I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

Julian was so anxious that he started swearing. “Why should I take responsibility? I have a wife, I don’t even like you. Why should I be responsible?” His mind was a mess, but one thing was clear: he did not want a divorce.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“You slept with me, so you must take responsibility,” Aubrey clung to Julian’s clothes. “Otherwise, I’ll accuse you of rape. You even introduced me to someone else. I think you planned this all along; you and your brother tricked me.”

From Aubrey’s perspective, Reginald and Julian had deceived her. They called her over, she inexplicably passed out, and then woke up in Julian’s bed. She was single, but she couldn’t just let a man almost twenty years older than her sleep with her without consequences.

Julian couldn’t defend himself. “Hey,” he sighed, holding his head in his hands, saying nothing more.

…

Stella ran away from home, and Aubrey confronted Julian. The secret couldn’t be kept, and soon Terrence and Meredith in the hospital found out.

When Terrence learned about Julian’s infidelity, he merely frowned and said to Meredith, “Meredith, go ask Dad about what happened. Then find Aubrey separately and get her side of the story. Just listen to whatever they say. After that, talk to Mom and ask about the situation.”

“Do you suspect something’s off?” Meredith asked. “I don’t believe Dad would cheat.”

Terrence replied, “You need to ask first before drawing conclusions.”

“Alright, I’ll go.”

Meredith first approached Julian to learn his side of the story, then went to Aubrey and Stella. After piecing everything together, she also felt something was amiss.

Aubrey mentioned that Reginald had arranged the meeting with her, which Julian also confirmed. As for Stella catching them in the act, she had received an anonymous tip-off.

This definitely indicated a problem.

Meredith relayed everything she found out to Terrence without altering a word.

“Dad said he doesn’t remember going back to the room with Aubrey. He saw someone harassing Aubrey in the parking lot and intervened; after that, he blacked out. Aubrey also blacked out after drinking some water in the room,” Meredith recounted. “Someone is definitely setting them up; both mentioned Uncle Reginald.”

Meredith stopped short of directly stating her suspicions.

“What is Mom’s stance now?” Terrence asked calmly.

“Mom is demanding a divorce; Dad refuses. Aubrey is pressuring Dad to take responsibility and divorce Mom. The whole house is in chaos, and Grandma is so upset she’s getting headaches,” Meredith explained. “Reginald is playing peacemaker in all this, staying with Grandma Sterling and comforting her. Do you think Uncle Reginald is behind this? But why? And the surveillance footage really shows Dad and Aubrey going back to the room together-it’s strange.”

“Seeing isn’t always believing,” Terrence said. “Anyone can disguise themselves as someone else. If I’m not mistaken, the surveillance only captured their backs or sides.”

“Exactly,” Meredith agreed. “That’s how it is-what do you know?”

“Then it must be that way-someone disguised as Dad and Aubrey deliberately appeared on camera. As for the parking lot footage, it can be tampered with too. A skilled hacker could pull that off,” Terrence explained. “If Mom is now demanding a divorce, let them go through with it.”

The people of Celestial Alliance could easily achieve such things.

Terrence already had a good idea of Reginald’s motive: to throw the Sterling family into turmoil and cause their downfall.

“Divorce?” Meredith was shocked. “Didn’t you just say someone disguised as your dad? Your dad is innocent-how can you agree to your parents’ divorce?”

“A divorce could save lives,” Terrence said. “Tell my mom she must divorce my dad as soon as possible and make it very public.”

Meredith was baffled by what Terrence was planning.

She stared at him for a few seconds and asked, “Do you know who’s behind all this? Is it… Uncle Reginald?”