Still Loving You Nonetheless novel Chapter 22

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

. “Is it painful? And I thought a woman like you, shameless and lowly, wouldn‘t feel anything at all,” mocked Josiah as he crouched down in front of Meredith and lifted her chin with his fingers.

“I said to dance!” Josiah scowled.

Shaking her head, Meredith started choking up as she said, “Josiah Shelby, we are strangers now. Why are you still doing this to me?”

“What did you say? We’re strangers ?”