Meredith was fuming mad. She grabbed Josiah's hand and bit on it. "Let me go!"Josiah was in pain. He furrowed his brows and glared at her."Josiah, you…" Meredith was so angry she wanted to scold him, but he pinned her against the wall. At the same time, he held both her hands and pinned them against the wall above her head too.Then, her lips lost their freedom too."Hmm…" In the next second, not only did her hands lose their freedom. She could not hit him. Her mouth was not free either.She was so angry she wanted to drive her knee in his private parts.However, it was as if Josiah could predict her actions. He hooked her ankles with his leg, and she failed to do what she wanted to do.She fell wretchedly into his arms.With a crowd around, Meredith was embarrassed and furious, but she could not do anything to him.Josiah kissed her for a long time before letting her lips go.Looking at the faint anger in her eyes, he said, "Are you still going to make a scene? If you stil
Meredith ignored Jenny. She only calmly said, "Please leave."Jenny was fuming. She cleared her throat and said, "Ma'am, I am doing this for your sake. Making Sir angry will not bring you and Nia any good. What if Nia unfortunately…""F*ck off!" Meredith grabbed the glass of water and threw it at her, which coincidentally fell into the porridge in her hands.Jenny screamed and the porridge spilled over onto her feet."It hurts!" Jenny shrugged off the porridge on her feet."Ma'am, how could you throw porridge on my feet! It hurts!" She yelled. Luckily the porridge was not that hot, if not, she would be crippled.Meredith did not seem to notice the pain on her face. She merely glared at Jenny and repeated what she said, "F*ck off!"Jenny was furious yet helpless. She turned around and headed out crying.Luckily, she bumped into Josiah who rushed over after hearing the commotion. She immediately said in an aggrieved tone, "Sir, I kindly brought porridge for Ma'am, but she poured
"Then, just starve." Jenny poured the food into the toilet bowl as usual and flushed it down.Meredith did not stop her, letting her be.In the afternoon, Meredith finally saw Josiah. Josiah said, "Come out."Meredith replied, "I find it quite good here.""I think so too, at least you have finally calmed down." Josiah scanned his surroundings and said, "But you can't just keep avoiding it. You have to face it eventually."Josiah locked her in the basement not because he wanted to punish her for pouring porridge on Jenny's feet. It was also not because she defied him. It was because her emotions were unstable. She needed a place to calm down.It looked like his method worked.At least she was no longer obsessed with Nia, asking to stay in Feldenberg to be with Nia.Meredith did not understand his meaning. She only thought that he was just like in the past, using extreme methods to punish and humiliate her once she was angry."There's an event I need you to attend tonight. Come
This was the first time Josiah fed Meredith like this in public.Lily awkwardly cleared her throat and looked to the side. Jenny looked to the side too, but she was not feeling awkward. She bit her lips seething with hatred.She initially thought that Josiah finally could not stand this ugly and pretentious woman anymore which was why he threw her in the basement and did not care about her for three days straight.She never thought that he still cared a lot for her, so much so that he did not even care about his own image in front of the servants.The glucose worked quickly. When the doctor arrived, Meredith had slowly come around.The doctor did a simple check-up on her. He said while keeping his equipment, "Mister Josiah, don't worry. Ma'am has only passed out because of the low blood sugar level."Josiah asked, "Why would this happen?""Has Ma'am had any food for the day?" The doctor asked.Josiah looked at Meredith. Although he threw her into the basement and did not let an
Inside was already filled with guests. Josiah had his arm around her while exchanging pleasantries with other guests with a wine glass in his hand. Meredith was by his side, like a pre-programmed robot, smiling, raising her glass, and drinking…The only difference from her silly past was that she almost recognized all the famous people there. Her actions and words were no longer that crazy either.Everyone was still as fawning and flattering to her as usual. She knew that it was because of Josiah."Change to a fruit juice, don't get yourself drunk," Josiah muttered closely in her ear.Meredith refused to heed his advice, she even deliberately said to the man opposite her, "Mister Leon, it has been a while. Thank you for looking out for me back then." Then, she downed the red wine in her glass in front of Josiah.Mister Leon immediately followed suit. He praised her and said, "Mrs. Shelby, you hold your alcohol very well! Not bad, not bad."Josiah was speechless. Meredith was op
Meredith shook her head. "No need. I don't want to go.""You don’t even want to have a look?""I'm…tired. I want to rest." She leaned back on the sofa and closed her eyes.Seeing her weary face, Josiah knew that she was a little drunk. He only said, "Then, rest well. I'll come over later."Meredith gently responded.After Josiah left, Meredith opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry. She picked up the booklet and looked at the familiar hairpin. Then, she outlined the hairpin with her finger.The scenes of her past flashed across her mind. How beautiful her mother was back then, and how she died tragically later.Thinking about her mother's death, she could not help but want to drink some wine again.The wine on the table had been taken away by Josiah, so she shouted at the door, "Is there some wine? Please give me a glass!"There was no one. She shouted once more.Finally, someone pushed the door and entered, passing the glass of wine to her.She downed the wine and returned
"I..." The boy was shy, and when she questioned him like this, he was like a child who did something wrong. "I'm sorry, I... I'll go buy you a present."He got up and ran quickly.Meredith laughed while looking at his embarrassed appearance.She smiled, but tears started to flow. One boy was not enough to erase the memory of her motherly instincts. She was still very sad!Feeling sad and awful, she leaned on the sofa and fell asleep.Inside the auction room.Josiah looked at the items in the booklet. Almost all the items that were supposed to be on stage appeared, but the emerald hairpin, which was supposed to be the finale, was long gone.He leaned over and asked the manager of the organizer next to him impatiently, "Why haven't the emerald hairpins been released?"The manager of the organizer hurriedly said, "Mister Josiah, are you waiting for that emerald hairpin? I'll go check to see when it will be released."The manager came back not long after he left, and said with a
Charlie leaned over and whispered in Meredith's ear. "This is my gift to you, so don't you forget about me."Feeling someone blowing in her ear, Meredith moved slightly, turned her head to the side, and continued to sleep.Seeing her cute appearance, Charlie could not help but twitched his lips. He smiled and pulled up the blanket for her. Then, he got up and quickly left the lounge.Josiah returned to the lounge full of anger.To avoid Meredith seeing through his failure, he stood at the door to adjust his emotions before pushing the door and stepping in.Meredith woke up just a moment ago, and she was still a little confused.Hearing the door opening, she unconsciously looked in the direction of the door.Josiah just happened to look at her, and at a glance, a green object in her jet-black bun reflected the light and caught his eye.He did not remember her having this on her head when he went out.Taking a closer look, he felt that it looked familiar. It was the hairpin that