Chapter 24
Meredith locked her phone. She was about to stand up when Larry suddenly walked in and looked at her with conflicted looken his face.
“Ms. Cosgrove, there are two people outside claiming to be your parents wanting to see you
Meredithed up at once. “Who did you say wanted to see me?
Larry explained a little more about the stination. It was only then that Meredithanderstood that her parents, Hen Foxglove and Lorelei Arkinson, who had each Demanded and had another family at their own, wanted to see her aga
time after she faked her death. However,!
since
Demand Lorelei had only just remembered about her, their abandoned daughter, after what happened the Melody couldn’t come back from the dead, they’d given up on trying to see her before she was cremated,
Now, they heard rumors that Melody had come back to life and was back in her home country. So, they wanted to come and visit her now.
Meredith listened to tarry’s explanation calmly and expressionlessly. On the other hand, Luke walked over toward her and placed an arm around her waist.
“They’re not really here to visit you. They y just want you to convince the Heathrows to Invest in their compantes.”
Meredith turned to look at Luke in contusion. He just gently pinched her nose and said, “Your Father’s company is about to go bankrupt because of some problem with their funding chain, while your mother’s company is also about to go bankrupt because of management issues.
“They initially came looking for me, but I didn’t bother with them. That’s why they decided to ask you instead. They wanted to try getting to me through you.”
Meredith didn’t look surprised. After all, she could already tell since the day they abandoned her during their divorce that they never loved her. Moreover, they had already formed their own different families now, so whatever little love they had lett for her would have disappeared a long time ago.
As she thought about this, she decided to keep her silence. She just shook her head at Larry before retiring upstairs to her bedroom
she no longer cared what her parents reactions were going to be anyway.
Meanwhile, when Ben and Lorelei were told that Meredith refused to see them, they started throwing a huge tantrum out at the gate in disbelief.
Larry Just glared at them coldly.
“Neither one of you appeared when Ms. Cosgrove needed you the most. So, what right do you have to demand that she help you now?
Ben and Lorelei were stunned. They didn’t know how to retort back.
In the blink of an eye, Meredith and Luke had already been home for close to a month. During this period of time, Luke had introduced her to all of his friends and family members. They had also wished Luke and Meredith well.
The sun was shining brightly on the day they were finally flying back to Newland. They reluctantly waved goodbye to their friends before fully embarking on the light.
Back in the ICU ward, joshua must have telt that Meredith was leaving him for good. Two tracks of tears suddenly appeared from the corners of his shut eyes, flowing down his face and onto the pillow.
herself.
He remembered the last thing Melody had told him before he left her on the day she “killed ‘h
If he were to change his mind and stop loving her, he would have to tell her, and she would then end their relationship and stop bothering him. But if he were to lie to her, then she would leave him forever and never let him so her face again for the rest of his life.
As it turned out, he truly lied to her, and she refused to let him see her again.
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joshua suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart. His breathing became shallow and ragged, and the machines monitoring him started beeping loudly. A team of doctors rushed into his ward to perform emergency treatment on him.
Hours passed, and the doctors were still at it. Finally, the heart monitor next to the bed let out a final loud series of beeping before the pattem flatlined. Although the doctors were used to patients dying on them, they still couldn’t help sighing and feeling that it was a pity.
Joshua had been very stable for the past few days. Why had he suddenly destabilized out of the blue?
“Inform the family members.”
Meredith and Luke attended Joshua’s funeral. They stood far back in the crowd under a huge black umbrella, watching in calm silence as the guests paid their last inspects to Joshua
Then, the casket was buried, along with the flowers and wreaths, and a temporary marker was put in place.
The guests then went up to the burtal site in their black umbrellas, said their last prayers, and left quietly.
Tinally, only Meredith and Luke were left.
After what seemed like forever, Medith finally moved. She slowly made her way to the plot and stared at the photograph on the loose soil.
They had used a photo of Joshua when he was younger. His smiling eyes back then had been full of love and hope for the future
