I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

John Wilkinson looked at the calm sea and said, "Terrence went out to sea and hasn't been heard from since. I don't know if he saw the message. As the police, it's our duty to protect every citizen." Liam said, "We've been notified that we can send people out to sea at 2 PM to check the area."

The meteorological station had already sent a message that the typhoon had passed and the sea was now safe for the police to conduct their search.

At 2 PM, John Wilkinson led a team of dozens of officers out to sea. As they sailed, they saw many marine creatures floating on the water. The closer they got to where Reginald's ship disappeared, they found more debris from ships. The powerful typhoon had broken the large ship apart, and many bodies were floating on the sea-members of the Celestial Alliance. None of them survived.

Meanwhile, in Auroraville, Terrence lay unconscious in a hospital bed. Visnove had brought him back that morning but had only found Terrence at sea. Meredith and Reginald were still missing.

Finding Terrence had nearly exhausted Visnove's oxygen supply in his diving equipment. He considered his mission only half successful and didn't feel right about accepting payment. He even enlisted Old Williams from the Dark Knights, known as their miracle doctor, to help save lives.

Though Terrence's life was no longer in danger, Old Williams couldn't predict when he would wake up; it depended entirely on Terrence's willpower.

Grandma Sterling and Little Lucky were safely returned to Ravenwood. Julian and Stella rushed back upon hearing the news. Seeing only Grandma Sterling and Little Lucky but not Terrence and Meredith made them anxious.

Learning that Terrence was in the hospital but not in mortal danger while Meredith was missing brought tears to Stella's eyes. "What if something happened to Meredith? I promised Zhao Biyun I would treat her like my own daughter. If something happens to her, how will I explain it?"

Grandma Sterling had experienced the typhoon firsthand and knew how hard it was to survive such a storm, especially after a night had passed. Meredith's chances seemed grim.

Julian looked dejected. "Let's go see Terry first. If he wakes up and finds out something happened to Meredith, what will we tell him?"

Harvey came in after parking the car and was equally shocked by the news.

The only comfort for everyone was that Grandma Sterling and Little Lucky were safe, and Terrence had survived.

They all went to the hospital next.

Terrence lay in bed with no signs of waking up. Seeing their son like this brought more tears to Julian and Stella's eyes. Harvey tried to comfort them. "Don't worry; he'll be alright." The doctors also said there was nothing physically wrong with him; he just wasn't waking up.

News about the typhoon continued online, with official reports on the number of victims at sea.

With only elders and children left in the Sterling family and Terrence still unconscious, Harvey took it upon himself to stay updated on any new reports about the typhoon. Harvey called Liam for updates on the situation at sea. Meredith's name wasn't on the list of victims found so far.

Reginald had taken nearly fifty assassins out to sea, but only about ten bodies had been recovered.

By evening, new information came from the police search team-they had found Reginald's body among the victims.

This news invigorated John Wilkinson; with Celestial Alliance's leader gone and multiple heavy blows dealt to them recently, the organization was effectively dismantled.

John Wilkinson ordered continued searches at sea for three more days but found only twenty bodies in total. The rest were unaccounted for; they could have been carried hundreds of kilometers away by the storm.

As disaster relief efforts wrapped up in coastal cities, John Wilkinson led his team back to Auroraville. Knowing Terrence was in the hospital, he visited him there too.

Terrence remained unconscious despite all medical tests showing normal results-it was a mystery even to the doctors why he wouldn't wake up.