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
The initially tasty soup instantly changed its taste. Josiah's heart constricted painfully. He said, "You will have the chance."Meredith sniffled her nose and forced a smile. She said, "Yes. I'll surely have the chance. Nia is so strong and such a good child. How could she abandon her mother?""Drink up, don’t cry." Josiah reached out and caressed her head out of habit.Meredith instinctively cowered back to avoid his hand.Josiah's hand was hanging stiffly in mid-air.This time, Meredith did not put her head forward so that he could pat it. She merely lowered her head and drank her soup.Josiah was forced to retract his hand back. Seeing how she was in a bad mood, he decided to let it go.…The next morning, Meredith was woken up by a message. She tapped into her chats to have a look. She saw a foreign profile picture from her pathetic list of friends. [Miss Witch, top of the morning to you.]Meredith was speechless. Then only she remembered that he was the young man whose
"Lost cause." Josiah and Mrs. Larson said in unison.Mrs. Larson was speechless and glared at her son. Then, she looked at Josiah and said, "Joe, your cousin is quite smart. He picks things up quickly too. He just doesn't want to learn.""It is exactly because he doesn't want to learn, which is why he is a lost cause." Josiah placed his utensils down and got up from the chair. "Aunt Mary, my flight to Feldenberg is at eleven soon. I'll make a move first."Mrs. Larson was just about to say that it was still early, and he did not need to rush but Charlie said first, "Goodbye, Josiah."When Josiah has decided to leave, no one can stop him.Mrs. Larson sent Josiah to the door. When she returned, she said to Charlie curtly, "How could you talk to your cousin that way? You're so impolite."Charlie pouted and said, "He's so excellent and cultured, but I don't see him being polite to me either.""You…" Mrs. Larson said, "He is older than you.""I don't need someone so exceptional in my