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
Suddenly, Josiah reached his hand out to grab Meredith's arm, "Edith."Meredith looked down to look at Josiah's hand with an unfriendly look. Josiah released his hand with instinct and said softly, "It's almost the New Year. Why don't you spend it together with Nia?"Meredith was stunned. 'Oh, that's right. It's almost the New Year. This year will be over soon and Nia will be a year older.'Last year, she celebrated the New Year together with Nia and Charlie but it was not going to happen this year. She took a deep breath with disappointment and said, "I'll let you know before that day.""Alright. Just let me know if you are in any trouble. I will settle it for you," Josiah offered."You don't have to." Meredith opened the door to get off from the car. She closed the door but Josiah did not leave. Thus, she bent down a little and knocked at the window, "Please leave now. I don't want anyone to see it and gossip about us."Josiah leaned back on the seat and lit up a cigarette casu
"Of course not." The woman said coldly, "Mrs. Larson said to return the same amount of times Mister Charlie stabbed himself to you."Meredith was astonished as she shrunk her body instinctively because she saw the two men carrying a knife on their bodies."You…" She slowly walked backward, "Don't you think this is too outrageous? And…have you asked Charlie about this? Did he permit you to do this to me?""Do you think he still has the time to care about you the way he hurt himself?" the woman asked.As Meredith tried to imagine how badly Charlie hurt himself, she slowly calmed herself down and asked, "So how badly did Charlie hurt himself? Did he go to the hospital?""So pretentious," the woman said coldly. Then she spoke to the two men, "We wasted enough time. Do it.""Yes, Ma'am." The two men approached Meredith and pushed her against the wall while pointing the knives at her.Meredith screamed in fear and panic as she saw the shimmering knives, "All of you are crazy! Help—"
Meredith was speechless at Josiah's reply. She shook her head. "This is not a strategy. Charlie is really hurting himself.""You said it yourself too, he is hurting himself. You're not the one who's hurting him. So you don't have to feel sorry for him or else, you'll never walk out from this," Josiah advised. Then he walked her away from the lift. "Let's go.""Where?" Meredith asked."Where do you think? Are you still insisting on staying on your own?" Josiah pointed at the knives on the floor. "Or you want to be captured by them again and let them stab you?"Obviously, Meredith was scared. However, she did not feel good staying with Josiah. If Charlie found out about it, he would definitely feel more upset and hurt himself more."If I was not here in time, you would already be laying on the ground bleeding to death." Josiah did not give her the chance to think twice and stuffed her back into the car.The car was back on the road. Josiah looked to the side to look at Meredith who
Back in the bedroom on the second floor, Liam pulled Ivy into the bathroom to take a bath together.Ivy allowed him to take off her clothes and pulled her to stand under the water.Liam helped her take a bath and asked, "How is it? Is everything okay?""It's not bad." Ivy said, "I didn't expect your parents to welcome me so warmly."Liam looked at her proudly, with the water still flowing down from his head. "Of course! You should thank the guy that has good taste. How can they dislike a girl of my choosing?"Ivy smiled and said, "Okay, previously...""Don't mention the previous things, let them pass." Liam interrupted her.Ivy was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "Okay, it's all over.""Yes. From now on, there is only happiness." Liam lowered his head and whispered in her ear, and kissed her lips……Meredith and Josiah listened in shock to Liam and Ivy's story, while watching the three children chasing and making trouble outside the floor-to-ceiling window.They were all
Ivy raised her hand and touched the top of Siena's hair. "God treated me well, and gave me back my daughter, and also gave me the child's father.""No, you're wrong." Liam smiled and said, "God treated me well and sent the child and the child's mother back to my arms.""Oh, spare me." Madam Sheldon shook her head unbearably.Madam Sheldon finally believed that Siena was her own granddaughter.She excitedly hugged Siena into her arms, and she burst into tears with joy. "Great, our Sheldon family finally has a granddaughter! Great!""Grandma, you like Siena, right?" Siena asked sweetly."Nonsense! Of course, Grandma likes Siena. Grandma has always dreamed about a little grandson or a little granddaughter." Madam Sheldon choked as she said.Liam and Ivy looked at each other and smiled.After hugging Siena excitedly for a while, Madam Sheldon released her, and looked at her again. "Now that you mentioned it, she looks a lot like Liam. Look at her nose, her ears...right? Am I righ
"You even helped me get dressed before you left!" Liam pinched her chin. "Ivy, aren't you embarrassed saying these things?""You asked me.""...""If I didn't help you get dressed, you might be so stupid that you don't even know that you slept with someone, right?""Ivy!" Liam gritted his teeth. "You stole my seed, and you dare to laugh at me for being stupid?""Isn't it stupid?" Ivy was not afraid of him. She raised an eyebrow at him deliberately. "Liam, think about it. Were you being stupid that night?"Liam was silent.Yes, he was really stupid.He was so stupid that he was too embarrassed to admit it. He did not even have the face to mention it in front of Josiah.Looking at the woman in front of him, he wanted to laugh and be mad at the same time.He did not want to say anything. He just wanted to use actions to prove how angry he was, how excited, happy, and...Countless emotions were intertwined in his body, causing him to bow his head and kiss her lips fiercely.Ivy
