"Josiah already knew about it. And like you said before, only you know that I am the one who poisoned the soup, no one else knows about this.""So you think that I was the one who told Josiah?""Is it not?""Let me make this clear, I did not." Meredith took a sip of her tea before looking at Quinley. "Quinley Allison, there's no reason for me to lie to you because it's been a long time since I saw you as my friend."You…" Quinley was wordless with rage.Meredith, whose face was scarred and who was tormented by Josiah over and over again, was able to still present herself in an elegant and classy way.Quinley was gritting her teeth tightly together but she could only hold back her resentment.With her eyes reddened, Quinley walked over to Meredith, got onto her knees, and grabbed Meredith's hands. "Edith, I must have been mistaken. But how would Josiah know about it? He had even threatened to destroy the Allison Group."Edith, I'm sorry for how I reacted earlier, but you've clea
"Yulia Francis. She's almost the same age as me, from Yesenia City," Meredith explained simply, "Her sister is Qira Francis. Qira was locked up in the Durham City psychiatric ward but passed away in a fire."Meredith's eyes reddened at the mention of this, and she felt like tearing up.Qira was her only friend back when she was in the psychiatric ward. She was also the only one who was nice to her but Qira ended up dying because she saved Meredith.Qira had a wish, and that was to leave the psychiatric ward to find her long-lost sister.And Meredith had promised Qira that she would help her fulfill her wish.Qira never made it out of the psychiatric ward hence Meredith swore to help Qira fulfill her second wish, even if Qira was not around to see her sister anymore.Back then, Meredith was so occupied with earning money and taking care of Nia that she was not able to get someone to find Yulia. Then, she lost her memories and during that time, she had completely forgotten about Qi
Standing in front of the office's door, Meredith took a deep breath before knocking.Behind her was Yoseph calling out, "Ma'am, what brings you here?"Meredith turned around, looked at her, and replied, "I'm here to see Josiah. May I know if he's in?""Sir is currently in the middle of a meeting to sign a contract." Yoseph opened the door and invited her in. "You should wait inside, Ma'am. I'll go make some tea for you.""It's alright. I want to see Josiah right now," She replied and asked, "would you mind bringing me to him?""Um…is it something urgent, ma'am?""Yes, quite."Yoseph hesitated a while but finally took her to the meeting room.Josiah was in the middle of signing a contract with the Young Group. The people from Young Group were flattered that Josiah would want to collaborate with them. The representative nodded his head while Josiah was going through the details with them and they promised to give their best in this project."Sir, can I have a minute?" Yoseph gree
There was a flicker in her expression but she quickly regained her composure."But there was a difference between being forced and doing it willingly, right? If not, you wouldn't be upset whenever I rejected and resisted you."Josiah thought about her words then nodded. "Make sense. So are you saying that you want to make the first move today?""Bingo. So do you want me to?""That is of course."With a smile on his face, he asked, "But why not tell me the condition first? What if I can't fulfill your condition? Then it'd be a waste of effort, wouldn't it?"Her hand that was moving across his chest froze.Josiah was right. What if he would not agree to her conditions?After a moment of hesitation, she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and smiled even more seductively, "I really can't hide anything from you, can I? You're right that I do have a favor to ask of you."I heard that you're holding Quinley Allison responsible for poisoning you and for that, you've canceled the co
Meredith was slightly in a daze as she dropped onto the floor.Josiah dragged her off the floor and pulled her into his arms. Staring into her eyes, he said, "Meredith Leighton, I can let Quinley off the hook if you tell me that she is the one who poisoned me. And that you have nothing to do with this at all.""..." Meredith smiled and stared at him, at a loss for words.Meredith wondered why was Josiah so egoistic? Did he really want to hear them even if there were lies?"Is…is that it?" Meredith was a bit unsure."Okay then," Meredith gulped, then looked into his eyes, and said earnestly, "it was her who poisoned you and I have nothing to do with it at all. How could I poison you?"Josiah was finally pleased with her response but he still had a cold and gloomy expression on his face.Josiah let go of his grasp around her and Meredith quickly took a few steps back.Seeing how Josiah was about to leave, Meredith stopped him. "Sir, didn't you just say that you would let Quinley
On the other end of the line, a foreign voice rang out, "Hello. I'm already at the entrance of the Shelby Group Tower. May I ask where you are?"Meredith was speechless. She looked at her phone. A bad feeling rose in her heart. "I'm already in the car.""What? But I just arrived," The man said on the other end of the line."I'm sorry. I got in the wrong car. I'll…cancel the ride order." Meredith hung up and instinctively looked at the driver in front.At that moment only she realized that the driver was a young handsome man. The car logo was a Bendley. It was not the car on her order. No wonder he kept laughing!Meredith was so awkward she wanted to find a place to hide. The young driver said with a smile, "It's fine. I'm bored anyway. I'll send you there.""Uh, I'm so sorry. I got in the car without checking," Meredith said awkwardly, "young man, why don't you let me get off. I'll call for another taxi.""You're calling me young man?" The young driver furrowed his brows a littl
Meredith remembered that Qira had once told her that her parents died an early death. She grew up with her uncle's family, but they treated her badly. This was why after Qira got sick, they abandoned her in the psychiatric hospital and no longer cared for her. They have never visited her once.Upon a closer thought, Qira's life was quite like hers. They were equally tragic.No. Qira was even worse off than her. After all, she was still alive, and Qira had died in the fire.Mister Zyion, the warden, has long heard about Josiah and Meredith being a close couple recently. Naturally, he was more attentive to her. However, even he could not locate Qira's family."Mrs. Shelby, this is Qira's personal file. Other than her contact, there was nothing else.""How could this be?" Meredith looked at the familiar face in the photo. Her eyes reddened involuntarily.Although Qira was so emaciated that she was basically skin and bones, her smile was warm."Because when her family sent her here,
Meredith no longer wanted to explain herself on this matter. It was pointless in doing so too."If you insist on making me the enemy," Josiah grabbed her arm and coldly looked at her. "Then, I'll let you go. You can leave this mansion. I can promise that I'll never kidnap you back."If it was the past, Meredith would surely be happy when she heard him say that.However, at that moment, she was not one bit happy. She knew that it was on the condition that she would never see Nia again, but she missed Nia! "If this freedom comes at the price of giving up Nia, then no need," Meredith said calmly."Meredith, this is your choice.""Yes. It's my choice," Meredith said with tears in her eyes, "back then, I could sell my body for you to help cure Nia, let you lock me up whenever you wanted to, and even tried my best to get pregnant with your child, what more now? I'm going back to bed."Meredith broke free from his clutches, turned around, and returned to bed. Her aloofness displeased
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