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Chapter 1157
As a matter of fact, Meredith did not think that way.
Perhaps it was really because of Cooper that Meredith did not resent Ivy too much.
Ivy followed behind Linda and walked into the house. At the sight of Meredith and Josiah coming out of the kitchen
together, a look of jealousy flickered across her face.
But noticing Josiah’s cold expression, she subconsciously lowered her head.
"My apologies for disturbing you at this hour. I am here to pick up Cooper," Ivy greeted them in a gentle voice.
With one brow arched, Josiah responded, "Miss Ivy, I thought I already made it clear that I will send Cooper home
later. Why would you purposely come all the way here?"
Ivy lifted her head and with an innocent look on her face, she replied, "Joe, my son ran away from the house, I’d of
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtcourse come to get him right away the moment I heard that he was safe. Is that so wrong?"
"This is after all Meredith's home. It's rather inappropriate for you to show up here."
"But if I don't show up, I'm afraid that my son would enjoy spending more time with you guys rather than me, his
own mother.
It
Ivy was calm and composed, as usual.
She smiled at Meredith and said, "Meredith, it seems like my son likes you but I only have him. So could you please
not take him away from me?"
Meredith was speechless.
Meredith never thought that the fact that her adoring Cooper and treating him well would worry Ivy.
"I have no intention of taking Cooper from you," She explained.
"If so, would you kindly get Cooper for me so that I could take him home with me?" Ivy then went on, "And thank
you so much for taking care of Cooper today. I will make sure that he will not do this again."
Meredith did not know what else to say at Ivy's gentleness and politeness.
She pondered a while before saying to Ivy, "Miss Ivy, let me take you upstairs to see Cooper."
"Okay, thank you."
Meredith took Ivy to Nia's bedroom and said softly, "Miss Ivy, take a look at Cooper in there."
She pushed the door open so that Ivy could take a good look at Cooper and Nia who were playing together.
Right when Ivy was about to call out for Cooper, Meredith interrupted her, "Miss Ivy, can I have a few words with
you?"
Looking at Meredith, Ivy asked, "What do you want to talk about?"
"About Cooper's illness."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIvy hesitated before nodding and followed Meredith into the next room.
"Miss Ivy, I've always believed that a child should not be dragged into the adults' feud. Cooper is a smart and gifted
child and I really hope that Cooper will get better soon."
Seeing how Ivy was not saying anything, Meredith went on, "That is why I wanted to know how Cooper is when he is
usually around you? Can we interact normally? Has he been able to hold a conversation?"
"He's not able to interact normally. There are times when he would not talk at all for a month. This is why I decided
to take him overseas to receive treatment."
Still looking at Meredith, Ivy went on, "Meredith, if you really care about Cooper and want him to get better, please
give Josiah back to me. I must get married to him, if not..."
She paused and laughed bitterly, "This is my first time putting away my pride to plead with someone, I hope you
wouldn't make fun of me."
"A mother would be willing to give anything for her child, but..." Feeling rather skeptical, Meredith studied her and
asked, "are you really only getting married because of Cooper's illness?"
"Of course not," Ivy went on, "I've grown up with Josiah. And if it wasn't because I love him and wanted to spend the
rest of my life with him, I wouldn't have...did what I did that year."
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