"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
"It tastes the same but it doesn't taste as delicious as it did before. Could it be that your cooking skills got affected because of your injury?" Josiah added, "Edith, let the chef prepare our food the next time."Looking devastated, Meredith stared at him and asked, "Joe, do you not like my cooking anymore?"He had been enjoying her cooking all these while and had praised her cooking too.But all he did was complain about her cooking today."It could be that I'm injured and I become a bit pickier with the food." Josiah leaned into her and kissed Meredith on the forehead. "Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. Don't be mad, hmm?"Even though she felt a bit wronged, Meredith responded, "I'm not mad, just a bit disappointed.""Don't be disappointed, Edith. It's my problem, not yours." Since the kiss did not work on her, Josiah pulled her into his arms and said, "Once I recover and get better, my appetite will come back and I would certainly crave your cooking."Meredith nodded.She
Josiah stayed in the hospital for seven days and he could not stand to stay there any longer.Meredith went downstairs to get breakfast.When she walked into Josiah's room, she found that he was staring at her. She then asked, puzzled, "Joe, why are you looking at me like this?""You went out to get breakfast?" Josiah had already changed his outfit.Even though he still had yet to recover from the injuries on his arm and head, Josiah still exudes charisma."Yeah." Meredith nodded."It's only breakfast?""Yeah," Meredith asked confusedly, "or is there anything else that you'd like to have? Let me know and I'll go get it for you."She put down the breakfast on the table.Josiah shook his head and said, "It's nothing.""Tell me!" Meredith grabbed his arm and shook it. "Do you know that it's frustrating when you leave someone hanging? Do you want to be someone who's annoying?"Josiah sighed helplessly and ruffled the top of her head and said, "Mrs.Shelby, how could you be so unr
"Um…" The doctor was rendered speechless and quickly apologized, "Sorry Sir, I was simply worried about you. Strictly speaking, you aren't allowed to be discharged yet.""Rest assured that I will take care of myself. Plus, Edith is an experienced caretaker, what is there for you to be worried about?"At the mention of Meredith's background, Josiah felt rather proud of her.The doctor agreed. "Yes, indeed. I almost forgot about it. I'm sure you'd recover great with such a brilliant wife who would take good care of you.""That is why you can leave now," Josiah said in a rather annoyed manner."Yes, I shall. Take care then, Sir."After the doctor left, Walter knocked on the door and walked into the room. "Sir, shall we leave? I'll help you get your belongings.""I don't know where Meredith went after breakfast. Let's wait for her to get back." Josiah then took a seat on the couch."Oh, Sir, did you not know that Ma'am had already left first?""What did you say?" Josiah immediatel
"Joe, please forgive me hmm? I promise to give you flowers from now on." She put her hands together and pleaded with him.Seeing how she looked sad and regretful, Josiah could not bring himself to tease her anymore.He pulled her into his arms and said, "You promised that you'll give me flowers from now on. I'll forgive you for now."Meredith felt relieved and pulled into a wide smile. "Okay!""Come on, let's head home now.""Hold on, Joe. You're squashing the flowers," Looking at the bouquet of flowers in her arms, she complained, "I picked these flowers one by one, how could you be this careless with them."The arrogant and prideful Josiah a minute ago was immediately replaced by a soft and gentle Josiah. It was his turn to comfort her, "Sorry honey, I should have been more careful.""But the flowers are all squished and flattened up." Meredith traced her fingers along the squashed-up flowers."You're right, what should we do?" Josiah felt bad. "It's not always that I get to
"It's alright. Rose bushes suit her more," Josiah replied.Earlier when Meredith went to get flowers for Josiah, the owner also suggested getting roses instead. But she got rose bushes instead.Rose bushes were her favorite and they suit her as well.Josiah got into the car with a bouquet of fresh rose bushes. Meredith took the flowers into her arms and exclaimed, "Wow, that's a lot of flowers. Joe, are you planning to turn our house into a sea of rose bushes?""Why not if it makes you happy?" Josiah smiled and pointed at the flowers in her arms. "So? Are you happy now?""Yes! Super happy!" Meredith buried her face into the bed of rose bushes and exclaimed, "They smell amazing!""Be careful of the thorns," Josiah reminded her.When they arrived at the mansion, Meredith immediately arranged the rose bushes into several vases. Within a moment, almost every corner of the house was filled with rose bushes.The living room, dining hall, bedroom, and even Josiah's study room.Admiri
"Don't worry, we've already had our wedding photos taken.""My face was not scarred back then, was it?""Yeah…""Well, how do I look back then?" Meredith got even curious. "Joe, do you have any of my old photos? I want to have a look."Josiah, of course, had her old photos. But he simply did not want to show them to her.Because he was worried that Meredith would be devastated and even be triggered."No, I don't have them. But the registration office might have our wedding photos.""Oh." Meredith sounded a bit disappointed. "Alright then. I can only see them on that day.""Edith, are you curious about how you looked back then?""Of course," Meredith was still touching her face as she added, "I don't want to go around with this ugly face of mine where they would laugh at me and even say that I don't deserve to be with you.""Don't be too bothered by what people say," Josiah traced his fingers across her face and went on, "plus, I think that you are worthy of being together wit
