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Chapter 876
Meredith finally remembered how she ended up in the hospital.
She was dragged into the fire exit stairway and Charlie walked into them when she kissed Josiah…
At the thought of this, Meredith grabbed Charlie’s hands in hers and started apologizing instead, “No, it’s my fault. I
shouldn’t have…did what I did with Josiah. It is all my fault.”
“Edith, Josiah already told me everything. You only did what you did so that he would let me go,” Charlie said.
Even though Charlie did not believe everything that Josiah had said, there was nothing else that he could do aside
from believing Josiah’s words.
Hence, Charlie was persuading himself to accept Josiah’s explanation.
Slightly startled, Meredith stared at him and asked, “Josiah told you everything?”
“He did.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Then did he also tell you how…how he is going to handle the accident?”
“He wants me to give you back to him, if not he’ll lock me up in jail.” Charlie pulled into a smile and went on, “But
don’t worry, Edith. I remembered that you told me that you’re not some item that can be given away. Hence, I will
not give you to him for my own sake.”
Meredith did not know what else to say.
It was something that Josiah would do – threatening Charlie to divorce her. After all, Josiah even forced her to kiss
him if she wanted to save Charlie.
Josiah was really not an easy opponent.
“Charlie, promise me that you won’t do such foolish things again,” Meredith sighed helplessly.
Charlie replied instead, “Well, that depends on how Josiah behaves. If he dares to lay a finger on my wife, I swear
that I’ll make him pay.”
Meredith was worried about what would happen to Charlie because of the accident but Charlie was instead worried
about what Josiah would do to her.
Could it be that Charlie did not care if he ended up in jail?
“Charlie, in any case, promise me that you won’t do anything that goes against the law, okay?”
Meredith knew that it would be hard for Charlie to let go of his resentment toward Josiah, not especially what he
witnessed today. But still, she tried her best to persuade Charlie.
Charlie did not wish to dwell on the topic anymore hence he simply nodded. He then asked, “How’re you feeling? Do
you want to get some shut-eye?”
“I’m fine, it’s not that painful.” Meredith had been injured too many times that she was now numb and used to the
pain.
But she asked Charlie, “What about you? You must be tired from staying here so long. You should hurry up, go back,
and get some rest.”
“I’m not tired, Edith. I’ll stay here with you.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“How could I let you stay here with me? Get Wilma here instead, if not, you can hire me as a caretaker.”
“I’ve got you a caretaker. But still, I’ll stay here to keep you company.”
“There’s really no need…”
“Why? Do you think that I’ll be a bother to you if I stay here?” Charlie cut her off abruptly.
Josiah was just in the room one floor above where Meredith was. If he left Meredith here alone, Josiah would have
the opportunity to get closer to Meredith.
And Charlie would not allow that to happen.
“Of course, it’s not that,” Meredith shook her head and went on, “I’m just worried that it might be hard on you if
you stay here. Besides, I have some work to deal with later and I really don’t need anyone to stay here with me.”
“You still have to work in this state?”
“I’m going to be fine, it doesn’t hurt as much as you think,” Meredith added, “I’ll be quite busy with work as we’re
planning to launch a new product. Things will be slower after the new year.”
“Edith, you really don’t have to work that hard. I can easily take care of you,” Charlie said.
Charlie did tell her this but Meredith had rejected his offer because she did not want to be the type of woman who
married into a rich family and sat around and did nothing.
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