I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

Terrence Sterling felt a sinking feeling in his heart. When he left the house, he had also seen Meredith's pocket watch, which looked exactly like the one Mina described. If they were to search the bag, it would be hard to explain. After Mina finished her description, she noticed the change in Meredith and Terrence Sterling's expressions, becoming more convinced that Meredith had stolen the pocket watch. She reached out to grab the bag: "Open your bag and let me see."

Meredith quickly covered the bag and said, "Miss Mina, please describe again what else is inside the pocket watch. Are there any pictures or anything else? What do the pictures look like?"

She had to point out the differences between the two pocket watches; otherwise, it would be difficult to explain later.

Mina said, "There is a photo of me inside the pocket watch, a photo of me at eighteen. I know the pocket watch is in your bag. Madam, please open your bag. Our royal family invited you as guests, but if you behave like a thief, we will not welcome such people."

Hearing that the photos were different, Meredith breathed a sigh of relief: "Alright, open the bag."

After exchanging a glance with Terrence Sterling, Meredith unzipped her bag and took out everything inside, including the pocket watch.

When Mina saw the pocket watch, she exclaimed, "This is my pocket watch! You did steal it!"

Seeing this scene, the guests began whispering among themselves.

Meredith and Terrence Sterling looked so glamorous and upright, yet the pocket watch was found in Meredith's bag. The evidence was irrefutable.

Mina reached out to take the pocket watch, but Terrence Sterling grabbed it first. He couldn't let Mina's fingerprints get on it; otherwise, it would implicate Meredith.

Terrence Sterling calmly said, "Whether it's your pocket watch still needs to be confirmed by opening it and taking a look. Miss Mina, please take a good look."

Mina was confident that it was hers because the appearance was identical and there were only two such pocket watches in the royal family from last century; Meredith couldn't possibly have one.

But when Terrence Sterling opened the pocket watch and revealed a different photo inside, Mina's face changed dramatically: "How can this be? You switched the photo!"

Terrence Sterling had anticipated Mina's reaction. Holding up the pocket watch for all to see, he said to Mina, "Miss Mina, if you still insist that this is yours, we can only verify it through fingerprint analysis. This pocket watch belongs to my wife and Miss Mina has never touched it. If there are no fingerprints of yours on it, then it proves it's not yours."

Meredith finally understood why Terrence Sterling had grabbed the pocket watch when Mina reached for it earlier-to prevent her fingerprints from getting on it.

Fingerprint analysis wouldn't be quick.

Mina said unhappily: "Your wife is a thief. This pocket watch is mine; you switched the photo. This is something from the French royal family that your wife couldn't possibly have. You're stalling for time to keep it for yourselves. Such behavior is disgraceful. I'm helping you see your wife's true character; you should thank me."

Terrence Sterling's face darkened: "Miss Mina, you should be grateful you're a woman."

Otherwise, he would have acted already.

Insulting his wife as a thief was intolerable.

Meredith's face also darkened with displeasure at Mina's unreasonable behavior.

"Mina," a noblewoman approached: "What are you doing here?"

"Mother," seeing her mother arrive gave Mina more confidence: "This thief stole the pocket watch you gave me and refuses to return it."

The noblewoman was indeed Mina's mother, Lady Via DuMont, Darcy DuMont's younger sister.

Lady Via looked at Meredith and then at the pocket watch in Terrence Sterling's hand. Initially thinking it was indeed her daughter's watch upon seeing its exterior, her expression changed when she saw the photo inside. She turned her gaze to Meredith: "How do you have this photo?"

The man in the photo was her brother in his younger days before his accident and subsequent surgery. As his sister for over twenty years, she had almost forgotten what he used to look like.