I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

John Wilkinson, after visiting Selene, went to see Hya and told her about her potential fate. Fear of death flashed deep in Hya’s eyes, but she quickly asked, “What about Selene? You are her brother; you have to save her.”

“She will be fine, at most three years,” John replied, noticing Hya’s concern for Selene. “Thank you for helping Sarah. It was your taking on those charges that allowed her to regain her freedom. I didn’t tell Selene about your fate because I didn’t want to upset her.”

“Don’t tell her,” Hya shook her head. “As long as she is fine, that’s all that matters. If she is free, then I am free. Those things were my doing anyway. Selene is soft-hearted and could never bring herself to do them. But if she didn’t act, Reginald wouldn’t give her the antidote. I am her shadow; these tasks naturally fell to me, and this is my deserved punishment.”

John said, “When the sentence is passed, I’ll arrange for you two to meet for a final farewell.”

Hya didn’t say anything more; she was ready to face death.

Selene’s rejection had hurt Harvey a bit, but he didn’t abandon her and continued to do everything he could for her case.

Before Selene’s trial began, Meredith visited her. Meredith knew Selene wouldn’t be inside for long. After some small talk, she said to Selene, “I’ll wait for you to come out.”

“Okay,” Selene pressed her lips together and asked, “I caused Terrence’s blindness; don’t you resent me?”

“His eyes have long since healed,” Meredith smiled faintly and shook her head. “If it weren’t for you, that day when he returned from the dock, it wouldn’t have been just blindness. He told me it was you who fired the first shot intentionally missing him as a warning, right?”

Selene nodded and admitted, “But that time, I wasn’t really trying to let him go. I wanted to draw out the person behind me. At that time, I didn’t know it was Hya.”

“None of that matters now,” Meredith said. “If you need anything, just ask me.”

“Okay, thank you.” Selene remembered something and asked, “When did Terrence find out that Reginald was the founder of Celestial Alliance?”

Meredith didn’t hide it and said, “He always had suspicions. He confirmed Reginald’s identity after his surgery when Ethan Channing was first silenced by Damien. Terrence saw Damien wearing a silver bracelet on his wrist.”

Selene smirked slightly. “Reginald probably never thought he had already been exposed.”

Indeed, Reginald never thought so. Even now, he believed that it was Selene and Hya’s surrender that exposed his identity.

The Celestial Alliance had suffered heavy losses due to attacks from Japan and France and a high bounty placed on them. Reginald could only hide.

With Reginald globally wanted, Julian naturally found out and was shocked when he realized it.

Julian never imagined his brother would be an international fugitive.

Julian went to find Grandma Sterling, worried that she couldn’t handle the truth. To his surprise, she already knew.

“Mom, when did you find out?” Julian asked puzzledly. “Did you really know all along about what Reginald did? Why did he do all this? We’re family; what grudges did he hold? He kidnapped Rowan and harmed Terry.”

“This is the consequence of my actions in my youth,” Grandma Sterling sighed. “I hope Reginald can turn back.”

“I once tried to matchmake Reginald with Aubrey; it’s a good thing it didn’t work out or we would have harmed her,” Julian said.

Grandma Sterling remained silent.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

“Have you forgotten how Aubrey blackmailed you?”

Although Julian lacked abilities, his heart was in the right place; he always thought of others first.

“That matter is in the past,” Julian said. “Even if it happened again, seeing her in danger, I would still help; otherwise, my conscience wouldn’t allow it.”

Grandma Sterling was exasperated by his naivety: “And divorcing Stella doesn’t bother your conscience?”

Thinking about this made Julian frustrated and helpless; he had explained many times and tried to make amends with Stella, but she wouldn’t accept it.

At this moment, Terrence walked over and said, “Dad, come with me.”