I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

That day, Meredith had just left Sterling Corporation when Ferris blocked her way. Ferris, wearing glasses and looking quite refined, said, “Mrs. Sterling, could I have a word with you?”

Meredith immediately refused, “No. If this is about Joy Chaucer, tell her to stay put and not bother me. If she pushes me too far, I can’t guarantee what I’ll do.”

They had only detained Joy Chaucer, which was too lenient. Fiona’s life, her mother’s life, Justin’s, Ruby’s… all these lives combined couldn’t be repaid by one life of Joy Chaucer.

With her assistant and bodyguards in tow, Meredith faced Ferris who dared not be too forceful. Thinking of the pregnant Joy Chaucer, he softened his tone again.

“Mrs. Sterling, Joy was momentarily out of her mind. She was drugged by a doctor that day, which led to her actions. Besides, she saved Terrence and never confined him. Terrence was injured and couldn’t move easily; it wasn’t confinement.”

Meredith laughed in anger, “No wonder you came out with Chloe. To say something like that-immobility? So now Joy Chaucer is my husband’s savior? Ferris, what are you after? You’ve emptied Joy Chaucer’s family fortune and now you’re trying to bail her out? Isn’t that contradictory? For the child in Joy Chaucer’s belly? Are you so sure it’s yours?”

Meredith said this deliberately to provoke Ferris. She didn’t want to be harassed by him anymore and hoped he would give up on bailing Joy Chaucer out.

But Ferris turned out to be twisted and stubborn.

Pushing up his glasses, Ferris said, “I love her. And I am sure the child she’s carrying is mine. I’m an orphan, Mrs. Sterling. I long for a family. If you agree to let her go, I am willing to offer all my assets in exchange for Joy’s freedom. I’ll take her away from Auroraville and we won’t return! I promise she won’t disturb your lives again.”

This genuinely surprised Meredith.

She scrutinized Ferris closely, “I never thought Joy Chaucer could have a man so devoted to her. But you’ll be disappointed; I won’t let Joy Chaucer go.”

With that, Meredith walked past Ferris with her assistant and bodyguards, disappearing from sight.

Ferris stood there clenching his fists tightly, his eyes filled with hatred as he stared in the direction Meredith had left.

Despite lowering himself and offering all his assets, Meredith still wouldn’t let Joy Chaucer go.

Rejected and frustrated, Ferris went to CC Club to drink.

After Ethan Channing’s death, the club had changed owners but remained a property of Celestial Alliance. The club was originally used for information gathering and hunting grounds for Celestial Alliance.

Ferris drank at a booth until nearly finishing a bottle when a beautiful woman approached him. “Hey handsome, got something on your mind?”

Ferris was irritated; he knew the tricks of women in nightclubs well and said disdainfully, “Go away.”

The woman didn’t leave but instead enthusiastically sat next to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. “What’s troubling you? Maybe I can help.”

Drunk and less restrained, Ferris blurted out, “Can you help me get my friend out of prison? Can you break into jail?”This text is © NôvelDrama/.Org.

The woman laughed, “Handsome, who got locked up? I might not be able to help directly but I know someone who can.”

Ferris clung to this lifeline desperately and asked impulsively, “Who can help?”

The woman smiled and placed a business card in Ferris’s suit pocket. “Contact the person on this card; if you can pay enough money, any wish can come true.”

With that, she stood up and blew Ferris a kiss before leaving.

Ferris took out the business card from his pocket; it had Celestial Alliance’s contact information-a string of email addresses.

Back home, Ferris actually sent an email to that address promising that if they could rescue Joy Chaucer from prison, he would offer all his wealth.