I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

Being a parent is challenging, and treating children fairly is even harder. Although all children are their own, parents’ attitudes and behaviors inevitably show biases. With different personalities among children, how can parents treat them all the same? John Wilkinson never envied what his parents gave Selene. Even if they gave everything to her, he had no complaints. In his view, Selene deserved it; the whole family owed her.

Elsa returned to her room, keeping her composure without making a fuss. She now held Selene’s blemish in her hands, thinking that as long as Selene returned to the Wilkinson family, she would have leverage against her. She couldn’t understand her parents’ fascination with a daughter who had been imprisoned.

That night, Selene slept soundly. It was her first time staying at home, and it felt completely different.

The next morning, Selene and John Wilkinson went for a morning run together. Both had exercise habits and biological clocks that woke them up at the same time. Elsa followed them sneakily; she usually slept in but got up early today. However, due to her lack of regular exercise, she couldn’t keep up with Selene and John Wilkinson and was soon left far behind.

John Wilkinson and Selene had already noticed Elsa trailing them but didn’t mind. After running a lap, they found a spot by the river in the park to sit down. John handed Selene a bottle of water. “Are you adjusting well?”

“I’m fine,” Selene replied. She was highly adaptable and felt no discomfort.

“Don’t mind Elsa too much; that’s just how she is,” John said. “She doesn’t have any bad intentions.”

“Okay,” Selene responded briefly.

Knowing her cold nature, John sat for a while before asking, “Want to run another lap?”

“No problem,” Selene said confidently. Her physical fitness made this exercise easy.

They ran two more laps before heading back. Mrs. Wilkinson had prepared breakfast herself, and Mr. Wilkinson stayed home instead of going to the office, wanting to spend time with Selene during her short stay.

Elsa sat on the couch, watching John and Selene return together with envy and jealousy. “John, Sarah, good morning,” she greeted reluctantly.

John said, “Elsa, you should exercise more. You couldn’t even finish half a lap; your fitness is too poor.”

Elsa felt embarrassed but remained silent as John directly pointed out her following them.

Selene said nothing and headed straight to the elevator to go upstairs and freshen up.

Mrs. Wilkinson emerged from the kitchen. “Sarah’s back! Go take a shower and come down for breakfast.”

“Okay, Mom,” Selene replied.

Her calling Mrs. Wilkinson “Mom” brought tears to her eyes; she would do anything for her daughter, let alone make breakfast.

Mr. Wilkinson came out of the elevator as Selene greeted him. “Dad, good morning.”

Overjoyed, Mr. Wilkinson replied, “Good morning, my dear daughter! You came back from your run; go take a shower and then come down for breakfast. Your mom cooked specially for you today.”

“Alright,” Selene said as she entered the elevator.

Mr. Wilkinson stood there grinning foolishly after his daughter called him “Dad.” Elsa couldn’t stand it and walked over to cling to his arm. “Dad, you look so sharp today.”

Trying to gain attention from Mr. Wilkinson so that the whole family wouldn’t just focus on Selene, Elsa acted coquettishly.

Mr. Wilkinson smiled and said, “Your mom and I are taking Sarah out later today in these matching family outfits.”

Family outfits? Elsa then noticed that Mrs. Wilkinson was also wearing clothes from the same series.

They only mentioned taking Selene out without including Elsa in their plans. The Wilkinsons intended to spend quality time with Selene during her visit without considering Elsa’s feelings much; they saw it as a trivial matter.

Feeling unbalanced but saying nothing more, Elsa watched as Selene came downstairs after freshening up in matching casual wear with Mr. Wilkinson’s outfit-clothes Mrs. Wilkinson had laid out for her earlier.

John came downstairs after his shower too and complimented Selene’s outfit: “It looks great! Mom and Dad, where are you taking Sarah today? How about I drive you?”Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

Mrs. Wilkinson laughed and said, “Don’t think I don’t know-you just want to join us! We’re going on an excursion; you can drive us and carry our luggage.”