Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

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Chapter 145

After the family dinner fiasco, Joshua gave the Fisher family estate a wide berth for days. Emily tried to reach

him several times. At first, he answered, since he wanted to know why she was so set against Allison.

Emily explained her stance, claiming Allison had hurt her precious granddaughter, Lillian. Joshua tried to set

things straight, insisting that the situation wasn't as Lillian had painted it. But Emily was having none of it. She

was sure Joshua had fallen under Allison's spell, and she just couldn't believe her sweet Lillian would ever lie.

Fed up with the dead-end conversations, Joshua hung up and started ignoring Emily's calls altogether.

Meanwhile, Rose, too, rang him up, trying to smooth things over. She was getting more and more irritated with

her adopted daughter for causing a stir.

Lillian kept feeding Emily stories, piling on accusations against Allison, including one about disrupting the peace

between Joshua and Emily. Initially, Emily had just been a bit peeved with Allison, but thanks to Lillian's constant

meddling, she now downright loathed her would-be granddaughter-in-law.

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Monday morning came, and Allison was rudely awakened by her alarm. She struggled to open her eyes and get

out of bed for work, but her body felt like ice, her head was splitting, and she couldn't stop coughing. A quick

check revealed a fever of 102°F. With flu season in full swing, she'd unfortunately caught it.

Allison called in sick and made her way to the hospital like a responsible adult. After sorting out her hospital

admission, she thought about letting Joshua know but remembered how buried he was with a tough project. He

was working late every night, and she didn't want to add to his worries.

Being a grown-up, she could handle herself. It was just the flu. There was no need to bother Joshua, so she hired

a nurse and a cook to help out. Her voice was shot from the flu, but it bounced back after sIV treatment and

meds. When Joshua called, he was none the wiser about her condition.

"Is it true that Allison's in the hospital?" Lillian couldn't hide her excitement when she got a call from her friend

Maddie.

Maddie confirmed, “Absolutely. | was visiting a friend at the hospital yesterday and saw her checking in.” “Was

she alone? Joshua wasn't there?” Lillian pressed.

"Nope, she was by herself. | asked a friend who works there, and they said a nurse has been looking after her.

Looks like Joshua doesn't know she's in the hospital."

"Great."

Joshua finally got hafter a hectic day. As he flicked on the lights, a figure jumped out, and he instinctively

grabbed them, ready to defend himself.

“Ouch, ouch, it's me, Joshua!” Lillian yelped, looking up with a pained expression.

Joshua frowned, letting go. “How'd you get in?”

Lillian rubbed her arm. “I asked the housekeeper to letin."

After tending to her arm, she pointed to the dining room. "You haven't had dinner yet, right? | made something

for you."

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Having grown up as the

housekeeper's daughter, Lillian

learned to cook early on. After becoming the Fisher family's adopted daughter, she'd sometimes cookto curry

favor with Emily.

Joshua walked into the dining room to find two steaks, two glasses of red wine, and candles and roses. adorning

the table-a romanti candlelight dinner. Lillian's intentions were glaringly obvious.

Joshua's face showed his

displeasure. Why'd you drop by unannounced? We have a cook; your didn't need to make dinner. Besides, I've

already eaten. And don't entertain any inappropriate ideas about me."

Lillian's face drained of color at his words, her lips quivering, eyes brimming with tears. “I'm sorry, Joshua. |

didn't think it through. | just wanted to surprise you."

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