He pulled her into his arms and wrapped his coat around her to help warm her body."Are you punishing yourself?" Josiah asked, feeling bad for her.Meredith remained silent. Perhaps she was too upset to say anything.Josiah then went on, "Didn't you say that you're going to take care of Charlie? How are you going to take care of him if you catch a cold?"In the end, Meredith broke down in tears."Be good now, hmm? Come into the car and keep yourself warm."Josiah opened the car door and forced her into the car.He then turned up the heater to its maximum, held her hands in hers, and started rubbing them gently.Though her entire body was cold, it was as if she did not feel cold at all. Looking into his eyes, she asked, "Josiah Shelby, when I accused you of staging the accident on Charlie, you were devastated, yes? You must have felt disappointed and angry, right?"Josiah froze as he did not expect that Meredith would ask such a question.After a pause, he then replied, "If I
Charlie woke up the next day after New Year's.Josiah felt a sense of relief when he heard the news.At least Meredith would not blame herself if anything had happened to Charlie."How is he doing now?" He asked.Wesley replied, "He is still weak but the doctor mentioned that Mister Charlie will get better if he cooperates with the treatment plan.""Okay."Looking at Josiah, Wesley hesitated before asking, "Sir, do you really think that the accident was staged by Charlie's mother and that Charlie has got nothing to do with it?"Josiah looked at him and replied, "Yes.""But why?""Because my aunt is the kind of person who would do such a thing.""You're saying that…Mister Charlie would not do such a thing?""If Charlie was really the one behind this, my aunt wouldn't have taken on all the blame when she knew that Charlie might die. After all, paying someone to kill is illegal and she still needs to manage the Larson Group."Wesley thought about Josiah's words and thought tha
"Here, let me do it instead. The stalks are prickly." Josiah took the flowers from Nia and helped her.After arranging all the rose bushes in the vase, Josiah pulled into a smile and asked Nia, "So, what do you think of my flower arranging skills?""It's amazing," Nia praised her father while nodding her head.Looking at the bright smile on Nia's face, Josiah could not help but think that the kids were easily satisfied."I'm sorry, Nia."Puzzled, Nia asked, "Daddy, why are you sorry?""I've promised that we'd go skiing in Feldenberg, but we didn't make it there in the end.""That's alright, Daddy. It's not a must to go there. Plus, we can always go some other time.""Okay. I'll bring you there soon, okay?""Okay," Nia replied happily."Let's head out and let your Mom rest."Both of them left Meredith's room. Walking down the stairs with Nia's hand in his, he asked, "What would you like to have for lunch? I'll prepare lunch for you."The servants went on break and Josiah had
The next morning, Meredith woke up as expected.Perhaps it was because she had slept for too long, she was in a dazed state when she woke up.Staring at the familiar ceiling, she tried to recall the fragmented bits of her memory. The more she tried to recall, the more her body started shivering in fear.Charlie had committed suicide…it was not a dream, but it did happen.Meredith sat up abruptly from her bed and wanted to get off the bed when she was startled by the man in front of her.It was Josiah Shelby!He was in his room all this time?"You're awake, Edith," Josiah called out to her gently.Of course, he was going to be by her side knowing that she was going to wake up today.That was why Josiah had been in her room since early morning."How are you feeling? Do you feel uncomfortable?" Josiah walked toward her, put his hands on her shoulders, and studied her carefully.Josiah was worried that the sleeping pills might have side effects on Meredith.Ignoring his questio
Yet, she still insisted, "But it's not right of me not to check up on Charlie, is it? Plus, I've promised to stay by his side to take care of him the moment he wakes up."Josiah's face darkened.Even though he was upset by the promise that she had made, he tried to soften his tone and comfort her, "Of course, you should go visit him. But it's better if you wait for another few days. At least until Charlie's all calmed down."Meredith replied, "But if I don't go now, he'll be disappointed and it will be harder for him to feel better.""But he's still recovering. I'm worried that his condition would worsen if he gets all worked up," Josiah sighed helplessly, "listen to me, hmm? Give it two more days."Meredith fumed, "Josiah Shelby, you're doing this on purpose, aren't you? You just don't want me to go see him, isn't it?"Josiah pulled into a helpless smile. "Meredith Leighton, do you really think that I'd be able to stop you from doing what you want? Do you think I'd lock you up h
"It's fine. Let her be, I don't want to disturb her.""If that's the case, let's make you something to eat. You must be hungry."It was then Meredith realized that she was indeed famished.Just by the look on her face, Josiah guessed that Meredith was hungry. He then said to her, "Let's go. I'll cook up something for you.""I want to take a shower first," Meredith said.She slept for three days and she also had not showered for three days."Okay. Come down after you're done.""Mm." Meredith headed into the shower room.After showering, Meredith was putting on her clothes in front of the mirror. But she suddenly realized something suspicious.She did not get into any accident when she left the hospital the other day. She only remembered falling asleep in Josiah's car. How did she end up sleeping for an entire three days?She had never slept for so long.Could it be that something was wrong with her body?Meredith shook off the thought because if something did happen to her,
This time around, Meredith did not expect Josiah to take her words seriously.But like previous times, Josiah agreed, "Okay, I won't do it anymore."He then moved the breakfast in front of her and asked, "Edith, can you eat now?"Meredith glanced at him coldly. She wondered why Josiah was not mad even when she just yelled at her.Josiah was mild-tempered as usual.After breakfast, Meredith went upstairs to spend some time with Nia before getting ready to leave.Josiah stopped her and asked, "Where are you going? I'll drive you."Meredith glanced at his hand frustratedly. "I've missed out on work for three days all thanks to you. Shouldn't I at least make sure that my company is still there?""It's the New Year, what is there for you to do?" Josiah was skeptical. "Even if there is, I can help you with it."Meredith stared at him and wondered if Josiah was really that worried that she would go visit Charlie at the hospital.For the sake of getting rid of him, she said, "Don't w
Ever since the day where she stopped Meredith from visiting the hospital, Meredith had not shown up since then.And this angered Charlie's mother. She felt deeply unjust for her son.Looking at Charlie's mother, Meredith said, "Mrs. Larson, I don't think that you came all the way here just to mock me. You can cut to the chase and say what you want to."Charlie's mother was slightly irked by how Meredith spoke to her. But for the sake of her useless son, she could only hold herself back.She took a deep breath before asking, "That night, you promised that you'd come back to Charlie and take care of him if he woke up, yes?""Yes," Meredith replied without any hesitation."Then why are you still here?""...""Charlie hasn't been talking much nor showing any interest to anyone since he woke up. I think you know better why he ended up this way, don't you?"Meredith nodded. "I know. I didn't visit him for the past few days because I didn't want to go against you and also, I didn't w