Chapter 171

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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.
Of 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.
novelbinHe 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?”
“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