"Medical technology is so advanced these days. I'm sure there won't be any incidents," Meredith assured him, "plus, I heard a lot of celebrities get plastic surgery and nothing happened to them.""There are some whose surgery had gone south, you just don't know about them. If you want to read about them, I can have Yoseph pull up several cases of failed surgery and show them to you."Josiah's plan worked and Meredith did not dare to think about getting plastic surgery anymore."Promise me that you won't dislike me for my ugly looks.""I promise." Josiah leaned in and pressed his lips against hers. "No matter how you look, I will never dislike and leave you. And of course, you should promise me the same too.""Mm, we will never leave each other," Meredith replied between Josiah's kisses.Feeling that Josiah's kiss was getting deeper, Meredith immediately stopped him. "Joe, you shouldn't!""What's wrong?" Josiah moved away from her lips, kissed her between her eyebrows, and said,
Back in the bedroom on the second floor, Liam pulled Ivy into the bathroom to take a bath together.Ivy allowed him to take off her clothes and pulled her to stand under the water.Liam helped her take a bath and asked, "How is it? Is everything okay?""It's not bad." Ivy said, "I didn't expect your parents to welcome me so warmly."Liam looked at her proudly, with the water still flowing down from his head. "Of course! You should thank the guy that has good taste. How can they dislike a girl of my choosing?"Ivy smiled and said, "Okay, previously...""Don't mention the previous things, let them pass." Liam interrupted her.Ivy was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "Okay, it's all over.""Yes. From now on, there is only happiness." Liam lowered his head and whispered in her ear, and kissed her lips……Meredith and Josiah listened in shock to Liam and Ivy's story, while watching the three children chasing and making trouble outside the floor-to-ceiling window.They were all
Ivy raised her hand and touched the top of Siena's hair. "God treated me well, and gave me back my daughter, and also gave me the child's father.""No, you're wrong." Liam smiled and said, "God treated me well and sent the child and the child's mother back to my arms.""Oh, spare me." Madam Sheldon shook her head unbearably.Madam Sheldon finally believed that Siena was her own granddaughter.She excitedly hugged Siena into her arms, and she burst into tears with joy. "Great, our Sheldon family finally has a granddaughter! Great!""Grandma, you like Siena, right?" Siena asked sweetly."Nonsense! Of course, Grandma likes Siena. Grandma has always dreamed about a little grandson or a little granddaughter." Madam Sheldon choked as she said.Liam and Ivy looked at each other and smiled.After hugging Siena excitedly for a while, Madam Sheldon released her, and looked at her again. "Now that you mentioned it, she looks a lot like Liam. Look at her nose, her ears...right? Am I righ
"You even helped me get dressed before you left!" Liam pinched her chin. "Ivy, aren't you embarrassed saying these things?""You asked me.""...""If I didn't help you get dressed, you might be so stupid that you don't even know that you slept with someone, right?""Ivy!" Liam gritted his teeth. "You stole my seed, and you dare to laugh at me for being stupid?""Isn't it stupid?" Ivy was not afraid of him. She raised an eyebrow at him deliberately. "Liam, think about it. Were you being stupid that night?"Liam was silent.Yes, he was really stupid.He was so stupid that he was too embarrassed to admit it. He did not even have the face to mention it in front of Josiah.Looking at the woman in front of him, he wanted to laugh and be mad at the same time.He did not want to say anything. He just wanted to use actions to prove how angry he was, how excited, happy, and...Countless emotions were intertwined in his body, causing him to bow his head and kiss her lips fiercely.Ivy
"Okay, I'm sorry." Ivy got up and walked around in front of him, sitting on his lap and hugging his neck with a smile. "Do I need to make up for you as well? Say sorry to you?""Yes, of course.""I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn't have kept it from you for so long. I shouldn't have kept the news about Siena's from you until now, okay?""Do you think I'll let you off with just that?" Liam was not satisfied."Then what do you want?""The rest will be paid in the evening.""Okay, double compensation," Ivy responded generously.Hearing her say that, Liam was extremely satisfied.He did not mind his daughter's presence at all. He instructed her, "Siena, turn around, I'm going to kiss Mommy.""Why can't I see you kiss Mommy?" Siena was puzzled."Because your Mommy will be shy.""Oh, okay then." Siena turned around wisely."I'm not shy, it's you who is shy." Ivy held Liam's handsome face and kissed him on the lips.Liam was moved for a second, and when he tried to dee
The adoptive parents expressed their understanding. They waved their hands and said, "It's alright. If it were me, I'd be crying happy tears too.""Anyway, thank you very much," Liam said."Mister Liam, you don't have to be so polite. Otherwise, we will be even more embarrassed," the adoptive father said.The adoptive mother held Siena, who seemed a little lost. She pulled Siena in front of Ivy and said softly, "Siena, I'm sorry, Mommy never told you that Ivy is your biological mommy."Siena looked at her in shock. "Really? Is Mommy Ivy my biological mother? Did she give birth to me?""Yes. Mommy wouldn't just pass you to a random stranger, right?" The adoptive mother smiled and said, "Siena, you will be able to spend time with your biological mommy in the future. Isn't that great?"Siena nodded, then stretched out her palm and gently stroked Ivy's face. "Mommy, why are you crying? Don't you want to be my biological mommy?""Siena!" Ivy suddenly pulled Siena into her embrace."
