The 100,000 dollars she got from Mister Quinn was so that she could run away, but there was no Zade in her escape plan.She studied medicine. She knew the severity of her stab just now. The stab would not kill Josiah. At most, it would make him weak and bedridden for a few days. It was just allowing herself to escape. Once he recovered and resumed being the devil, no one would be able to deal with him.Because Josiah was injured, the Luna Club had quite a commotion.Meredith, who was initially ordered not to leave the club, escaped amidst the chaos and rushed to the hospital.When Alayna saw her, she asked in surprise, "Edith, you're early today.""Mom, there's no time to explain. Go home now and pack. I'm discharging Nia. We have to leave Jehovah City right now.""Why so sudden? What happened?"Meredith could not explain much. She looked at her mother seriously and said, "I stabbed Josiah.""What?" Alayna was shocked. She looked at Meredith with widened eyes. "How bad is it?
Meredith left the doctor's office in destitution.When she returned to Nia's ward, she saw Zade standing there waiting for her. Meredith quickly walked over. "Zade, why are you here? Didn't I say…""Edith, I'm here to take you away from Jehovah City." Zade interrupted her and continued anxiously, "I've heard it from Zya. Don't worry. As long as I'm here, we can escape.""Are you sure?""I've already gotten an ambulance. We'll leave tomorrow night.""You've already found an ambulance?" Meredith was stunned. "Where did you get it?""From a private medical company. The fees were almost the same as the hospital's ambulance."When Meredith heard what Zade said, she was rather moved. Just when she was in her most helpless moment, someone lent her a hand. It was the most precious thing in the world. Zade was her savior."Thank you," Meredith said with tears in her eyes, "Zade, thank you so much. But you don't have to leave with me. I'll be fine."Zade grabbed her by the shoulders and
Meredith could not help but ask, "But why?""Daddy…" Nia started sobbing.Meredith's heart broke for Nia.It seemed like Nia missed Josiah as her father and wanted to see him badly enough that she did not want to leave Jehovah City.But…Nia would never know that it was her father who had cornered them to the point that they had to run away from him.Meredith sighed bitterly and left the ward.By the time she returned to the clubhouse, most of the customers had left.Meredith acted as if nothing had happened and sneaked back into her dorm.At the sight of Meredith's return, Zya exclaimed in surprise, "Merelyn, what are you doing back here?"Meredith shushed her and asked, "Mister Josiah sent people over to look for me, right?""Yeah, and they even came looking for you here, but I told them I don't know where you went."It was exactly as Zade had guessed. Even though Josiah was admitted to the hospital but he made sure that his people kept an eye on her.After getting some
After ending the call, Meredith took a deep breath to calm herself.Looking at herself in the mirror, Meredith traced her fingers gently across the scar on her face and murmured softly, "Qira, please look over me as I make my escape tonight. As soon as I settle down in Yesenia City, I'll continue to look for your siblings."If it was not for Qira back then, she would have been burnt to death in that fire.And she had promised Qira to find her long-lost siblings but because of the series of tragedies that had fallen on her, she was not able to keep her promise.After she finished her second performance, it was already half-past eleven at night.Reaching out for her phone, Meredith saw the message sent by Zade. He was already waiting for her in the basement.From the corner of her eyes, Meredith took a glimpse at the two bodyguards that were standing not far from her.According to the plan, Meredith changed into a new set of clean clothes in the staff lounge, removed her face mask
"It's Josiah Shelby…"Meredith was stammering, saying his name.But Zade did not listen to her and got out of the car together with her.Meredith turned around to face him and bellowed, "Zade Brooks! Did you not hear what I say? What are you doing out here?"Standing right next to her, Zade placed his arm around her shoulders and said, "Merelyn, what would that make of me if I were to leave you here all alone? Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I will protect you with all my life."He then turned around to face the car and shouted, "You…Shelby, come at me if you have grudges! And you call yourself a gentleman when you won't stop harassing a lady?"Though Meredith was touched, she felt more worried for Zade.Zade was clueless as to how Josiah was. The more Zade tried protecting Meredith, the more Josiah would get angry in the end…this would do no good to any of them.Indeed, the man in the car spoke."Such a brave man you are, Mister Zade."His remarks sent shivers down Zade's
However, before he could even get close to Josiah's car, he was held down by two bodyguards that showed up from nowhere."Let go of me!" Zade tried to struggle from their grasp and shouted at the top of his lungs at Josiah, "Shelby! Come out and fight me one on one if you're a man! Don't be hiding in there like a p*ssy!"Josiah, on the other hand, did not even flinch at his threats.He did not even care to take another look at Zade and instead, glanced at Meredith and said, "Meredith Leighton, do you think that I should have this fight with him?""No, no, please don't!" Shaking her head frantically, Meredith cried and begged, "Please let him and Nia go, and I'll do whatever you say!"Josiah's dark eyes were clouded.The more that Meredith wanted to protect him, the more Josiah wanted to get rid of Zade, just like back then when she tried to protect Yoel Harper."I can let him go on one condition," Josiah went on, "show him who you belong to and if he still won't give up, you can
"Look at you feeling all bad for him. Why not call him back and ask him if he's willing to leave with you?" He snickered and added, "If he is still willing to love a b*tch like you, I'd be happy to let the both of you reunite."Meredith knew better that Zade would never love her the same anymore.No man would be able to forget a scene like that.Closing her eyes tightly, tears rolled down from the corner of her eyes.Meredith was not even sure if she was feeling devastated or disappointed.Shortly after, she regained her composure and asked shakily, "Where…where is my daughter?""Don't worry. As long as you're well-behaved, nothing will happen to her.""Tell me where Nia is!"Meredith charged at him furiously, grabbing him by the collar and seethed, "Josiah Shelby, you've had your revenge on me, humiliated me, and even cornered Zade, what else do you want?"Josiah furrowed his brows into a frown and let out a soft groan.Meredith only realized that her hands were covered in b
The bodyguards acted as if they did not hear her."I promise…that I'll return to Luna Club right away after seeing my daughter. I will not cause any trouble, I promise. Please, I'm begging you."After a moment of silence, the bodyguard sitting in the passenger seat said, "Miss Meredith, we're only doing what we're told to. You may call Mister Josiah if there's anything you need."Make a call to Josiah?To be honest, Meredith was already surprised that Josiah allowed Nia to return to the hospital.Or perhaps he could not be bothered to waste any time or effort dealing with a child that would die sooner or later.No matter how Meredith tried to beg the bodyguards, she was sent back to Luna Club in the end.At the sight of Meredith, Zya was perplexed.Meredith did not explain herself but said to her, "Zya, go home and check on your brother, I'm worried about him.""What happened to him? Did Mister Josiah beat him up?" Zya asked anxiously."It's worse than being beaten up." Mered