I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

The salesgirl smiled and said, “The gentleman just bought a necklace. A Felicity’s Love. He said it’s for his girlfriend’s birthday tomorrow.”

Upon hearing this, Joy Chaucer couldn’t help but beam with joy. Her friend, while jealous, remarked, “Joy, I told you. He bought it for you. It’s your birthday tomorrow, and it seems like he’s really thoughtful, preparing a surprise for you.”

Blushing, Joy Chaucer replied, “I didn’t expect him to be so thoughtful.”

She then asked the salesgirl, “What does the necklace look like?”

“It’s this one,” the salesgirl pointed to the displayed item in the showcase, saying, “Miss, you’re so lucky to have such a handsome and considerate boyfriend. He even wrote a card earlier, probably a confession or something.”

With the salesgirl’s words, Joy Chaucer became even more excited. She glanced at the picture of the necklace. Although not expensive and with a common design, it was a gift from Terrence Sterling, making it well worth showing off already.

Since returning to the Chaucer family, Joy Chaucer knew too well the distance between her and others, but she didn’t care at all because she had a wealthy mother.

Knowing that Terrence Sterling was going to give her a gift, Joy Chaucer called some friends to invite them to tomorrow’s birthday party.

She wanted everyone to know that Terrence Sterling was personally celebrating her birthday and confessing to her.

Terrence Sterling bought the gift and returned to Meredith’s rental house without going back to Thornfield Gardens.

Passing by the market, he instinctively walked over and looked at the vegetables on the stalls, unsure of what to buy.

He sent a message to Meredith with a photo, “Want some vegetables for dinner?”

While working, Meredith received the message and was surprised when she saw the picture. Terrence Sterling was buying vegetables at the market? Was he suddenly being down-to-earth?

Meredith chose a few vegetables from the picture and asked, “Can you cook?”

“I can’t,” replied Terrence Sterling confidently. “But I can learn.”

Meredith was surprised by the response. Was Terrence Sterling planning to learn how to cook?

She replied, “Just take care of yourself. Don’t bother. Leave it to me; I’ll cook when I get off work.”

Terrence Sterling didn’t reply further and went back after buying the vegetables.

“Meredith, would you like a cheese cake.” A colleague approached with cake and coffee.

Meredith put away her phone and accepted with a smile, asking, “How much?”

“This is Miss Chaucer’s treat.” the gossiping colleague said, “Miss Chaucer is treating everyone today because the sun rose from the west.”

Meredith was curious, “Is there some special occasion?”

Another colleague added, “Do you know anything about Miss Chaucer’s boyfriend?”

“I know, I know,” a girl chimed in.

Meredith was also eager to listen to the gossip, getting engrossed in the details.

Just then, someone called out to her, “Meredith, it’s time for the meeting. Bring your bid proposal.”

Meredith hurried to get back to work, unable to listen to more gossip.

As Meredith left, the remaining colleagues continued their gossip. The colleague from before said, “I heard that Miss Chaucer’s rumored boyfriend is supposedly Terrence Sterling, the president of Sterling Corporation.”

“Is that true? It’s a perfect match.”

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“No wonder Miss Chaucer was so happy treating everyone today. I wonder if Mr. Sterling will propose tomorrow. If he does, and Miss Chaucer is happy, she might give us all a raise.”

“That’s a possibility.”

“The union of two big tycoons. Miss Chaucer truly has it all – beauty, wealth, degrees, and a handsome boyfriend. She’s the ultimate winner.”

“Beauty? Miss Chaucer is just average-looking, isn’t she? And as for degrees, I heard she bought all those degrees.”

“Really? Could it be true? Buying degrees?”

“She only returned to the Chaucer family at fifteen. How do you think could she have earned all those degrees? I heard she was a dropout, skipping classes and getting into fights.”

The colleagues continued their lively gossip.

After the meeting ended and it was almost time to leave, Meredith thought about her birthday tomorrow. She decided to take a day off and sent a leave request to Bianca.

Upon seeing the request, Bianca approved it directly and wished her, “Happy Birthday.”

Meredith was pleasantly surprised. She hadn’t expected the chairwoman to remember.