but be reminded of the days before she lost her memories. It was as if every time they met, she had this same look on her face.Back then, Meredith too was intimidated and frightened by him.Could it be that he was being