Nia simply nodded disappointedly. Josiah lowered his head and took a look at the tag that was hanging
around Nia’s neck. One had to open the tag to only be able to see the photos inside. However, Josiah
already knew whose pictures were included and his photo was the first to be included,
“Your mom is right. I am the bad guy and I am not your father.” Josiah then walked away from both
Meredith and Nia. When he passed by Meredith , Josiah hissed coldly, “I’ll deal with you when you
return later.”
His words made Meredith’s skin crawl.
After sending Nia back to her ward and leaving Nia in Aunt Wren’s care, Meredith then quickly hurried
back to Shelby’s residence. “Miss Meredith , why are you home this early?” Lily asked, “I thought you
won’t be back in another hour?” “I ran into Sir at the hospital so I came back.”
“Goodness. What do we do then?”
“It’s alright. It’s not like Sir had ever taken mercy on me.” Meredith smiled bitterly. “Thank you for
helping me keep an eye on Miss Yena.”
“What’s there to thank me for? I didn’t even do much.”
“I’ll go back to working on the chores then.” Meredith returned to the storage room,
grabbed a few cleaning equipment, and started cleaning the house.
Josiah had mentioned that he wanted the house to be clean, without even a speck of dust. Hence,
Meredith had to clean the entire house every day.
When she was done with the cleaning, it was already evening and it was time to prepare dinner.
Not willing to see Meredith working so hard, Lily had tried to help as much as she could without anyone
finding out. She was now in the kitchen, wanting to assist Meredith when she made dinner.
“Lily, you should go get some rest. I can do this on my own,” said Meredith.
With just a bite, Josiah would know right away that the food was not prepared by her and Meredith did
not wish to drag Lily into her mess. Lily knew exactly what Meredith was worried about. “It’s alright. I’m
just going to assist you from the side.”
“But Miss Meredith, did you realize that even though Sir hated you, he quite likes your cooking? His
appetite is getting better than before.”
“You think so?” Meredith tugged at the corners of her lips and added, “Perhaps it’s because my pathetic
look stimulates his appetite.”
“I don’t think so. Sir, he…”.
“Lily, it’s alright, you don’t have to say anything. I understand.” Meredith interrupted her. Meredith did
not want to get her hopes up like the time when she was sick and in the end, she was engulfed by
disappointment.
“Edith, what are we having for dinner tonight?” Liam swung by into the kitchen, walked
next to her, and exclaimed, “Goodness, are we having fish today? I love fish the best!”
Taking a glance at Liam, Meredith replied, “I would love to cook for you, but that best friend, also known
as the devil, is not really happy that I cook for you.”
“But don’t worry, Lily cooks really well too. I’ll ask Lily to make you a fish dish too.” Meredith added,
“Right, why are you home this early?” “I’m worried that Josiah would bully you so I decided to come
back early with this.” Reaching into his pocket, Liam took out a brand new phone.
The phone was exactly the same one as Josiah’s.
“You really managed to get it repaired?” Meredith took the phone from Liam, looking all happy.
“Of course. I don’t tend to lie.”
“That is amazing!” Meredith studied the phone all over.
She had taken apart the broken phone to check its parts and realized the phone was made from high-
quality material, and if she were to really pay for the broken phone, it would cost her even more than
the bottle of Lafite. “Thank you so much, Liam. You’re my savior.” Meredith thanked him.
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