"What's wrong? Are you cold?" Parker immediately took off his coat to give it to her.
"No, I'm not cold." She was just scared.
However, Parker didn't care about her rejection. "The sea breeze is really a little chill. Put it on and don't catch a cold. I'm afraid you will be blown away by the wind as you're so thin now."
Meredith smiled and Parker added, "I have already known all about these things. Don't worry. I'll help you."
Meredith nodded and then took out a piece of paper to write down some clues. She handed the paper to Parker. "I really don't know how to thank you."
Parker looked at the sheer gratitude in her eyes and his heart suddenly skipped a beat. He then showed his usual casual smile and said. "We are friends so I will definitely help you."
The two of them returned to the car. Parker insisted to send Meredith home.
Meredith thought for a while. If Derek found out that she was going home with Parker, he would be angry. Thinking of this, she wanted to refuse him.
"It's such a remote place here. You won't be able to find a car yourself. Stop messing around. Hurry up. It's getting dark in a while and it will be very cold."
Seeing that she couldn't refuse him, Meredith could only tell him another address that near the house so as to get off early and walk back on her own.
Parker sent her to the place she said. Meredith folded his coat neatly and put it on the seat. "I'm leaving."
"You have to take good care of yourself. Don't fall ill as soon as I get you all the information you want to know."
Meredith nodded with a smile and watched the man leave before slowly walking back to the Xaviers.
...
Back at the Xaviers, Meredith saw Derek's car parked outside at first sight and she was a little flustered. She hurried back to her room but found someone inside when she opened the door.
Derek sat cross-legged in a chair and looked at her with a leisured expression. His eyes were so cold that Meredith almost shuddered at that moment.
"I... I am back." Meredith forced herself to speak while Derek sneered.
"It's not easy for you to leave Parker and come back home, right?"
Meredith was stunned. A stack of photos was suddenly thrown on her face. The man strode over, grabbed her long hair, and forced her to look up at him. "It was fun going to the beach with Parker, wasn't it?"
Derek found that Meredith was not there when he got home. After he waited for a long time, he finally sent someone to look for her. He did not expect to see that she and Parker were sitting at the beach having a date like a couple.
In particular, Meredith even put on Parker's clothes in the end, which made it possible for him to imagine if they had done something they shouldn't have done.
"I didn't!" Meredith shook her head. "He and I are just friends..."
Meredith laughed at herself after the words. It was useless to say this. How would Derek believe her?
Sure enough, the man threw out all the photos in his hands after hearing what she said. He loosened her hair and pinched her chin. "A woman like you wouldn't have any friends. He just wants to have sex with you in this name. After all, he doesn't have to pay you for having sex with you."
Meredith had heard all kinds of sarcasm from Derek countless times but this kind of personal humiliation was still unbearable to her, not to mention Parker was not that kind of person.
Why did he always think everyone so despicable?
"Derek, you should really despise me since you think of me like this."
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