I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

Terrence walked straight out, opened the car door, and prepared to leave. Reginald had thoroughly provoked him. "Terrence, where are you going?" John Wilkinson sensed something was wrong and quickly stopped him. As a police officer, John Wilkinson naturally had to prevent Terrence from resorting to violence. Terrence's voice was icy, "Move aside." The abduction of Meredith and the others had driven Terrence to the brink of madness. He no longer cared about John Wilkinson's identity or his own plans. Last time it was his daughter; this time, it was his wife, daughter, and grandmother. Anger and guilt burned like a raging fire in his chest.

"Terrence." Before John Wilkinson could finish speaking, Terrence got into the car and drove away. Watching the car disappear into the distance, John Wilkinson immediately called his team to report the situation, ordering them to increase manpower and rescue Meredith and the others before the Celestial Alliance could leave Auroraville. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. Beneath the calm night sky, a storm was brewing.

The Celestial Alliance moved like shadows, destroying all surveillance on their path to confuse the police. Without surveillance footage, finding the abducted women was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

The next day, Terrence's eyes were bloodshot from a sleepless night. The mourning hall at Ravenwood had been shut down; with his loved ones kidnapped, he had no heart to entertain mourners. Julian hadn't seen Terrence and called him in confusion. Over the phone, Terrence said, "Grandma was taken by Reginald. Meredith and Little Lucky were also captured." This left Julian even more confused, "Terry, are you still asleep? Your grief must be overwhelming; your grandma has already passed away." "It was all a setup to lure Reginald out. There's no time to explain," Terrence replied as he drove to a dock hundreds of kilometers away.

Following clues, he had rushed here. While the Celestial Alliance had their tricks to mislead, Terrence had his methods for tracking them down. Based on years of observing their movements and understanding Reginald's nature, he deduced Reginald's route. Reginald likely took them out to sea; once they reached international waters, rescuing them would be nearly impossible.

On an endless expanse of sea, a large ship was anchored. Inside, Grandma Sterling and Meredith were confined in one room while Little Lucky was taken by Reginald. Having not seen Little Lucky for a long time, Reginald missed her dearly and kissed her cheeks several times. Little Lucky now found him repulsive; she cried whenever he approached her, calling out indistinctly for her "Mama." She only wanted her mother and rejected Reginald entirely.

This saddened Reginald; he missed Little Lucky so much and she used to cling to him. Now she wanted nothing to do with him after such a short time apart. Annoyed by her crying but unwilling to hurt her, he handed Little Lucky back to Meredith and brought Grandma Sterling over.

The ship had two levels; Meredith and the others were held on the lower level while Reginald stayed above. Soon enough, Grandma Sterling was brought in. Despite her life being in Reginald's hands, she showed no fear.

"Old lady..." Reginald dropped all pretense this time, not even calling her 'Mom.' Before he could finish speaking, Grandma Sterling slapped him hard across the face with all her strength.

"You ungrateful wretch," she cursed furiously. "A waste of my care! If your real mother knew what you've become, I'd be too ashamed to face her." In the past, Grandma Sterling would have tried reasoning with him without revealing too much. But now there was no point in holding back.

She raised him for twenty years; she had every right to hit him. Despite being over fifty years old, Reginald felt like a scolded child in front of Grandma Sterling.

In his memories, he recalled being punished by her as a child too.

Reginald's expression darkened with anger: "Aurelia, you have no right..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Grandma Sterling slapped him again: "How dare you say I have no right? Even if your parents stood before me now, your mother wouldn't dare stop me from disciplining you!"