NovelOnline
apter 171 Biting down on her lips, Ysabelle went on, “Oh, and one more thing, Josiah. Meredith’s mom just passed
away and I don’t think she’d be able to come home for the time being. Please be understanding of her situation.”
Josiah who was about to go through some of his work felt his heart sink at Ysabelle’s words. Looking up at her, he
asked, “What did you say?”.
“I just heard from my dad earlier. He received a call from the hospital saying that Meredith’s mom is dead and my
dad is required to be present at the hospital for some after-procedures. I’m guessing that Meredith won’t be
coming back here to serve you. I came here to tell you that.”
Meredith’s mother was dead? But there were no signs at all.
Josiah could somewhat imagine how devastated and heartbroken Meredith was.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtOf course, he was not entirely concerned about Alayna. What made him uncomfortable were Ysabelle’s words –
that Meredith would not be coming back to the Shelby residence.
Ysabelle added carefully, “So Josiah, let me stay here with you instead, hmm? I’m sure I’d take better care of you
than Meredith does.”
“No need for that!”
Josiah grabbed his outer coat and walked out of the study room. Watching Josiah as he left without any hesitation,
Ysabelle felt a flicker of disappointment. But quickly, her feelings of disappointment were replaced by feelings of
coldness. Ysabelle thought to herself, ‘Meredith Leighton, let’s see how you’re going to save your daughter now!’
As long as Meredith’s daughter was out of the picture, Ysabelle could then finally stop worrying about Josiah and
Meredith getting back together.
Marvin Leighton was startled at the news of Alayna’s sudden passing.
But of course, he was mostly glad that Alayna was finally gone.
After all, he had always been insecure about the fact that he married into Alayna’s rich family. Plus, he had always
been worried that his assets would be taken away
someday. Hence, when the hospital called to inform him about Alayna’s passing, Marvin was the first to rush to the
hospital.
He saw Meredith sitting absentmindedly on the floor at the corner of a corridor. With a gloomy face, Marvin walked
over to her. “Meredith Leighton, how are you still alive?”
Meredith looked up and saw her cold blooded father. Even though Marvin was her father or the fact that they lived
in the same city, or how desperately she needed money, Meredith had never once thought of asking him for help.
Because she knew that her own father wanted her dead more than anyone, more than Josiah did. Her face was
already wet with tears. Scoffing, she said, “Marvin Leighton , why should I be dead when you are still alive?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm
“You-” Marvin slapped Meredith across her face and seethed, “how dare you talk to me this way!”
The mask that Meredith wore to cover the scars on her face came loose. Marvin was startled but he seethed, “Look
at this hideous face of yours. If I were you, I would have killed myself.”
“Yeah?” With tears welled up in her eyes, Meredith said, “Says the one who betrayed his wife just to claim her
fortune and assets to yourself…say, who is more hideous?”
“You-“Anger heated Marvin’s blood and he wanted to hit her again.
But his hand stopped in mid-air when Meredith glared at him without flinching.
“Now that my mom is dead, you can claim the company as yours and you can do whatever you want, can’t you?
But are you sure that you can sleep well at night? Knowing all the horrible things that you’ve done?”
“Drop the nonsense, Meredith. If it wasn’t because of you who cheated on Josiah, the Leighton family was almost
destroyed because of what you did, I wouldn’t have divorced your mom and wouldn’t
Visit our social media platform to read fascinating stories every day and connect with the community!
