Meredith crouched down and pulled Nia into a hug. "Happy birthday, sweetheart.""Thank you, Mommy. I want to grow up to be like you, someone who knows how to give love." Nia then kissed Meredith on her cheeks.Meredith and Nia then looked at each other lovingly.From afar, it was a scene filled with love.Josiah froze as his mind went blank.He was supposed to be there with them, but he was excluded.Josiah slowly came back to his senses and walked downstairs.Walter had already gotten the car ready and was ready to leave with Josiah.…Backstage, Charlie took Nia into his arms and asked, "How was it? Was it fun?"With a face full of smiles, Nia nodded. "It was fun."Charlie then turned to look at Meredith and said, "Congratulations, the event was a success.""Thank you." Meredith also did not expect that the perfume would be so well-received by the public.Charlie put his hand on top of her head and said, "With the relationship that we have, do you really still have to th
Meredith scoffed coldly, "Plus, we still don't know if Nia recognizes him."Charlie was slightly relieved at Meredith's response."I'm glad that you're able to think like that. I'm just worried that you'd be affected and manipulated by him like how it was back then.""It won't happen again," Meredith smiled bitterly, patted his shoulders, and said, "I am already twenty-seven this year. I am not that helpless and weak person that I was years ago, the one who only knew how to get on her knees to cry and beg.""And me too," Charlie smiled and went on, "I went from not ineligible to get married to being eligible to get married.""Congratulations. You're finally able to marry the person that you like.""While we're on this topic, so, the person that I like, when are you planning to get married to me?""Whenever is fine.""Really?" Charlie sat up straight immediately. With a surprised look on his face, he asked, "Edith, I'm not hearing things, am I? Did you just say that we can get m
Meredith changed her clothes then went to Charlie's room and knocked on his door."Come on in!"Meredith opened the door and walked inside to find Charlie half-naked with a towel hanging around his waist. His toned body was still slightly wet from the shower.Meredith was taken aback and she quickly turned around to avoid looking at him. "You…put on some clothes first."Charlie laughed and walked up to her. Looking right at her, he said, "Edith, if all goes well, we will be getting married by next Monday. Why are you still feeling shy around me?""It's not that. It's because you have an attractive body and I'm worried that I won't be able to contain myself."Even though Charlie was young and he lived a busy life, he always took care of his body physique and his health.And a man like Charlie would, of course, be very attractive."I'm more than happy if you do that."Charlie opened up his arms wide and said, "Edith, just throw yourself at me if you can't contain yourself. I am
Staring at the woman that he had been yearning and missing for the last two years, Josiah felt his entire body tensing up as he could not seem to move his eyes away from her.Inwardly, he regretted and blamed himself for losing such a wonderful woman.Meredith walked toward him and came to a stop in front of him. Tugging at the corner of her lips, she greeted, "It's been a while, Mister Josiah."Josiah was still staring dazedly at her.It was as if he was worried that he would say something or do something that would make Meredith run away from him again."This is a rather good wine, ain't it?" Before Josiah could even say anything, she picked up the bottle of wine on the table and said, "I remember that this bottle of Lafete cost about two hundred thousand dollars eight years ago, right?"Followed by a loud clang, the bottle of red wine dropped onto the floor and shattered into pieces."Oh no, my bad!" Meredith pretended as if she was anxious. She then looked at Josiah and said
"But Edith, I am Nia's dad, we…""Oh, speaking of Nia," Meredith cut him off and said, "there's something that I need to tell you. When you decided to spend your days and your nights staying by Yena's side, Nia had already forgotten about you. Charlie and I took her overseas to get her treated and Nia could only remember the memories she had before flying overseas and until this day."Nia had completely forgotten about him…At the mention of this, Josiah felt a tug in his chest.Meredith went on, "But don't worry, Mister Josiah. Aside from losing those unpleasant memories, Nia is doing well and healthy now."Josiah felt his chest tighten even more. "Aren't I supposed to be a pleasant memory to Nia?""Perhaps that's what you would like to think. After all, during those days, she had been hoping and yearning to see her dad but her dad never once came back to see her.""Edith," Feeling rushed, Josiah wanted to explain himself, "Yena and I…""I don't want to hear it," Meredith cut
"Edith..."Meredith came to a halt in her steps, turned around, and looked at Josiah who looked defeated. She then asked, "Are you still having trouble sleeping at night?"She then reached into her bag and took out a bottle of perfume. Putting the bottle in front of him, she said, "This is my last gift for you. Take it as a parting gift, if you will. I hope you like it."She then walked out the door in rushed steps.It was only when Meredith had completely disappeared from his sight, that Josiah then turned to look at the bottle of perfume in his hand.It was the perfume that Meredith's company had launched earlier today.He removed the packaging and sniffed the perfume.The look on his face changed gradually. It was the smell of Meredith - the smell that he had always been obsessed with.Back then, he would always think that Meredith used this perfume to seduce him so that he would yearn for her. But he did not expect that the perfume was formulated by Meredith's mother and it
Staring at the bottle of perfume in his hand, feelings of nervousness crept on her.What was Josiah trying to imply? Why would he give her a bottle of perfume as a gift in this situation?She took glances at Josiah and then at the perfume before taking the bottle into her hands, and sniffing it.The perfume had an elegant smell to it, and it was a unique smell yet at the same time smelled somewhat familiar."I don't know a lot about perfumes but this one smells good. It is no wonder this perfume is well-received by the public," She smiled and went on, "Meredith mentioned in an interview that the perfume was first launched overseas. I'm sure she's made a ton."Josiah was not here to discuss perfume with Yena.Instead, he asked, "Have you used this perfume before?""No, not that I remember.""But I remember clearly that the girl who saved me back then had this smell on her."Yena froze.Was this why he gave her this perfume?And she had fallen into his trap foolishly, cutting
Hearing Nia's response was worse than when Meredith told her that Nia had forgotten about him.After all, children were the most naive and straightforward. It was easy to see if a child was lying or acting and Josiah knew that Nia was not."Did you just call me uncle?" Josiah slipped out a sentence as he felt suffocated by the heaviness weighing down on his chest."Did I say something wrong?" Tilting her head, Nia gave it a thought before saying, "Then what should I call you?""You should be calling me Daddy.""Daddy?" Nia sounded shocked as she shook her head and said, "But you're not my Daddy.""Nia darling, do you not remember me anymore? You promised me that you'll never forget me," Josiah kneeled down in front of her as he carefully placed the butterfly into the glass container that Nia was holding.Looking at the butterfly that was flapping its wings, Nia then looked at Josiah. She did find Josiah friendly but why was he asking her to call her Daddy?"Uncle, are you reall