Ysabelle was struggling to get away from Meredith as she shouted furiously at the two men of hers, "Are you guys dead or what? Get her off me!"The men then only came back to their senses and hurriedly moved Meredith away from Ysabelle.Ysabelle injured her head and was beaten all over by Meredith. Raw anger shot through her and she slapped Meredith across her cheeks. "You crazy b*tch! How dare you lay your hands on me?"If she was not held back by the two men, Meredith would have returned a slap on Ysabelle's face.Meredith could not care less who Ysabelle was or how sinister Ysabelle could be.All she knew what that Ysabelle had forced her to drink the drugged juice and caused her to have a miscarriage.After a moment of resisting and trying to fight off the men, Meredith suddenly stopped moving and ended up breaking down in tears.Watching the video clip that was sent by Ysabelle, Josiah's face immediately darkened.Especially when Ysabelle said that she was just repeating w
He felt a wrenching pain in his heart as his stomach tied up in knots. Josiah bellowed furiously into the phone, "Ysabelle, don't you dare touch her!"Ysabelle said nothing and all Josiah could hear was Meredith's painful cries. After a moment, Ysabelle finally replied in a mocking tone, "Didn't you watch the video that I sent you? The baby is gone, Josiah. Why do you still care if she dies?""Or…" Ysabelle cackled and added, "could it be that you're calling me to tell me that you're giving up on her? That you don't care whether she dies or not?""Cut your bull and tell me what it is that you want!" With his teeth gritted tightly together, Josiah seethed, "Ysabelle, if you're smart enough, you know better that killing Meredith won't do you any good. So tell me what it is that you want and I'll do what I can."Ysabelle laughed instead, "You're a funny man, aren't you, Mister Josiah? Even if I ask for a hundred million dollars, what's the use of that money anyway? It's not like I hav
Meredith was stroking her tummy. It was as if she did not care that Ysabelle was holding a knife to her neck.Ysabelle's resentment festered in her and she held the knife closer to Meredith's neck until tiny droplets of blood were seeping out from Meredith's neck.Even though the place was dimly-lit, Josiah noticed the blood."Stop, Ysabelle!"Ysabelle pulled Meredith's hair on the back roughly and she did not care about Josiah's threats nor the fact that Meredith's face was all scrunched up in pain.She then seethed into Meredith's ears, taunting, "Meredith Leighton, he's lying to you. Do you really think that your baby is going to live after you drank the entire glass of drugged juice? Your baby is gone!""No, he isn't!" At the mention that her baby was gone, Meredith got triggered and started yelling and crying, "my baby is not dead! Joe, please save our baby! I don't want him to die! No!"Because she was struggling and moving around, the knife that was held against her neck
Ysabelle was simmering in anger and she taunted Meredith, "Let me remind you something, Meredith. If you choose not to believe me today, you'll regret it for the rest of your life!""Edith, you know better how I feel for you, do you not? Why would you allow some abductor to tell you how you should feel?" Josiah stared coldly at Ysabelle and said, "The one who really wanted to hurt you is the one who forced you to drink the drug and who is holding a knife to your neck, do you understand me?"Meredith was once again convinced by Josiah.She knew how well Josiah had treated her and as for Ysabelle…Meredith took a glance at the knife on her neck and asked nonchalantly, "Can you let go of me now? I want to go home."Ysabelle was silent.Ysabelle wondered if Meredith was really as mentally unstable as she claimed to be.Since Meredith chose to not believe her, Ysabelle decided that she did not have to waste any more time to convince her.Ysabelle pressed the knife closer to Meredith
"No…don't come here." Meredith was standing close to the old corridor and could see the cracks on them and how the walkway was about to rumble."Joe, don't come up, you'll fall to your death," She urged, "you don't have to care about me, just leave.""Edith…" Josiah was feeling antsy and he did not know what to do.He who had been through the ups and downs in the business world was suddenly faced with a challenge that he did not know the right solution to.He was not afraid to die, but he was worried that if he died, he would not be able to save Meredith.Annoyed, Ysabelle called over the two men and had them tie Meredith onto a pillar.The pillar was close to the edge and just a slight movement and Meredith would fall over.Josiah fumed, "Ysabelle, get her inside!"Unbothered by his taunts, Ysabelle retorted, "It's not like you're planning to save her. Why not just let her slip off slowly as the ropes come undone by itself? Then we'll just let her fall to her death.""I am sa
As he got closer toward Meredith, Josiah could now see clearly that Meredith's rope was stretched thinner and thinner and that she could drop any minute.Meredith was in just as dangerous a situation as he was.Ysabelle though had already left the building while laughing away manically.Meredith who was quivering in fear did not even dare to breathe hard.But even so, the rope tied around her broke in the end.Josiah had just crossed two-thirds of the walkway when he heard the rope breaking apart. He immediately looked toward Meredith."Edith!" Josiah cried out.He then ran over to Meredith without even thinking."Joe-" Meredith was falling over and her mind had gone blank.She thought she would drop to the ground and her life would end just like that.All of a sudden, she stopped falling. She opened her eyes abruptly to see Josiah grabbing onto her shirt's collar."Joe…" She thought that she was safe now but she soon realized that Josiah too was hanging mid-air. He had one
"What did you say?" Meredith was first stunned but almost immediately, she started crying again. "How is he fine when he is in the ICU?""The doctor said that his surgery was successful but he is still unconscious. They will need to keep observing him.""Where was he injured? Why is it so serious?""Sir hurt his head and broke his left hand."He was injured badly.Blaming herself for what had happened, Meredith choked up, "It is all my fault. Joe ended up injured because of me."Yoseph shook his head. "No, Ma'am. It was Ysabelle, the despicable woman who injured Sir. It is not your fault at all.""No, it is my fault. Joe only fell because he had to save me. If he hadn't, he wouldn't have ended up being injured."Meredith would rather be injured instead of seeing Josiah getting injured.In her memories, Josiah was her husband, the man he loved the most and her only family.Meredith of course, could not bear to see her loved one getting injured because of her."Ma'am, just thi
"How is it possible?" Meredith still found the truth hard to take in. "I am pregnant, aren't I?""Ma'am, if you're really pregnant, you'd be feeling a lot of pain in your tummy. It's impossible that you're not feeling anything."Even though Yoseph did not know what exactly happened in the old factory, when he found Meredith, she was passed out on the second floor with injuries on her forehead and neck.It would be impossible for a pregnant lady to feel nothing after going through all that.Meredith touched her stomach and indeed, she did not feel anything in particular.She did not feel pain nor any signs of uncomfortableness.Meredith had finally accepted the truth that she was not pregnant."Ma'am, the wound on your neck must be really painful," Yoseph said with a look of sympathy on his face.Meredith traced her fingers on her neck and felt a bandage.Earlier, she was worried about Josiah and whether she was pregnant or not, that she had forgotten that she too was injured.