"Okay, I'm sorry." Ivy got up and walked around in front of him, sitting on his lap and hugging his neck with a smile. "Do I need to make up for you as well? Say sorry to you?""Yes, of course.""I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn't have kept it from you for so long. I shouldn't have kept the news about Siena's from you until now, okay?""Do you think I'll let you off with just that?" Liam was not satisfied."Then what do you want?""The rest will be paid in the evening.""Okay, double compensation," Ivy responded generously.Hearing her say that, Liam was extremely satisfied.He did not mind his daughter's presence at all. He instructed her, "Siena, turn around, I'm going to kiss Mommy.""Why can't I see you kiss Mommy?" Siena was puzzled."Because your Mommy will be shy.""Oh, okay then." Siena turned around wisely."I'm not shy, it's you who is shy." Ivy held Liam's handsome face and kissed him on the lips.Liam was moved for a second, and when he tried to dee
The adoptive parents expressed their understanding. They waved their hands and said, "It's alright. If it were me, I'd be crying happy tears too.""Anyway, thank you very much," Liam said."Mister Liam, you don't have to be so polite. Otherwise, we will be even more embarrassed," the adoptive father said.The adoptive mother held Siena, who seemed a little lost. She pulled Siena in front of Ivy and said softly, "Siena, I'm sorry, Mommy never told you that Ivy is your biological mommy."Siena looked at her in shock. "Really? Is Mommy Ivy my biological mother? Did she give birth to me?""Yes. Mommy wouldn't just pass you to a random stranger, right?" The adoptive mother smiled and said, "Siena, you will be able to spend time with your biological mommy in the future. Isn't that great?"Siena nodded, then stretched out her palm and gently stroked Ivy's face. "Mommy, why are you crying? Don't you want to be my biological mommy?""Siena!" Ivy suddenly pulled Siena into her embrace."
Siena's adoptive parents expressed that they understood. They waved their hands and said, "It's fine. If it were me, we would cry happy tears too." "Anyway, thank you very much," Liam said."Mister Liam, don't say such a thing. If not, we will be even more embarrassed," Siena's adoptive father said.Siena's adoptive mother pulled Siena, who did not know much about what was happening, over to Ivy's side and gently said, "Siena, I'm sorry. I have never told you that Ivy is your real Mommy."Siena looked at her in shock. "Are you serious? Mommy Ivy is my real Mommy? The one that gave birth to me?""Yes, if not, how could I simply give you to any other person?" Siena's adoptive mother said with a smile, "In the future, you will be living with your real Mommy. Are you happy?"Siena nodded before reaching her hand out and touching Ivy's face. "Mommy, why are you crying? Don't you want to be my real Mommy?""Siena!" Ivy suddenly hugged her."Darling, I have been looking for you for s
Siena's adoptive parents looked at each other and smiled.The kitchen was calling them to take their seats.Liam got up and said, "Come, let's eat and talk."Then, he said to Siena, "Siena, go get Daddy and Mommy to eat. They must be hungry."Siena happily brought her adoptive parents to take their seats. The dinner was in the garden. They ate and talked at the same time. The entire process was pleasant.Toward the end, Siena's adoptive mover suddenly got up and walked over to Ivy. She looked at her deeply and said after a while, "Ivy, there is a secret I have been hiding from you for a very long time.""What is it?" Ivy saw how serious she was. She could not help but feel the severity of it."Siena…" Siena's adoptive mother paused for a while before saying, "Siena is the baby that you have been looking for all these years."Ivy was stunned. Liam was stunned too.Ivy was feeling uneasy. Blood was rushing to her head. Shock, delight, surprise, excitement, all of the emotions ga
Ivy heard what Liam said and looked out at the door.When she saw that it was Siena's adoptive parents, she was instantly stunned."They are the guests that you mentioned?""Yes." Liam stood next to her and smiled. He said, "They said they hoped that they could see Siena one more time.""Is that so? That's great." Ivy held Siena's hand and walked out.Outside the door, Siena's adoptive parents were extremely friendly. "Hello! Ivy! Haven't seen you in a while!""Hello." Ivy welcomed them. "Welcome."They looked at Siena behind Ivy. "Hello, Siena. It's been a while."Siena was so anxious she was almost in tears. She said with reddened eyes, "I don't want to go back! I don't want to!"Seeing how Siena was against them, they looked awkward. From there, one could infer how irresponsible they were of their adopted daughter previously.Ivy ruffled Siena's head and said softly in her ears, "Siena, don't be afraid. Your adoptive parents are here to send you off because you're about to
Ivy cleared her throat. She ruffled Siena's head. "Don't listen to your Daddy. How could I be tired? Furthermore, taking care of you is the happiest and proudest thing I have ever done.""Really? Mommy, you really like me that much?""I do."Siena laughed happily."Let's go. We'll head home." Ivy held Siena's hand and they walked under the sycamore tree."Mommy, has Daddy gone back?""Not yet," Ivy said, "Daddy said he wants to give us a surprise.""Oh, that's great. I don't want Daddy to leave us.""Why? Do you like Daddy?""I do." Siena nodded. "Also, with Daddy here, you will be much happier. I like to see you being happy."Ivy saw Siena's face under the sun. She could not help but be moved. Siena was too understanding and caring.She suddenly thought of her own daughter. If she was still around, she would be Siena's age. She wondered whether she was as caring as Siena.At that thought, the smile on her face faded a little."Mommy, look! There are two birds!" Siena sudd