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.
Meredith held his hand in hers and sobbed, "Joe, you look like you're in a lot of pain. Try not to talk too much and get some sleep."Josiah shook his head softly. "It's okay. I'm feeling alright.""How are you alright when you're injured this badly?""I'm a man. I'm not that weak," Josiah was even chuckling, "Edith, I'm glad that you're okay. I was really worried that you'll fall with me.""I should be the one who should be worried," Meredith sniffled and added, "didn't I already tell you that the walkway is dangerous and that you should not come to me? Why did you still come? If something bad really happened to you, I…"She could not bring herself to finish her sentence.Josiah teased her, "And what would happen if I died from the fall?""What about me and our baby then?" Meredith stroked her tummy and said, "I forgot that we don't have a child.""Well, I'm not dead, am I?""But you're so injured," Meredith was getting frustrated, "in any case, don't be too reckless next tim
Meredith did not notice the look of disappointment on his face and changed to another topic. "Joe, are you hungry? Let me go make you something to eat.""How are you supposed to cook for me when you're injured too?" Josiah shook his head and placed his hand on his cheeks. "Edith, you too should get some good rest."Meredith shook her head. "It's okay, I don't feel pain anymore."Especially when she found out that Josiah's condition was much more stable, Meredith did not pay much attention to her own injuries anymore."Get some rest, Joe," Meredith said.Josiah nodded. "Okay, let me get some rest. You should rest too, and have someone else prepare the food instead.""But I…""Be good now," Josiah cut her off and insisted that she rested.Meredith had no choice but to return to her ward to get some rest.Her injuries were not serious hence Meredith fully recovered after two days.Josiah stayed in the hospital for two days and he was recovering. He had even started to work.Han
"Why do you think so?" Josiah grabbed Meredith by her wrist and pulled her onto his lap.She immediately avoided his injured arm and gasped, "Josiah Shelby, what are you doing? Do you not want your arm anymore?"His arm was bandaged but this did not stop him from messing around.And the injury on his head was quite serious too.Josiah glanced at his arm that was in a cast, shrugged, and said nonchalantly, "I'm not using the arm and you should stay still too."Meredith stayed still.Worrying that she would hurt his arm, she urged, "Joe, let me go. The doctor is going to scold me if he sees us.""Don't worry, the doctor wouldn't dare to scold you.""But if you get hurt because of me, I'll be mad at myself too."But Josiah did not let her go and simply studied the scar on her neck.Even though the wound was not deep, it left a scar, and this pained Josiah."How will I possibly be happy when you're making me food with this scar on your neck hmm, Mrs. Shelby?"So this was why he