Chapter 290


    “‘Yeah.” “That works then. From now on, Miss Meredith’s home will be the Shelby’s mansion. And only


    when the Shelby Group is stable, that you, Miss Meredith, and Nia would be safe.” Mister Yoseph then


    added, “So to conclude, we are not using Miss Meredith. We are simply protecting your family.” Right


    then, Mister Yoseph gasped in shock, “Sir, shit!” Josiah had just closed his eyes when they shot wide


    open at Yoseph’s sudden gasp. “Someone had posted the picture of Miss Meredith attempting suicide,”


    said Yoseph as he showed the photo to Josiah.


    In the picture, Meredith was lying lifelessly on the bed with one of her hands dropping from the bedside


    and there was a pool of blood on the floor.


    Along with the picture was a caption stating that Meredith took her own life because she was


    abandoned by her husband and her daughter had passed away.


    Josiah’s eyes darkened. He then said to Walter, “Drive faster.” Whereas Mister Yoseph hurriedly made


    calls to people to take down the picture from the inte.


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    By the time Josiah arrived at the hospital, Meredith was in the ER. He stopped a nurse who passed by


    and asked, “How is Miss Meredith?” “Don’t worry, Sir. She was lucky that we found her early. She’s


    stable now.” Only then did Josiah feel relieved.


    But the nurse added, “But it seemed like Miss Meredith had lost the will to live. We’re worried that she


    might not want to wake up at all.”


    Lost her will to live…


    Indeed, Meredith had chosen to take her own life Josiah asked, “Can I go in to see her?”


    “Yes, you may.” Josiah walked into the ER room with the nurse. He then saw Meredith who was lying


    lifelessly on the bed and her face was as pale as a sheet. Her wrist was heavily bandaged.


    “Was she hurt badly?” asked Josiah. “The cut was deep but luckily we found her just in time,” The


    doctor replied. Meredith’s eyshes moved slightly and the doctor quickly went up to her. “Miss


    Meredith, are you awake?”


    Meredith was awake earlier but she did not want to be awake so she went back to sleep.


    She ignored the doctor calling out to her and kept her eyes shut


    Josiah leaned toward her, held her hands in his, and called out, “Edith, how are you feeling?” Meredith


    heard that someone was calling out to her. She tried to recall the voice and realized that it belonged to


    Josiah. Josiah was addressing her as Edith?


    She startedughing. It took Nia’s death to make Josiah finally call her Edith.


    But what was the point?


    She opened her eyes gradually, stared at him, and murmured under her breath, “Josiah Shelby, you’re


    drowning in regret aren’t you?”. “Yes.” He nodded.


    It was as if he was drowning in a sea full of regrets and he was suffocating. “If you feel bad for me, then


    please let me go, let me be free…will you?” She took back her hands and started removing the


    bandage on her wrist. Josiah knew what she wanted to do and quickly stopped her. “Don’t move, Edith.


    I will not let you die.” “Josiah Shelby,