I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

Darcy DuMont's words indicated that he had remembered everything and knew that Meredith was his daughter. Terrence Sterling asked, "Mr. DuMont, why haven't you returned to Auroraville all these years?" Darcy DuMont looked up at Terrence Sterling and began recounting the story from over twenty years ago: "Back then, I traveled to Auroraville and met Bianca. She was beautiful and intelligent, and I fell in love with her at first sight. Later, we had a child, who is now Meredith. Shortly after Meredith was born, she went missing. While searching for my daughter, I had a car accident that severely injured my brain, causing me to lose part of my memory. I forgot about Bianca until just now when I saw the pocket watch and remembered everything."

Darcy DuMont's expression was filled with pain. Remembering everything when it was too late was the cruelest thing. Terrence Sterling wasn't surprised; Darcy DuMont's explanation was almost exactly what he had guessed. "You don't dare to see Meredith now," Terrence Sterling said, understanding Darcy DuMont's feelings. "Meredith's mother never remarried and spent all these years looking for Meredith. The only solace is that she reunited with Meredith before she died. I believe Meredith's mother had no regrets when she passed away, not knowing you were still alive." Not knowing meant there were no expectations.

"But I didn't even get to see her one last time," Darcy DuMont couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart. "She'll be scared in heaven not seeing me. This is God's arrangement, making me forget her." Terrence Sterling didn't know how to comfort Darcy DuMont either. Two grown men, and he wasn't the type to offer delicate consolations. All he could do was stay by his side and listen to Darcy DuMont recount the past.

Darcy DuMont poured Terrence Sterling a glass of wine, and Terrence Sterling silently drank with him. Meanwhile, in the hotel room, Meredith noticed that Terrence Sterling hadn't returned after going downstairs, so she went down as well. She saw the two men drinking in the hotel lobby and quietly sat on a sofa behind Darcy DuMont without disturbing them.

At first, Meredith didn't know what they were talking about until she heard Darcy DuMont say with a sobbing voice, "I need to go to Bianca's grave to confess and apologize. I forgot her and made her wait in vain for over twenty years." Hearing this, Meredith was shocked. She turned around and met Terrence Sterling's gaze.

Terrence Sterling had already noticed Meredith coming downstairs. Their eyes met, and Terrence Sterling blinked at her, indicating that Darcy DuMont was her biological father. Sitting with his back to Meredith, Darcy DuMont didn't know she was there. He kept drinking until he was thoroughly drunk.

Alcohol can numb one's mind and temporarily make one forget their pain. When Darcy DuMont finally passed out from drinking, Meredith moved to sit beside Terrence Sterling, staring at her drunken biological father with mixed emotions: "He really forgot."

They were separated by life and death; some people are missed for a lifetime once they are gone. We often say goodbye thinking we'll meet again next time, but unknowingly we've already seen many people for the last time.

Meredith had Darcy DuMont's attendants take him back to his hotel room. Perhaps Darcy DuMont just wanted to sleep forever like this. Forgetting is cruel; remembering is another kind of cruelty. The next day.

The royal wedding took place without Prince Darcy DuMont present. Catherine and Via searched everywhere for him and even came to the hotel looking for Meredith but found no trace of him. Meredith could guess where Darcy DuMont had gone but said nothing about it.

With Darcy DuMont absent from the wedding, Meredith and Terrence Sterling also found an excuse to leave early.

Catherine tried to persuade Meredith to stay, but she insisted on leaving. Previously thinking Lady Catherine was kind-hearted, Meredith now held no such feelings after learning that Catherine was responsible for separating her parents and causing their eventual deaths.

If Lady Catherine hadn't taken her father away out of selfishness back then, her parents wouldn't have been separated for over twenty years.

Mina hoped to see Terrence Sterling at the wedding but felt disappointed upon hearing from Lady Catherine that they had left early.

Meanwhile,

In Auroraville,

It was afternoon here as Stellar took her little granddaughter out again, meeting up with her good friends for afternoon tea at their usual high-end club where they painted, chatted idly, and played mahjong together. Stellar brought along two nannies on this outing. Just as their car left Ravenwood and reached an intersection, a black sedan started following them.

The driver of that car was Ferris Bright.