Chapter 1232

Chapter 1232Chapter 1232
As Josiah stopped walking, Meredith quickly apologized, "I'm sorry. I shouldn’t rake up old grievances, especially not now. Let's
hurry and go have a look."
However, Josiah grabbed her arm and looked at her from a condescending angle while feeling sorry, "Edith, I didn’t say you can't
rake up old grievances. I'm just scared you will ignore me again when you do that.
"And I didn't let the dog in to bite you. I also didn't send someone to the psychiatric ward to hurt you. And..."
He coughed and felt embarrassed to talk further. Truth be told, those explanations were just meaningless but he could not help it
and explained it over and over again. He was not a man who was afraid to deny his own doing.
His only wish was to diminish his bad image in Meredith's heart and hopefully one day she would forgive him.
Meredith saw the guilty look in his eyes, she simply said, "It's not important anymore."
Everything was in the past. The damage had been done.
Josiah inhaled lightly while feeling very helpless. He put his arm around her shoulder. "Come on, let's
go to the basement."
The other reason that made Meredith convinced Ivy was being locked in the basement was that the
yellow dog was being leashed beside the entrance of the basement. Obviously, someone did it to avoid
people from going down the basement.
Both of them bypassed the yellow dog and slowly walked down to the basement. However, there was
nothing in the basement. It was so empty that there was not even a thing down there.
Meredith was stunned. Josiah looked at her and said, "Maybe you are really overthinking."She looked at him and walked to the other side of the basement. The area of the basement was huge
and it was separated into different compartments. However, each compartment was empty and there
was no place for anyone to hide.
She was not about to give up. "Let's search upstairs."
"Okay." Josiah nodded.
Both of them used the lift from the basement to reach the second floor. The gym was on the second
floor. After searching the area, they did not find anyone. Then they went to the third floor. The result
was the same. They could not find anyone.
After searching the entire building, Meredith finally gave up. she said, "Maybe I really did overthink."
Josiah put his hand on her shoulder and touched it. "I will send someone to investigate every possibility
that you mentioned, shall we return now?"
She looked at him with disbelief, "You really believe in me and you will find someone to investigate?"
"Yes, I believe in you."
Even if he did not believe in Meredith, it was not a difficult task to get someone to investigate the
matter. At least, it was essential to find Ivy's whereabouts first. To see what was she trying to do.
Both of them returned to the main building. Meredith stood in front of her door and turned around to
face Josiah. "Thank you for accompanying me. Good night."
Josiah quickly extended his hand out to stop Meredith from closing the door. He looked at her, "Meredith Leighton, I've done what
I promise you. what about your promise? Aren't you supposed to keep your side of the promise too?"It reminded Meredith that she had promised to let Josiah stay with her tonight if they failed to find Ivy in the annex. Hence, she
lowered her voice, "Hurry up and come in. Don't let anyone see you.
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Josiah bent over and whispered into her ear, "Why? Are we having an affair?"
"Nonsense. Are you coming in or not?" Meredith asked.
"Yes." He moved sideways and slipped into the room from the small opening. As he turned his body, he trapped her between his
body and the door. Then he used his finger to lift her chin. "No wonder Mother thinks you are not right. You are feeling guilty."
His breath was making Meredith nervous so she pulled his collar with both hands and said in a low voice, "Josiah Shelby. I
agreed to let you sleep with me but I never said you could do anything to me.
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