Chapter 22 

Meredith‘s eyes followed his finger to see the sharp glass shards that were scattered around the floor. She felt chills running down her spine. Only Josiah was ruthless and cold–blooded enough to have her dance barefoot on the glass shards. Clenching her fists tightly on her side, Meredith said, “My apologies, Mister Josiah. I don‘t want to dance anymore.” 

Grabbing the pile of cash that she had earned by selling her dignity, Meredith was ready to leave the room.

“I said to dance!” Josiah growled as he reached out his hands and grabbed ahold of Meredith‘s hair, causing her to fall backward onto the floor.

 Meredith felt as if she had heard the glass pieces being pierced into her flesh. A wave of burning pain spread all over her back almost instantly. Because she was dressed only in her underwear, the shards of glass pierced directly into her flesh. Meredith was shivering in pain. Looking at the glass shards on her back, Josiah felt his heart drop. However, the pity he had for Meredith vanished almost immediately when he noticed how she was barely dressed

lowly, wouldn‘t feel anything at all,” mocked Josiah as

said to dance!” Josiah

choking up as she said, “Josiah Shelby, we are strangers now.

say? We’re strangers ?”

added, “Did you really think that I would forgive you for what you did to Yeva just because you faked your

to earn money? Meredith Leighton, I have

pierced through Meredith‘s heart like sharp knives. However, she had no time to be drowning in pain and self–pity. She had to pay the medical bills urgently to save Nia‘s life. Staring at the cash that was scattered on the floor, Meredith struggled as she crawled toward the cash to pick them up one by one as tears were blurring her sight. Until a leather shoe stepped on a bundle of cash, it was then Meredith looked into his eyes and

to remove the stack of cash underneath his shoe and urgently put the money in her

the elegant, sophisticated, confident, and prideful woman that had once vouched that she was the

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