"The thing is, I don't want to have dinner with Mister Josiah." Meredith's tone softened. Josiah glanced at her and still drove the car steadily. "Take me home, thanks." "What are you going to do at home so early in the day?" "Josiah, I just said I don't want to go to dinner with you." She said in a rougher tone, "I want to go home." "Okay, then let's go home and eat." Josiah slowly stopped the car in front of the traffic light, took out his mobile phone, and prepared to call Lily. When he took out his phone, he realized it was out of power. He reached out and pulled the phone from her palm. "Lend me the phone to tell Lily to cook our meals." Meredith did not stop him. When Josiah was about to return the phone to her, the phone rang, and a message jumped onto the screen. [Honey, I'm not feeling well.] Josiah's expression changed slightly, and he glanced at Meredith. Seeing that his expression was off, Meredith guessed that Charlie had sent her a message. She lef
"Meredith, you can continue to hide the identity of that man from me as long as you feel good about it." He pressed her down and threatened her. "Will you tell me the name?" "I..." Meredith was about to go crazy. She insisted on not telling him. She did not say a word, not even when he raped her in the car. Josiah was annoyed by her attitude. This woman would rather be raped by him on the side of the road than tell him the man's name, which showed how much she cared about him! "Meredith, are you going to tell me or not?" He grabbed her neck, his face turning green with anger. Meredith looked at him and said word by word, "This is my freedom, and you have no right to control me. If you think treating me like this can make me submit, then you are wrong.” She smiled indifferently. "Josiah, you can't blackmail me anymore, and I will never be afraid of you again! If you don't want me to poison you again, you'd better be more polite to me. Don't make me detest you." Josiah
When Josiah told Mister Yoseph about the investigation of his rival, Mister Yoseph was puzzled. "Mister Josiah, you can see that your wife is always with Nia now and has hardly ever gone out alone. How could she get a chance to hook up with another man? Could it just be your imagination?" Josiah had thought of that possibility, but his face sank when he thought of the hairpin and the messages on her mobile phone. Seeing that his expression had changed, Mister Yoseph hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, Mister Josiah, I was just worried that you and your wife would have...uh...a misunderstanding, just like last time." "We don't know if what happened before was indeed a misunderstanding unless Yena wakes up." "Okay, I'll check it out." Mister Yoseph added before leaving, "But Mister Josiah, if your wife finds out that you're investigating her, she will be furious." "Why?" He wondered. "Let's put it this way, Mister Josiah." Mister Yoseph said, "If your wife keeps checking your mobil
She did not object to him marrying another woman, but could he not do it in front of the child? She scolded Josiah, but he was not annoyed and said innocently, "I'm just reminding you to think about your children." "Isn't Nia your daughter as well?" "Have you forgotten what your father did to you?" Meredith rolled her eyes in anger. They were bickering, utterly unaware that Nia had already burst into tears. Josiah had noticed it for a long time, and he had also guessed that his words would hurt Nia, but to attract Meredith's attention, he could only sacrifice his daughter's emotions. "Nia, why are you crying?" Meredith saw Nia's tears and immediately took her into her arms to comfort her. Nia cried sadly, "Nia doesn't want Daddy to marry someone else and have a baby..." Meredith glanced at Josiah angrily. "Why don't you come over and comfort Nia?" Josiah came over and took Nia into his arms to comfort him. "Nia, don't feel sad, as long as Mommy keeps a close eye on
She bowed to Doctor Sean and the other doctors in gratitude. The doctors waved their hands in a hurry. "We don't do that here, madam. We are sorry we didn't take good care of Nia before." "Anyway, thank you for your work." "We are also delighted that Nia can recover and be discharged from the hospital. Congratulations to Nia, and congratulations to Mister Josiah and Mrs. Shelby." Doctor Sean said anxiously. Meredith's eyes were still red when she got into the car. Josiah pinched her chin and looked at her red eyes. "Nia is happy to be discharged from the hospital. Are you crying tears of happiness?" "Of course, why would you think otherwise?" she growled. "Don't you think you're being too emotional?" "Josiah, you don't care about your daughter at all!" She looked at him and said bitterly, "Because of her premature birth, Nia has been sick since birth and spent most of her time in the hospital. She doesn't even know what it's like to go home, and as soon as I hear her sa
Thinking of the past, she unconsciously pushed Josiah's arm off her shoulder. The laughter from the second floor quickly warmed up the mood that had just dimmed. Nia stood on the stairs on the second floor and called to her. "Mommy, Nia's room is so beautiful. Do you want to come up and visit me?" Meredith was infected by her laughter and said with a smile, "Okay, Mommy will come and visit too." She and Josiah had arranged her room together. She had seen it before, but to avoid offending Nia, she still walked to the second floor. "Daddy, come here too." Nia waved to Josiah again. "Of course." Josiah also went upstairs. Her room was huge, and the layout was carefully designed. The room was designed to look like a castle fit for a princess. It was painted in bright pink. Nia had never seen such a beautiful bedroom before. Nia was so happy that she bounced around in it, running to and fro. "Look, Mommy, that is my favorite Herro Kitty!" Nia jumped onto the bed and hug
In the evening, Meredith personally cooked a table of dishes to celebrate Nia's discharge from the hospital. Josiah poured two glasses of red wine, one of them in front of Meredith, poured another juice for Nia, and then raised his glass. "Daddy and Mommy congratulate Nia on her recovery and discharge and hope Nia can be healthy in the future." "Congratulations, Nia." Meredith also held out her cup. Nia was thrilled and said, "Thank you, Daddy and Mommy!" "Come on, Nia, eat a piece of a chicken wing." Meredith put a piece of the chicken wing in Nia's bowl. "In the future, Nia can eat whatever she wants." Nia had tasted a lot of delicious food these few days. She liked everything so much. It was as if she wanted to make up for all the delicious food she hadn't eaten in all these years. After she finished eating, she rubbed her stomach with satisfaction. "Mommy, will Nia become fat? Will I become like Clarence?" Clarence was a patient whose bed was beside Nia and was some
"Why?" "Because Nia likes to sleep alone." "But Nia used to sleep with Mommy." "Nia used to be young, but Nia has grown up now," Nia said seriously. She also wanted to sleep with Daddy and Mommy. Still, Daddy told her that Daddy and Mommy needed to develop feelings for each other. Otherwise, Daddy would find someone else to marry and have another baby. To prevent Daddy and Mommy from separating, she could only sleep by herself. Meredith was speechless. "Nia, you are only four years old now. You're not exactly grown up!" Nia was puzzled and said, "Mommy, why do you want to sleep with Nia so much? Hasn't Mommy ever slept in the princess room?" "Well...it's been a long time since I slept here." Before Meredith got married, she had always been the little princess of the Leighton family. If anything, the princess room back there was not inferior to Nia's. That was now far away from her. Now that Nia had her princess room, she was delighted. She needed to protect Nia an