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Chapter 857
But she did not want to start getting suspicious of Charlie just like how she did toward Josiah.
Hence, before Josiah’s grandmother said anything further, Meredith smiled and reassured her, “Don’t worry,
Grandma. Charlie only resented Josiah because of me. But now that I’m married to him, I don’t think there’s any
other reason for Charlie to not like Josiah.”
“You haven’t been in contact with Joe recently, have you?” Josiah’s grandmother asked.
“Rarely.” Meredith felt slightly guilty.
Even though she had not been in contact with Josiah, Josiah was the one who was concerned about her and he was
also the one who stayed with her at the hospital whenever she got ill.
But Charlie knew nothing about these.
Leaving the house, Meredith and Charlie sat side by side at the back of the car.
Because it was New Year’s Eve, the roads were crowded and lively. The colorful street lights would occasionally be
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtreflected into the car.
Charlie looked as if he was tired with his back leaned against the car seat and his eyes closed.
Meredith stole a glance at him as she recalled her conversation with Josiah’s grandmother earlier.
She wondered if Charlie was really behind Josiah’s accident.
But the Charlie that she knew was not the cruel and ruthless type of person.
Even though he had been losing his temper because of his legs and he had hurt her, Charlie would regret what he
had done and would also apologize to her.
“Aren’t you tired, Edith?” Charlie asked, all of a sudden.
Meredith came back to her senses and broke away her gaze on Charlie. “Not really. What about you?”
“Slightly.”
Meredith held his hand and said, “We’ll be home soon.”
“Mm.”
Meredith tried to start another conversation to fill the silence. “With Nia at your grandma’s place, our home is
suddenly quiet.”
“Yeah, I can’t seem to get used to this.”
“I don’t think Nia would be able to stay there for long. I’ll go pick her up tomorrow evening.”
“It’s the holiday week, isn’t it? We’ll let her be.”
“You’re right.”
When they reached their house, Meredith wanted to help him shower but Charlie rejected her again.
“Edith, I can do it myself.”
“Let me at least help you remove your clothes then.”
“It’s really fine. You have urgent work to do, don’t you? You should hurry up and get back to work.” Seeing how
Meredith was still worried about him, Charlie said, “I’m not used to having someone else showering for me. I get
uncomfortable.”
*Alright then. Be careful.”
“I will.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEven though Charlie had been taking showers on his own, Meredith was still worried about him. Hence, she would
avoid working in her study and work in the bedroom instead.
She would go through her emails while paying attention to Charlie’s movements in the shower room.
At the sound of the shower head turning on, Meredith heard Charlie moaning in pain.
She immediately got onto her feet and stood in front of the shower room’s door. “Charlie, is everything okay? Did
you hurt yourself? Do you need my help?”
in the shower room, Charlie was pressing on a freshly cut wound on his leg as he squeezed out a reply.” I’m fine,
don’t worry.”
He had cut himself to relieve the built-up anger and pain in him.
Charlie had been holding back his emotions for the entire evening and he was finally able to let everything out
Watching the bright red blood seeping out from the wound, all Charlie could think about was what his mother had
told him earlier.
His mother told him that Josiah’s condition was stable and his legs were simply scratched by the car windows…
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