Chapter 563
Chapter 563
Derek couldn't help but grit his teeth. If he weren't in the hospital now, he might have punched Parker
already.
Parker was so defiant that Derek was easily irritated.
However, Derek loosened his grip. Meredith, who had been pinched so badly by him, breathed a sigh
of relief.
However, when she was about to wrench herself free, she was caught by Derek.
"What exactly were you talking about just now? If I am not mistaken, today is not April Fool's day."
Derek took a deep breath to calm himself down.
Meredith thought for a moment. She saw Parker mouthing to her, saying, "Don't talk." In the end, she
didn't say anything.
In fact, however, this silence could be more torturous than a direct answer.
"Didn't Mr. Xavier hear it clearly? That's it."
Parker smiled and looked at Derek.
"Is that so? Are you going to marry this person?"
Derek looked at Meredith and ignored Parker.
Now, all he needed was an answer from Meredith.
She always said he didn't believe her. Now, he only believed her words, but she didn't say anything.
"I..."
Meredith hesitated for a moment. She didn't even dare to look at Derek.
She never thought of being so ruthless but...
As Parker said, if she wasn't cruel enough, Derek wouldn't believe her.
If he didn't believe her, then she would never be able to meet Evelyn's requirement.
Meredith refrained from feeling sad and looked up at Derek, pretending that nothing had happened.
"It's true. What he said is true."
Derek loosened his grip on Meredith's wrist.
At this moment, he didn't know what to say.
"A few days ago, you said you needed space and asked me to leave you alone. Was it because of
him?"
Derek's expression made Meredith a little afraid to look straight at him.
She seemed to have seen her previous self, who had been so stubborn to get an answer.
But now that she had told him, she could no longer hesitate.
"Yes, that's it. Ever since he came back, I've been wanting to get rid of you. And I'm too tired when I
stay with you. I can't forgive what the Xaviers did to me in my life. I don't want to live my whole life with
resentment towards them."
Meredith said these words seriously.
She was so serious that Derek would almost believe her.
Yes, she had said it many times. She hated Violet and could never forgive what she had done to her.
However, Derek had always thought that he could think of a way to make his mother apologize and
restore their relationship to a state of mutual respect.
It turned out that he had overestimated what he meant to her.
"What about Easton? What are you going to do with him?"
Derek mentioned Easton as if he had caught a lifeline.
That was their child. Did she not even want him?
"As to Easton, I'm taking him away. You'll definitely marry a woman who deserves you some day. I don't
want him to have a stepmother who doesn't love him."
Hearing Meredith's words, Derek felt heartbroken.
He had told her so many times, but she had never believed him. And she also wanted to take Easton
with her.
How long had she planned to leave him?
Derek left.
Meredith looked at his back. This was the first time she saw Derek like this and felt heartbroken.
She even wondered if Derek had felt the same way when he was lying to her to protect her.
He appeared calm, but really he was very sorrowful.
"Mer, he's gone."
A few minutes later, Parker came over.
As Meredith had been in a daze, he could not help but interrupt her thoughts. She looked in the
direction of Derek's departure as if her soul had also gone with him.
Meredith became calm and gave Parker a complicated look.
"You did it on purpose, didn't you?"
She just wanted Parker to help her to cheat Derek. She just wanted to let Derek down. She didn't
expect that Parker would propose to her.
Marriage was not such a plaything.
There was no response.
Parker was silent for a moment.
He did it on purpose. And he admitted it was actually quite despicable that he had said these words on
purpose in that situation.
However, he did not regret it.
Sometimes, he had to be shameless to get what he wanted. He didn't want to see Meredith and Derek
together anymore.
He wasn't in the mood to bless them.
"Will you blame me?"
Parker softly asked.
Meredith was stunned for a moment, and then shook her head.
She had no right to resent Parker or anything. He just went a little overboard.
Moreover, she made the request.
"No, I just want to tell you that I... can't marry you. I'm not interested in marriage. In the future, I just
want to live a good life with Easton, that's all."
This was another tactful way of telling Parker that he should not waste too much time on her. She was
not interested in getting married.
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Parker looked at her. "I told you, you can use me, and I'm willing to be used by you."
When Meredith heard this and did not answer.
After a while, Easton came out of the ward.
After all, he was still a child. It was difficult for him to stay in the ward for a long time without talking to
anybody.
"Mom? Where's dad?"
Easton remembered receiving a message from Derek that he would come to the hospital to see
grandma.
Now, where was he?
"He went back early."
Meredith didn't want to talk about these things. Now, she just felt a little tired.
So lying was such a tiring thing.
"What's more important than seeing grandma? Humph, I will talk to him after I go back."
Easton didn't notice anything wrong and thought it was unbelievable that Derek had left.
"He really has something to deal with. Easton. You're here with me these days. Don't bother him,
okay?"
Easton looked at tired Meredith and nodded.
"Okay, I'll stay with you, mom."
Meredith smiled. Parker saw her. "You should go back and rest when you're tired. I'll take care of him
here. It'll be fine."
Meredith shook her head. "I'll just find a ward to rest in."
Parker could not persuade her to have a rest. So he could only agree. He called the medical staff and
found the best ward for Meredith so that she could have a good rest.
This time, Meredith did not refuse. Parker saw that she was resting and left the ward alone.
Instead of going back to rest, he took out his cell phone and made a call.