"That child was conceived to save Nia, and is not favored by anyone. Even if he is not poisoned to death, you and Ysabelle will not let him be born, right?""That's nonsense. Of course, I will let him be born." Josiah looked at her tearful eyes. "If you are worried about Zade's parents, I can give 10 million to his old man. If you want to be grateful to Zade's sister, I can give her the nightclub. It's only Zade that I cannot help. He is not qualified to live well.""..." Meredith was slightly startled.She did not expect that he would actually have such a coquettish operation. This man was really rich and willful."Money can't buy health, and no one wants to exchange their legs for money.""To put it bluntly, all you care about is him, not his parents or his sister.""No!""Then how would you know if he doesn't want to exchange his legs for such a rich fortune?" Josiah sneered.She took a deep breath and said in a very sincere tone, "I admit defeat."Josiah, please treat his
Jenny was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the person who came. "Miss Quinley? Why are you here?"Quinley glanced at the quiet Meredith before looking at Jenny displeasedly and said, "How could Josiah allow such a rude servant to stay with Meredith? No, I'll call Josiah now."Jenny panicked when she heard that she was going to call Josiah.If a cold-hearted person like Josiah found out, he would not even give her a chance to explain, and will fire her immediately.She was anxiously thinking about how to stop Quinley from calling, but Meredith on the hospital bed spoke first. "Quinley, stop calling."Quinley did not expect Meredith to stop her, so she put down the phone and asked, "What's wrong with you, Meredith? You're not afraid of even a servant, are you?""No." Meredith said, "I just think Jenny is right, I'm the one who was wrong."She did not want to tolerate Jenny, nor was she worried that Jenny would lose her job. She just needed someone like Jenny, who loved
She cleared her throat awkwardly and changed the topic, "Oh Meredith, I've made chicken soup for you. Finish it while it's hot."She brought the thermal flask over, opened the cover and passed it to Meredith. "Here, you can drink it from here.""Thank you but I'm not hungry yet, You can just leave it aside." Meredith had no appetite at all."It's only soup, you can just drink it like it's water," Quinley handed the flask to Meredith again and said, "Give my cooking a try, hmm? It's been a long time since you tried my cooking."Indeed, it has been quite some time.That year when Quinley wanted to get on her good side, she had made different kinds of food and desserts for Meredith and had them delivered to her house.Four years had passed. Quinley's cooking was still the same but her heart had changed.She even dared to poison the chicken soup.Meredith was after all a medical student and her mother was a perfume specialist. Of course Meredith was able to notice that the soup som
"Let her go!" Meredith shouted furiously at the nurses.One of the nurses who attended to Meredith earlier looked conflicted. "Miss Meredith, didn't I just tell you that Sir does not allow anyone to visit you during your time here in the hospital?"Meredith strode over and took Zya from them. She then glared furiously at the nurse and seethed, "Go tell Josiah Shelby that it was me who insisted on meeting Zya."She then walked Zya back into her room.Just when Meredith was about to ask why Zya was here, she was slapped across the face.Meredith froze.After all, the Zya that Meredith knew was gentle and soft. Even when she was harassed by customers, she would only cry and Meredith had never seen her hit anyone."Zya…""Meredith Leighton, just tell me if you never wanted to help me, why did you have to lie?" With tears in her eyes, Zya accused, "Meredith, you really have changed, haven't you? My brother was right when he said that you've become pretentious and vile. You're also f
It was as if Meredith read Jenny's mind so she added, "I also wanted to ask him about Zade's surgery. Could you please give a call and let him know?""Oh, okay. Let me make the call then." Jenny reached for her phone.It was Yoseph who answered the phone. At the mention that Meredith wanted to send food for Josiah, Yoseph did not think much into it and agreed.When Meredith arrived at Shelby Group, Josiah was in the middle of a meeting.Yoseph let her into Josiah's office and smiled. "I'm sure Sir would be happy when he knows that you're here to send him soup."Meredith simply tugged at the corners of her lips and said nothing more.Yoseph asked, "My apologies, Ma'am. Sir is in an important meeting and he'd only be done in twenty-minutes' time.""That's alright, I can wait."She had waited for him longer than that, twenty minutes was nothing to her.She was only worried that Josiah would not even give her the chance to wait."What would you like to drink, Ma'am? I'll prepare
At the sight of him finishing the soup, Meredith secretly pulled into a smirk as she knew that Josiah would not be able to escape this time.She was finally able to get rid of the devil."What's that strange look on your face?" Josiah noticed the weird expression on her face."Josiah Shelby, why did Zade's doctor suddenly take leave?" Meredith asked.Josiah's face darkened slightly as he seethed, "Meredith Leighton, what are you up to again? You just have to bring up that man's name in front of me, don't you?""Answer my question first." Meredith sounded cold.Suddenly, Josiah leaned in closer to him and grabbed the back of Meredith's head. "I dare you to mention his name again, Meredith Leighton.""Zade Brooks…"Josiah lowered his head and pressed his lips against hers.Stunned, Meredith immediately started resisting him.Josiah had just finished the soup and Meredith could taste the soup in his mouth. Meredith did not want to die with him."Josiah Shelby, I have no plans o
"Josiah Shelby, you can forget about moving me with your words. You've pulled out my heart and stomped and trampled it over and over again. I will never be moved or touched by your words anymore."Zade's incident was the last straw, but once again, you disappointed me again. And that was then I realized that you'd never change, that you'll forever be a devil. There will never come a day where you'd keep your words.""What do you mean?" Josiah frowned as he started to break into a cold sweat. "That man…"There's no point in saying all these now. Just be ready to go to hell!" Meredith interrupted him, looked outward, and shouted, "Is anyone out there? Mister Josiah is going to die soon!"Wesley and Yoseph immediately came rushing into the office.At the sight of Josiah's pale face and the amount of sweat dripping down his forehead, Wesley and Yoespeh got anxious. "What happened? Ma'am, what happened to Sir?""He drank the soup that I've poisoned. He might not have long to live anym
"Wesley, stop," Yoseph interrupted Wesley who looked like he was about to lose it, and said, "let me talk to Miss Meredith instead."Yoseph walked toward Meredith, looked her in the eyes, and said, "Miss Meredith, the doctor needs to know right now the type of poison that you've given Sir. Please tell us.""Do you really think that I will tell you?" Meredith glanced at her and said, "Yoseph, you should know better by now on how much I want him to die, do you not?""Sir's life is at stake. Please don't be emotional, Miss Meredith.""I'm emotional?" Meredith laughed, "So all these while, you think that I'm just being emotional? Indeed, you'd never know how bad it hurts until it happens to you."Meredith thought that it was as if everyone was bullying her and they were all taking Josiah's side.It was as if only Josiah's life was precious. Not hers, not her mother's, and not even Nia's.She felt a rush of emotions crashing into her…disappointment, rage, resentment…Feeling her leg