"Sure." Josiah looked at Meredith. "Let's go in together." "No, you go." Meredith shook her head. She felt that Yena might not want to see her. After all, she was like a rival to her. When people were at their weakest, they would only want to see the person they wanted to see the most. In this case, definitely not her. Josiah regarded her rejection as feeling guilty, so he couldn't help raising his eyebrows. "What? Don't you dare to see her?" Meredith was instantly annoyed by him. What did he mean? Did he regard her good intentions as being guilty? "Well, if you must think that way, so be it." She stared at him angrily and gritted her teeth. "Josiah, I'm glad I didn't go to the city hall with you just now." Josiah frowned. "what did you say?" "Nothing. I will wait for you outside." She turned and walked towards the lounge chair next to her. She sat on the lounge chair for a while, and when she got up to go to the bathroom, she vaguely heard a voice.
She let go of Nia, stroked her little head, and asked, "How is Nia doing at home? Did you read the new picture book Mommy bought for you last night?" "Mummy, Nia doesn't remember where the picture book is, and I can't find it." Meredith got a little better, but her mood sank again when she heard this and asked tentatively, "Isn't it in your schoolbag?" "Is it?" "Yes, Nia put it there herself last night." "Oh, then I'll look for it now." Nia turned around and ran upstairs. After a while, she ran down with the picture book and said happily, "Mummy, it's really in my schoolbag!" Meredith couldn't smile at all, looking at the cheerful smile on her face. She took Nia into her arms again and comforted her. "Don't worry, Nia will definitely get better." "Mummy, what are you talking about? Isn't Nia cured long ago?" "Oh, yes, Nia has already recovered from her illness." Meredith pulled her onto the sofa and sat down. "Come on, mommy will accompany you to read pi
"Finished considering?" she asked mockingly. "I never even started." "Josiah, you obviously don't trust me. Why do you want to remarry me?" She couldn't help but ask, "Is it because of Nia? Or for the reputation of the Shelby family?" "You overthink. I do trust you." Josiah's eyes fluttered to the side. It was a blatant lie. Meredith nodded deliberately. "Okay, let's wait until that day." Josiah also nodded in agreement. "Then I'll go down to eat cake." Meredith turned his back and said, "Actually, if you don't want to eat it, you don't have to. You don't have to force yourself. Nia is already asleep anyway." Josiah paused for a while, then continued to walk downstairs. "Don't worry, I won't force myself to do anything." Meredith personally sent Nia to school and went to work in the hospital. In the hospital, she accidentally saw Quinley. "Edith, are you alright?" Quinley came over to her and asked with concern. Meredith guessed that she had recei
Meredith was so busy that she realized she was late to pick up Nia. She called Josiah, and the call connected. She heard a woman's voice. "Mr. Shelby, Miss Yena will let you in now." Meredith's words got stuck in her throat, and she didn't know what to say. "Got it." After Josiah responded, he said to Meredith, "Edith, what's the matter? I'm a little busy here." "It's nothing, it's just that I need to work overtime temporarily, and Nia has not been picked up yet..." "Don't worry, I will arrange for someone to pick her up." Josiah said, "You can work overtime in peace." After speaking, he hung up the phone. "..." Meredith looked at the phone that had been hung up and couldn't help but feel sad. Sure enough, after his first love woke up, his daughter was not that important anymore. She thought that when picking up Nia, he would immediately volunteer. Apparently, that was not the case. Meredith shook her head, adjusted her mood, and resumed her work. After
She rushed to the school, parked the car on the side of the road, and began to look for Nia. "Ma'am, I'm sorry." Lily was frightened and said while crying, "It's all my fault. I was just waiting at the school gate and didn't think of looking for her earlier." "What's the use of talking about it now?" Meredith grabbed her and said anxiously, "Have you looked for her all along this road? Have you looked for her at home?" "I've searched those places several times. Even Alfred and the others came out to help find her together, but I didn't see Nia." Lily said. "How could this happen!" Meredith's tears were about to fall again. "Madam, is this Nia's?" Lily suddenly walked to the side of the road and picked up a small pink hairpin from the ground. Meredith took a look and nodded hastily: "It's Nia's. It's hers." Josiah bought this hairpin for Nia when he went shopping last time. Nia had always liked to wear it. Meredith rushed towards where the card was found, and whe
Nia looked down at her and called softly, "Mummy, I thought you didn't want Nia anymore." "How could it be? That would never happen!" Meredith said lovingly. She let go of her little body and looked her up and down. "Nia, what's the matter? Where is your injury? Why did you have a car accident?" The medical staff beside him said, "She was accidentally hit by a car and had three stitches on her forehead, but fortunately, her brain was not hurt." "I just asked her how to contact daddy and mommy, and she said that she doesn't remember where her home is or daddy's mommy's phone number." The nurse reminded her, "Madam, the address of her home and the phone number should still be memorized by the child in the future, just in case." Meredith's heart twitched, and the pain was so intense that she could hardly breathe. How could she forget to let Nia memorize her home address and phone number? Before that, Nia had memorized daddy and mommy's phone numbers by heart, but she
"Okay, thank you, Lily." Not long after, Lily came over with dinner.After Meredith finished feeding Nia, she also ate a little. When the IV drip was finished, Nia was already asleep, and Meredith unattached the IV drip from her hand. Meredith couldn't bear to wake her up, seeing that she was sleeping so soundly, so she simply let her stay in the hospital and continue to sleep. Gradually, she fell asleep on the bed. She didn't know how long she had slept, but she was awakened by footsteps. It was Josiah. After entering the door, he asked anxiously, "What's the matter? Why did you run out of school and get hit by a car?" He bombarded her with a series of questions, but there was no response. He shifted his gaze from Nia to Meredith and stared at her. "Edith, how was Nia hurt?" "Mister Shelby remembers that he has a daughter now?" Meredith stared at him with anger and grievance in her eyes. She felt furious when she thought of her fear and nervousness when
Josiah immediately stood up from the chair, glanced at Meredith, and said to the doctor, "Doctor, how is my daughter? Does she need to be hospitalized?" "Although she only has a few stitches, in order to avoid infection, I suggest staying for one or two nights, but if you insist, you can leave." The attending doctor said. Josiah said, "We'll leave." Meredith didn't expect him to say this, so she hurriedly said, "Why don't you stay? The doctor suggested staying for a night or two." "Nia doesn't want to be hospitalized, so I asked the hospital to arrange a few doctors to come home with us." The attending doctor and the nurse looked at each other, thinking he was joking. However, Meredith stopped talking immediately. For Josiah, transferring a few people from the hospital to take care of Nia at home was just a matter of a few phone calls. It couldn't be easier. She looked at Nia and noticed that she was smiling in relief. That expression said it all. Daddy was the best