Still Loving You Nonetheless

Chapter 39

Did Miss Josie not guarantee her customers decent characters? **So are you drinking or not? I'll make a complaint to your boss if you don't!" The lady threatened.

The man tried to stop her. "Come now, she's just a lady. She'll die from all this alcohol."

"So what? If there comes a day where I end up being a hostess in such a pathetic place, I'd rather kill myself than embarrass myself." The lady's words pierced through Meredith's heart like sharp knives.

If it was not for Nia, she too would have rather killed herself, just like that very year. But at this stage, other than putting up with the humiliation from others, what else could she do?

Meredith wanted desperately to avoid more fury from Josiah, so she quickly plastered a smile on her face and said, "You're right, ma'am. I should drink this as a punishment." She then started chugging down the glasses of beer one by one. The liquid ran down her throat, burning her stomach. Her eyes turned red from the uncomfortable feeling.

In the end, she passed out from all the alcohol. It was Zya who helped Meredith get back to her dorm. Feeling bad and sorry for Meredith, Zya started sobbing, "Merelyn, it is all my fault. You wouldn't have offended Mister Josiah if it wasn't for me!"

Sprawled on the toilet, Meredith started throwing up violently. After she was done, Meredith said, "It's not your fault ...Josiah and I were already on bad terms since a long time ago........I hate him!" "What exactly is your relationship with him? Why is he doing this to you?"

Wiping the corners of her lips, Meredith flashed a smile at Zya. "Will you believe me if I tell you that he is my ex-husband?"

Zya did not say anything.

So the rumors spreading in the club were all true? Merelyn was the young madam of the respectable Leighton family and Josiah Shelby was her husband.

Meredith shook her head. "I can't do this. I cannot be locked up here. I have to visit Nia in the hospital..."

She then staggered and stumbled toward the door.

Zya stopped her immediately. "Merelyn, have you forgotten that Mister Josiah had stopped you from leaving the clubhouse? If he knows that you went against his orders, he'd definitely find ways to torment you." "I don't care..." Meredith shrugged her off and added, "Nia is still waiting for me, I must go..."

"Your mom is looking after Nia, isn't she?" "My mom is not well herself and she has to take good care of herself to get ready for the musculoskeletal transplant surgery...it'll be too tough for her to handle!" Meredith tried to open the door but she was immediately stopped by two bodyguards. "Miss Meredith, Sir had ordered your confinement. You're not allowed to leave." One of the bodyguards warned coldly. Meredith tried to fight off the bodyguards. "Who does he think he is?! I have to leave, I must leave...ahh!" Being pushed, Meredith fell back onto the ground. Zya hurriedly ran over to her. "Merelyn, are you alright? Merelyn!" Meredith shook her head but she started crying. "Josiah Shelby! You'll be punished for this!" Meredith cried while cursing at Josiah. "Nia, my darling Nia...". Usually, at this time, Meredith would have already shown up at the hospital to see Nia. But today, Nia had waited by the door of the ward for a long time but she had not seen her mother anywhere. One of the nurses noticed Nia who was waiting by the door in her thin hospital gown and to her, "Honey, you should hurry back to bed."

"Mís, I'm waiting for my mom," Nia replied softly. "Your mommy will be here in a bit. You should go in first." "What about my grandma?" "Your grandma has returned home to rest," The nurse replied annoyedly. Nía had been staying in the hospital for a long time and her guardians were always late on paying the medical bills which caused an inconvenience for a lot of people in the hospital.

If Alayna had not asked her for a favor to keep an eye on Nia, she would not even be bothered with this child.

"Don't make me repeat myself, child. If not, I'll kick you out of the hospital." The nurse threatened her and walked away. Nia was after all only a three-year-old kid. She was of course frightened by the threat. As soon as the nurse had left, Nia started looking for her mother. While walking around, Nia called out weakly, "Mommy, where are you? I'm scared..." "Mommy...!" The doors of the lift opened and Nia stepped into the lift. Her small and frail body bumped against a pair of long legs. She wrapped her arms around the leg and looked up As soon as she saw the man, Nia stopped crying and started smiling. "Daddy, I finally found you," Nia exclaimed softly. Josiah had an obsession with cleanliness since young. The moment the sobbing child hugged him, Josiah frowned He furrowed his brows even tighter when the kid called him 'Daddy'. Indifferently, he replied to Nia, "I am not your daddy."

Even though the child looked pretty, Josiah found people who cry and whine annoying. He tried to remove his leg from her grasp but Nia hugged him even tighter. Still staring at him, the child looking all sad, asked, "But you're my daddy. Do you not want me anymore?"

"I already said that I'm not." Josiah was getting frustrated.

Tears started welling up in her big eyes again and there was no one else in the lift beside the two of them, Josiah dampened his impatience and asked, "Tell me who is your daddy, I'll make a call to him."

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