Chapter 700

"I'm serious."

"Josiah, what do you mean by this?" She curtly turned around and looked at him.

"Nothing."

"But it's not that you don't know that I would rather you treat me coldly and ignore me like before, or even despise me. That way, at least I still have some freedom."

Josiah said calmly, "You're right. I have nothing on you anymore, so I can't do to you what I did in the past."

Were all men that cheap?

Josiah hesitated for a while before letting go of her hand. "Forget about it. Go to work."

Meredith never thought that he would change his mind so quickly. She started getting suspicious on the contrary, "Are you serious?"

"Yes," Josiah said, "I will respect your interests and hobbies."

"But that was not what you said just now, Mister Josiah." Meredith was worried that he was up to something again.

"Edith, I don't want you to go to work not because I think that your work is not good enough or that I want to control your freedom, but I just can't stand the thought of you