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Chapter 284 Josiah had always hated the sight of Nia and he hated to hear the mention of her name. Because it
would always remind him of the fact that Meredith had cheated on him.
Nia’s name was like a taboo to him.
But for some reason, he felt a wrenching pain in his chest at the sight of Nia lying lifelessly in Meredith’s arms.
He should not be having this kind of feeling because Nia was not related to him in any way. He should not be feeling
sorry for Nia.
He knew that he should walk away but his legs were somehow glued to the floor. The doctor pleaded with Josiah.
“Sir, would you mind talking to Miss Meredith and having her let go of Nia? The poor girl…had already left us.”
“She’s left us…?”
“Yes,” The doctor nodded and went on, “but Miss Meredith is not willing to let go of her. She’s insisting on bringing
the child to another hospital,”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtLooking at Meredith who was bawling her eyes out, Josiah finally said to her, “Meredith, let go of the child and come
home with me.”
Meredith stopped crying. She turned her head and stared at Josiah.
“Josiah Shelby, you’re thrilled, aren’t you? You’ve finally killed your own daughter.” “…” Josiah’s gaze clouded.
“Meredith Leighton, stop accusing me.”
“Accusing you?” Meredith scoffed as tears ran down her eyes. “What am I accusing you of? You knew that Nia was
sick and that my mom would be her bone marrow donor so you framed my mom for something that she didn’t do
and eventually had her killed. You knew that I needed money to pay for Nia’s surgery fees but you kept finding ways
to lock me up so that I
could have noticed that the paternity test results could have been manipulated and you could have run another
test, but you didn’t and you could have saved her…but you didn’t!”
Staring at his cold and indifferent face, Meredith had fallen into grave despair.
“Josiah Shelby, up till today, how could you still not believe that Nia is your birth daughter?” Meredith yelled at him
then scanned the room, grabbed a pair of scissors on the desk, snipped off a lock of Nia’s hair, and threw it at
Josiah. “Take this and run another test! Get it tested somewhere that Ysabelle would not be able to exert her
influence.”
Josiah caught hold of the lock of hair. Holding the hair between his fingers, Josiah felt his heart beating loudly in his
chest. He had always been confident that Nia was not his daughter. But why was he feeling nervous now?
Was it because of what Meredith had said?
“The child is already dead. What’s the use of testing it?”
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Between her tears, Meredith laughed sorrowfully, “Why should I be the only one to be grieving over Nia when you,
her father, who killed her with your own hands could pretend as if nothing had happened? I want you to feel the
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmsame pain as I do!”
“I didn’t.” Josiah tried his best to remain calm.
Holding tightly onto Nia, Meredith shouted, “Go away Josiah Shelby, you heartless monster! You have no right to be
in this room with Nia! Leave!” Gripping tightly onto the lock of hair, Josiah felt something pressing on his chest. He
felt suffocated. He could not even bring himself to take a look at Nia who was in Meredith’s arms. He did not dare to
see that pale face of hers. Meredith started begging the doctor again. “Doctor, Nia’s body is still warm. Please try
saving her once more, please…” “Miss Meredith, you’ve seen the numbers yourself. There’s really nothing else that
we could do,” The doctor replied helplessly. Josiah did not dare to look at Nia nor did he dare to look at the numbers
on the charts that were falling drastically. He then turned around and walked out of the surgery room. As soon as
Josiah walked out of the room, Meredith regretted what she said. “Don’t go! Josiah, don’t go!” With Nia in her
hands, she staggered and stumbled to the door, and stopped Josiah from leaving. “Josiah, please hold Nia in your
arms, please do that for her, will you?” Meredith begged,” When Nia was alive, she had always hoped for her dad
and her mom to stay together, but her wish never came true. Could you please…for her sake…just give her a hug?”
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