Meredith thought about Quinley's words and thought she was right.Back then when she was about to be forced to sleep with some guys, Josiah would somehow show up and get her out of the situation.Even though his methods were cruel and ruthless, Josiah did help her to avoid ending up like Quinley, being trampled and slept around by men.Quinley smirked, "Josiah loves you so much but you chose to marry another guy and even got him into an accident. It is no wonder you'd be this worked up and are hunting down Yena to get back at her.""Miss Quinley, don't waste your effort on wanting to drive a wedge between me and Charlie," Meredith said flatly, "but if you do think that being locked up in jail is way better than being a hostess at a night pub, I'll fulfill your wish.""Meredith Leighton, you-"Meredith did not want to waste another second on her. She turned around and walked out of the pub."Miss Meredith, did you manage to find Miss Yena?" When Meredith returned to the office, G
Charlie's hands on the handle of the wheelchair curled up slightly as the look on his face changed slightly.With a solemn look, Meredith stared at him and said, "Charlie, during the dinner party, Yena came and looked for you, didn't she?"Charlie hesitated before nodding. "Yes. Is there any problem with it?""What exactly did she tell you?""She told me that you and Josiah had been spending time together every day and on Christmas day, it was him who took you to the hospital to get your wound treated. Tell me, Edith, was she wrong?"Meredith was suddenly at a loss for words.Even though she was not with Josiah every other day, it was Josiah who took her to the hospital on Christmas day. Meredith finally realized that Yena had no plans of leaving her alone, and she was even looking into her whereabouts."Edith, why do you always have to lie to me?"After a moment of pause, Meredith finally said, "Charlie, I admit that I've been meeting Josiah recently and it was also him to tak
Charlie was forced to meet her eyes. He then asked, "Will you tell him the truth, Edtih?""That's not the point.""Okay. Then is your heart still with me?" Smiling bitterly, Charlie asked, "You've never really loved me, have you? You're only staying by my side because you feel indebted to me. You're going to leave me someday, I know it. Once I'm locked up in jail, you'd be free then. Shouldn't you feel happy instead?""If that's how you want to think of me, then I have nothing more to say."Sighing helplessly, Meredith added, "Charlie, I've promised that I'll never leave you and that I'll stay by your side for the rest of my life. Why don't you believe me?"Rage gripped Charlie all of a sudden and he flung away her hands, yelling, "What I want is for you to love me willingly! I don't want you to stay by my side for the sake of it and go out and flirt with other men!"Looking at his face distorted in anger, Meredith waited a while before saying, "So what is it that you want? Tell
Meredith fell into a deep, deep sleep. And she too had a lot of nightmares.It was already evening when she woke up. After brushing up, she made a call to Penny and asked for Nia.After a while, Nia's voice was heard on the other end of the call, "Mommy!"Hearing the excitement in her voice, Meredith asked, "Did something happen, darling? You sound happy."Nia replied, "Mm, great-grandma and I went to visit Daddy at the hospital today. Daddy had woken up and he even talked to me.""Is that so?" Meredith could finally be relieved as Josiah seemed to be out of danger.After all, Josiah got into the accident because of Charlie. Meredith did not hope for Charlie to feel too guilty."That's good to know, sweetheart." Meredith dared not ask too much about Josiah and she ended the call after several exchanges with Nia.She walked out of the bedroom and noticed the smell of someone cooking in the kitchen.Walking toward the kitchen, she asked, "Wilma, where is Charlie?""Ma'am, Sir i
Meredith took a sip of the red wine and said to Charlie, "Oh, and Charlie, the next time Yena comes to you and tells you something, don't believe anything she says. She's just trying to come in between the both of us.""Really?" Charlie put some salad on Meredith's plate."Take this time as an example. She was trying to incite your resentment toward Josiah and she succeeded.""I fell for their tricks too easily.""It's okay. Just promise me that you'll not be swayed by her anymore."Because of Qira, Meredith could not hurt Yena, hence she could only try to make sure that Charlie would not be influenced by Yena anymore."Okay, I promise," Charlie replied.…Josiah was transferred out from the ICU the next day and on the following day, he was able to sit up and feed himself.Looking at Josiah, Josiah's grandmother could not help but said, "You should really thank your lucky stars. If not, you would have died a thousand times over."With a straight face, Josiah simply nodded.S
"No one had to tell me anything. I am not a three-year-old kid anymore, I can see and hear what's happening.""How would you understand what it is like to like someone or not like someone?""But I know that Mommy is married to Papa Charlie and that Mommy will not get back together with you. And it will never happen."It was Meredith who told Nia about these things, simply because she did not want Nia to try to get them back together.Nia had grown up a little and she could slowly understand what was happening."But don't worry Daddy. Even though you and Mommy won't be staying together, I will still love you and Mommy. And I promise to come to visit you often."Josiah was relieved to see Nia being this considerate, yet at the same time, he felt something heavy weighing down on his chest.He did not expect that Nia would give up on trying to get him and Meredith back together.Feeling slightly defeated, he asked, "Don't you want to live together with Mommy and me? Just like how w
"Why? Do you not want me to stay here to talk with you?""It's okay. I'm afraid that my heart will not be able to take it if we keep this up.""Why?""Because…I am a patient.""Oh, then you should hurry up, lie down, and get some rest."Nia finally left him alone. She then put her hands on his arms and said, "I will stay by your side and I won't disturb you from sleeping.""Mm, you're the best, sweetheart," Josiah replied.Of course, he knew that Nia was just speaking the truth and that Nia did not say those things just to hurt him.Nia was accepting the situation in a healthy manner and it showed that Meredith had taught her well.…Soon enough, the holidays were over and Nia went back to Meredith.Meredith dropped Nia at her school. Before she got out of the car, Nia asked, "Mommy, are you going to see Daddy?"Puzzled, Meredith asked, "Why are you suddenly asking about this?"Nothing. I'm just curious if you and Daddy won't be able to stay as friends and care for each ot
"Okay then," Charlie handed the flowers to Meredith and said, "Edith, you're more skilled than I am in arranging them. You should arrange them and tie them into a bouquet.""Sure. You should head back inside first." Meredith then pushed him into the house.The sunflowers were fully bloomed this season.Using scissors and ribbons, Meredith arranged the flowers into a bouquet very quickly and showed it to Charlie. "Charlie, I think this bouquet suits you more, why not have it instead?"Charlie actually did like sunflowers.Meredith thought of giving him the flowers to cheer him up.But Charlie shook his head. "This is for Josiah, so let's give it to him instead.""We can buy one for him.""It's fine," Charlie added, "if I want them, I can always go see them in the garden.""Alright then."When they arrived at the hospital, they saw Yoseph who was sitting in front of Josiah's ward.At the sight of both of them, Yoseph hurriedly got onto his feet and said, "You are here…to see S