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
Was it Sunny Boy who gave her the emerald hairpin?She should have returned the hairpin on the spot, but with Josiah there, it was inconvenient for her to do so.Seeing that Meredith was sneaking a glance at the stage, Josiah immediately squeezed her waist jealously. "He looks better than me?""..." Meredith hurriedly looked back.Sunny Boy may not look as good-looking as Josiah, but Meredith could always feel the sunshine from him. At least such a man will not be as selfish and ruthless as Josiah!She did not dare to take a look at the stage, and left the banquet hall with him.Back at the mansion, Meredith walked directly toward the basement.Josiah pointed at her back and said, "What are you doing?""I'm going back to my place to sleep." Meredith turned around and sneered at him. "Mister Josiah, have you forgotten? The basement where I live now."Josiah was angry.Could she not say something nice to him, and ask him to put her back in the master bedroom on the second floor
"No, thank you." Meredith sat down opposite him and looked at him.He looked different from yesterday. Today, Sunny Boy was wearing a set of casual clothes. Meredith was from a wealthy family, so she can see at a glance that his clothes were not cheap.It seemed that she had misunderstood last night. This boy was rich."It seems that you haven't seen my real appearance yet?" She said straight to the point.Charlie nodded. Meredith always wore a mask."I'll show you what I really look like first." Meredith smiled at him, and before he could agree, she took off the mask from her face.The scalded half of her face looked a little scary under the dim light.Charlie was not frightened by her.She hid her face every time, and he had long guessed that there was something wrong. Besides, he also saw the scar on the outside of her mask last night.Seeing him staring at her, motionless, Meredith taunted her lips slightly. "What's wrong? Do you really want to take back the emerald hair
When she saw the familiar small wooden box, she was frightened and instinctively stuffed the box back into her bag.How could this thing be in her bag!?Jenny probed curiously, "Madam, what is that? Who gave it to you? It looks very beautiful.""I bought it myself." Meredith calmly ordered, "Get out."Jenny pouted, turned, and walked away.Only then did Meredith open the box again, looking at the familiar hairpin, recalling the earlier episode with Charlie in the cafe.She could not even remember when he stuffed the hairpin into her bag.She took out her phone and left him a voice message. "Charlie, what are you trying to do?"The other party quickly replied to her with his own voice message, and his tone was as stubborn as ever. "So, you know that my name is Charlie?"Meredith was speechless.Charlie quickly sent another message. "I thought about it carefully, but I still really want to pursue you, or to be pursued by you. So, I can't take back that gift."If you don't like