CHAPTER 863
Charlie was forced to meet her eyes. He then asked, “Will you tell him the truth, Edtih?”
“That’s not the point.”
“Okay. Then is your heart still with me?” Smiling bitterly, Charlie asked, “You‘ve never really loved me, have you? You’re only staying by my side because you feel indebted to me. You’re going to leave me someday, I know it. Once I’m locked up in jail, you’d be free then. Shouldn’t you feel happy instead?”
“If that’s how you want to think of me, then I have nothing more to say.”
Sighing helplessly, Meredith added, “Charlie, I’ve promised that I’ll never leave you and that I’ll stay by your side for the rest of my life. Why don’t you believe me?”
Rage gripped Charlie all of a sudden and he flung away her hands, yelling, “What I want is for you to love me willingly! I don’t want you to stay by my side for the sake of it and go out and flirt with other men!”
Looking at his face distorted in anger, Meredith waited a while before saying, “So what is it that you want? Tell me, Charlie. I’ll do as you say.”
Charlie suddenly did not have the answers to her question.
“If I had known that you’d end up like that after you met me, I’d rather that you‘ve never met me before. But in the end, we‘ve met and you’ve changed.”
She tried to blink away the tears that were welling up in her eyes. “I’m sorry, Charlie. It is all my fault that you ended up this way.”
“What do you mean by that, Edith? Are you really planning to leave me?”
Charlie’s face was overcast and gloomy.
“No, I won’t,” Meredith shook her head and firmly, she emphasized, “I never once had the thought of abandoning you or leaving you all alone. Besides, you got into the car accident because of me. How could I possibly leave you?
“I just want you to go back to being your old self, Charlie. I don’t want you to hurt yourself nor hurt anyone anymore. Can you do that for me?”
She held Charlie’s hands in hers and went on, “Charlie, if you don’t want me to cut ties with Josiah, let’s leave the country and never come back.”
Seeing how she looked determined, for some reason, Charlie did not feel reassured at all.
He knew that Meredith had never enjoyed living abroad and her company was here in Jehovah City. He knew that Meredith would not be happy if she were to leave everything behind and move abroad with him.
Not only would Meredith not be happy, even Nia would not be.
But most importantly, would a person’s feelings fade away over time?
Charlie thought that perhaps for others it would work, but not for Josiah and Meredith.
Pulling into a bitter smile, Charlie said, “Edith, you and Josiah have separated for two years now, ain’t it? Tell me now, have you forgotten about him?”
Meredith kept quiet.Owned by .
She had not forgotten about Josiah but she did not think that it was love. To her, it was resentment instead.
She stood up, turned around, and wanted to leave.
Charlie grabbed her hand. “Edith, don’t go.”
“Do you even care if I stay or leave?”
“Of course I do, if not…I wouldn’t have done what I did.”
Meredith felt something heavy on her chest as she sighed helplessly, “Okay, I’ll stay, but you’ll have to promise me that you won’t do anything foolish again. As for this time, I’ll pretend that I know nothing of this.”
“Okay. Thank you, Edith.” “Go watch some shows on TV. I’ll go get some rest.”