"I've told you before that if you're tired of me and you don't want to be with me anymore, we can get divorced, I won't mind. However, if you still want to live your life together with me, the first thing you should do is respect me. I am a person, not a pet. How can you lock me up at home like this?"She was a little angry and said, "Charlie, you can't keep putting me down with all your might because of the guilt I have toward you. If you continue like this, I will die."Charlie stayed silent for a moment, and then he nodded. "I got it."Upon saying that, he wheeled his wheelchair forward once again.Meredith was speechless. She just stared at his back as he left.What did he mean by he got it? Did he mean that he got it but he just did not want to change?Without a way to go out, Meredith could only return to her study.She kept pacing back and forth in the study and was thinking of how she could get out of the kind of living condition that she was in at that moment.It would
"To be honest with you, Mrs. Larson, I am truly a little tired.""You…"Charlie's mother was extremely angry. She clearly did not expect that this woman, who had always been so well-behaved, would say such heartless words.Meredith did not get fearful just because she was angry. She looked at her seriously and said, "Mrs. Larson, I don't mind serving Charlie like a nanny and I also don't mind him venting his anger on me when he is irritated. However, I mind it very much for him to be locking me up at home like this as if I'm a criminal."Charlie's mother looked askance at her and coldly asked, "Have you ever thought of why Charlie wanted to lock you up?""I have, but I still think this shouldn't be how I should be living in the future. I can accept getting a divorce, but I can't accept being controlled by others. I am a person, after all. A person with my own thoughts and feelings, am I not?""You're a person?" Charlie's mother laughed. "Meredith, you still have the gall to say t
"I will take care of Charlie, and I'm willing to carry out my responsibility. However, I can't be in pain from being separated from Nia because of this."Meredith said miserably, "Mrs. Larson, I initially asked you to come over to help me. I've never expected that you're even more extreme and selfish than Charlie.""If you hadn't been entangled with Josiah, would Charlie have locked you up?""Yes, it's all my fault. I can promise Charlie that I won't meet Josiah ever again, and then we'll leave as soon as Nia's case is over."Meredith said helplessly, "Mrs. Larson, I'm guilty and I'm wrong, but I should have this bit of human rights, right?"Charlie's mother's gaze became cold, and she said clearly and calmly, "I said no."Meredith got up from the chair. "Enjoy your meal, Mrs. Larson. I'll excuse myself."Upon saying that, she turned around and walked away.She was afraid that if she were to continue talking to Charlie's mother, both of them would get more and more aggressive.
How could the Charlie that was before her eyes be that warm and sunny boy from back then? He was simply as scary as the devil!It turned out that both of them truly could never return to how they were back then anymore."Just go abroad with me," Charlie said calmly, "we'll leave now.""What about Nia? Could it be that you're going to take Nia abroad with us by abducting her?""I feel it's quite good for Nia to live together with Josiah." Charlie stared at her. "Meredith, Nia is already grown up. Don't use her as an excuse anymore, alright?""Charlie, you've truly changed. You've become as scary as Josiah back then!" Meredith shook her head and retreated step by step as if he was a ferocious monster.Charlie, however, approached her little by little and his gaze was disdainful. "So what? You still love him so deeply, don't you?""I'm not!" Meredith denied. "I'm not deeply in love with him. I've told you that it was because I was drunk that day. I didn't do it on purpose. If you i
Of course, Josiah knew that it was his actions that night that had got her into the trouble she was facing at that moment, so he apologized, "I'm sorry, Edith, so I've come to take you away today.""What right and ability do you have to take me away?" Meredith sneered.She was Charlie's wife at that moment and was locked up by Charlie in his mansion. What could Josiah do?If he could take her away, she would not mind as well.At least after she left, she would not be abducted by Charlie and his mother in order to take her abroad with them, and she also would not have to be separated from Nia.Josiah raised his gaze and looked at Charlie, who was inside the mansion, and said coldly, "Charlie, Meredith is not your prisoner. Hurry up and open the gate!"What Charlie could not stand the most was that attitude of his. It was as if Meredith was Josiah's wife.He looked at Josiah and said calmly, "Didn't you hear it just now, Mister Shelby? You're the one who got her into this situatio
"What evidence do you have to prove that the car accident was…caused by Charlie?"Josiah raised up the envelope in his hand and said to the mother and son duo of the Larsons, "Aunt Mary and Charlie, everything in here is the evidence of my car accident. Do you want to take it and have a look?"Meredith was surprised as she looked at the envelope in his hands, and then she reached out her hand as she wanted to snatch it from him.Josiah quickly avoided her hand and said, "What's the matter? Do you still want to protect Charlie at times like this? Do you really want to be abducted and taken abroad by him?""Josiah Shelby! I've said it before that I don't need you to be bothered with my matters!" Meredith said anxiously.She was very disappointed in Charlie and was very angry at him, but she did not wish for him to be arrested."It's my car accident. How can this be your matter?" Josiah looked at Charlie, who was still sitting under the roof from the beginning, and said with clear a
Charlies looked at his mother with a complicated look. "Do you think I can?""Charlie…" Mrs. Larson opened her mouth and there were no words that she could say other than calling her son's name.Ultimately, the only thing she could do was stare at Meredith with resentful eyes. With Charlie's permission, the guard finally unlocked and opened the door. Regardless of that, Meredith did not have the desire to run away as previously. She gazed at Charlie who had a deadpanned look on his face. For the moment there, she did not know what to do.Instead, Josiah pressed her, "What are you waiting for? So he can lock you up again?"Meredith said lightly, "Charlie…I'm sorry. It's my fault. I failed to return your love and trust." She bowed at him and quickly walked to the door.Josiah walked beside Meredith for a few steps then he turned his body back and said to Charlie, "I will come to look for you again to settle with the divorce procedure."Later, Meredith got pulled into the car by Jos
Meredith who was spacing out suddenly moved her eyes and closed them shut again. When she opened her eyes, she had covered her true feelings."Josiah, could you please find a place to let me get down?" she asked."Why do you want to get down?" Josiah glanced at the street from the window. They were not downtown and there was nothing to shop around.Meredith said peacefully, "Thank you for saving me just now. But I want to leave Charlie to be free, not because I want to be together with you. Since the movie is over, then let's part our way.""The movie is over?" Josiah said puzzlingly, "Do you think it was just an act?""What do you expect? That I will appreciate what you did by getting back together with you and marrying you?" Meredith mocked, "Josiah, I'm not a cold-blooded animal. I can't just juggle myself between two men."Josiah knew what kind of person Meredith was. He knew Meredith could not easily let go of her feelings for Charlie so easily. Nevertheless, he comforted he