I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

Terrence Sterling’s phone rang, the people at Ravenwood Hall were getting impatient.

He didn’t answer it, just pressed ignore.

Terrence Sterling glanced at Meredith, “Hmm, a friend used to live here before. Oh, you should go to the hospital for a check-up too, the company will reimburse you.”

After such a serious accident, Meredith didn’t even want to get checked, Terrence Sterling was worried she might have internal injuries. Sometimes things may seem fine on the surface, but you never know what damage may have been done internally.

“Thank you, Mr. Sterling, for your concern.”

Meredith watched the car drive away from the roadside, and only went upstairs after the car disappeared. It was almost four o’clock now, and Meredith didn’t go to the hospital. She felt like there wasn’t a big issue, just banged her knee a bit, bruised, but now it was much better.

Meredith had barely arrived home when Justin called, “Meredith, are you back? I’ve made plans with Fiona for dinner at my place tonight, you two need to sit down and talk things out.”

Justin had no idea about Meredith’s accident.

Meredith felt like she and Fiona were already living in two different worlds now. Yesterday at Meriton, everything Fiona said seemed to carry an air of superiority, as if she was afraid of being associated with Meredith.

Meredith directly refused, “I have nothing to say to her, I just got back.”

“Meredith, this time Fiona initiated the meeting, it seems like she wants to reconcile with you, otherwise, why would she ask me to invite you?” Justin said, “Let me play the mediator, do you really want to stay at odds with each other?”

“She reached out to you?” Meredith couldn’t quite figure Fiona out, “She still seemed to be holding a grudge against me…”

As Meredith spoke, she looked up Fiona’s number and sent an emoji to test if she was still blocked.

Was she removed from Fiona’s blacklist?

Justin asked over the phone, “Meredith, is Fiona still blocking you?”

“No, she unblocked me,” Meredith said, “Alright, then I’ll come over for dinner tonight.”

“Great, I’ll go buy groceries now, come over early.”

After hanging up, Meredith took a shower, changed clothes, and went to Justin’s place.

…

Justin bought groceries and had only just arrived home when Fiona showed up first.

“Has Meredith not arrived yet?” Fiona set down her designer bag and asked as she entered the kitchen, “What’s for dinner tonight? I can help.”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Fiona may be sarcastic towards Meredith, but she was very friendly towards Justin. Justin was her first crush, and in front of her crush, Fiona naturally put on her best behavior instead of offending him.

Justin smiled, “No need, just sit and watch TV. Your outfit is expensive, and it would be a shame to get it dirty in the kitchen.”

Justin had no ulterior motive, he just genuinely thought Fiona’s clothes were expensive and didn’t want them ruined. Girls love to look good, after all. He always played the role of an older brother among the three of them, two years older than both Meredith and Fiona, naturally wanting to take care of them.

But to Fiona, his words sounded ironic.

“Justin, do you think I was wrong to blame that waiter last time?”

“Fiona, that’s not what I meant.” Justin felt puzzled and explained with a smile, “I just thought your outfit was pretty, and it wouldn’t be easy to clean if it got dirty. How about peeling these shrimp? They’re already cooked, but you need to remove the veins. We’ll make a shrimp salad later, Meredith loves it.”

Upon hearing it was for Meredith, Fiona felt uncomfortable, but she didn’t show it and asked, “Justin, are you preparing anything special for me too, or are you only catering to Meredith? Do you have any crabs? I feel like having crabs.”

Fiona was being deliberate; she was quietly competing with Meredith. If Meredith was having shrimp, she wanted crabs.

Justin didn’t catch Fiona’s underlying meaning and casually said, “I didn’t buy any crabs, but I’ll get some for you next time.”

“Next time again, Justin, you’re showing favoritism.” Fiona half-jokingly, half-seriously said, “Meredith likes crabs too, you used to buy a lot for her. Why not today?”

“It seems Meredith can’t eat them now.”

“Why can’t she eat them?” Fiona felt even more uneasy now, it turned out Justin didn’t buy them because of Meredith’s condition.

Justin didn’t think much of it and said, “Meredith is pregnant, crabs are apparently not good for pregnant women.”