Siena's adoptive parents expressed that they understood. They waved their hands and said, "It's fine. If it were me, we would cry happy tears too." "Anyway, thank you very much," Liam said."Mister Liam, don't say such a thing. If not, we will be even more embarrassed," Siena's adoptive father said.Siena's adoptive mother pulled Siena, who did not know much about what was happening, over to Ivy's side and gently said, "Siena, I'm sorry. I have never told you that Ivy is your real Mommy."Siena looked at her in shock. "Are you serious? Mommy Ivy is my real Mommy? The one that gave birth to me?""Yes, if not, how could I simply give you to any other person?" Siena's adoptive mother said with a smile, "In the future, you will be living with your real Mommy. Are you happy?"Siena nodded before reaching her hand out and touching Ivy's face. "Mommy, why are you crying? Don't you want to be my real Mommy?""Siena!" Ivy suddenly hugged her."Darling, I have been looking for you for s
Siena's adoptive parents looked at each other and smiled.The kitchen was calling them to take their seats.Liam got up and said, "Come, let's eat and talk."Then, he said to Siena, "Siena, go get Daddy and Mommy to eat. They must be hungry."Siena happily brought her adoptive parents to take their seats. The dinner was in the garden. They ate and talked at the same time. The entire process was pleasant.Toward the end, Siena's adoptive mover suddenly got up and walked over to Ivy. She looked at her deeply and said after a while, "Ivy, there is a secret I have been hiding from you for a very long time.""What is it?" Ivy saw how serious she was. She could not help but feel the severity of it."Siena…" Siena's adoptive mother paused for a while before saying, "Siena is the baby that you have been looking for all these years."Ivy was stunned. Liam was stunned too.Ivy was feeling uneasy. Blood was rushing to her head. Shock, delight, surprise, excitement, all of the emotions ga
Ivy heard what Liam said and looked out at the door.When she saw that it was Siena's adoptive parents, she was instantly stunned."They are the guests that you mentioned?""Yes." Liam stood next to her and smiled. He said, "They said they hoped that they could see Siena one more time.""Is that so? That's great." Ivy held Siena's hand and walked out.Outside the door, Siena's adoptive parents were extremely friendly. "Hello! Ivy! Haven't seen you in a while!""Hello." Ivy welcomed them. "Welcome."They looked at Siena behind Ivy. "Hello, Siena. It's been a while."Siena was so anxious she was almost in tears. She said with reddened eyes, "I don't want to go back! I don't want to!"Seeing how Siena was against them, they looked awkward. From there, one could infer how irresponsible they were of their adopted daughter previously.Ivy ruffled Siena's head and said softly in her ears, "Siena, don't be afraid. Your adoptive parents are here to send you off because you're about to
Ivy cleared her throat. She ruffled Siena's head. "Don't listen to your Daddy. How could I be tired? Furthermore, taking care of you is the happiest and proudest thing I have ever done.""Really? Mommy, you really like me that much?""I do."Siena laughed happily."Let's go. We'll head home." Ivy held Siena's hand and they walked under the sycamore tree."Mommy, has Daddy gone back?""Not yet," Ivy said, "Daddy said he wants to give us a surprise.""Oh, that's great. I don't want Daddy to leave us.""Why? Do you like Daddy?""I do." Siena nodded. "Also, with Daddy here, you will be much happier. I like to see you being happy."Ivy saw Siena's face under the sun. She could not help but be moved. Siena was too understanding and caring.She suddenly thought of her own daughter. If she was still around, she would be Siena's age. She wondered whether she was as caring as Siena.At that thought, the smile on her face faded a little."Mommy, look! There are two birds!" Siena sudd