I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

Terrence nodded. "It's him."

"Why?" Meredith was puzzled. "Is that why your Uncle Reginald came back? Does he still hold a grudge against your grandmother?"

Leaving home for thirty years and suddenly returning just to create chaos in the Sterling family? This was revenge.

"He will eventually target Mom and Dad. Getting them to divorce is already a good outcome. We have been in the open for so long; without doing this, it's hard to take the upper hand," Terrence said. "I brought Rowan to the hospital to protect our daughter, didn't I?" Meredith shuddered. "Your Uncle Reginald, what's his background that even you..." could only be on the defensive.

Terrence hesitated for a moment and then said, "Celestial Alliance founder, Reginald Hawthorne."

"What, it's really him?!" Meredith was shocked. Even though she had suspected it before, she had dismissed her doubts. She hadn't expected it to be true. "Then isn't Grandma in great danger?"

"He won't harm Grandma," Terrence said gravely. "Meredith, do you know what the best way to get revenge on someone is?"

Meredith replied, "It's to destroy everything that person cares about..."

Before she finished speaking, Meredith noticed something odd about Terrence's eyes.

"Your eyes?"

"They'll be fine once the bandages are removed." Terrence admitted this now because he didn't want any secrets between them as a couple and also to ease Meredith's worries.

"So you did it on purpose? You put on a show for your Uncle Reginald?" Meredith recalled the situation at the time and Dr. Simpson's words. "When did you collude with Dr. Simpson?"

"Before the surgery," Terrence said, smiling as he teased their sleeping daughter beside them. "The Celestial Alliance has existed for so many years with numerous killers. Reginald is no ordinary person. I had no choice but to pretend to be blind to lower his guard."

Seeing his eyes restored, Meredith was overjoyed. "You can see again, you really can see again."

She excitedly cupped his face in her hands, gazing into his eyes.

Terrence smiled. "I can see again, Meredith. I made you worry."

"That's wonderful." Meredith was ecstatic; nothing could make her happier. Suddenly remembering something, she asked, "What about Joy Chaucer?"

"Most likely rescued by the Celestial Alliance, which adds another crime to their list," Terrence said as he held her hand in his palm. "Meredith, we must wait now until Uncle Reginald makes a mistake so the police can take down the Celestial Alliance completely."

If they exposed themselves now without evidence of Reginald's crimes, the police wouldn't be able to act.

And if Reginald became extreme with his numerous killers under him, Terrence would find it hard to defend against them all. So he had no choice but to show weakness and wait for the right moment.

"Now that your parents are in such turmoil and you're blind, who will Reginald target next? Me or Rowan?" This was also what Terrence feared.

"I've already thought of a plan for you: pretend to be ill," Terrence said. "You need to act like you have a terminal illness, but this has to be after Mom and Dad's divorce; otherwise, it won't be easy for them to separate." "What about Rowan?" Meredith worried about their daughter.

Terrence looked at Little Lucky playing beside him. He had thought of many ways but none were foolproof at the moment.

Sending Little Lucky to France didn't seem safe either.

Only keeping her under his watchful eye gave him peace of mind.

Terrence said, "I'll keep an eye on her. Now that I'm blind and don't need to go out, Rowan just needs to stay by my side."

With Rowan by Terrence's side, Meredith felt more at ease too.

This time they were up against Reginald, the leader of an assassin group who recognized no kinship and killed without mercy. Any slight mistake could mean they wouldn't see tomorrow's sun. Meredith nestled in Terrence's arms. "I wonder how Selene is doing."

Terrence suspected that Selene might not have survived but didn't voice it out loud to avoid worrying Meredith.

He also hoped in his heart that Selene was safe because Selene might become crucially important someday.