Chapter 241: Building Trust
Terrence Sterling immediately knew from Meredith’s words that Azure had told her about his visit to the hotel yesterday. It was a mix of truth and embellishments. However, seeing Meredith’s reaction, she wasn’t fooled, or else it wouldn’t have been just a day of giving him the cold shoulder. Terrence stared at Meredith with an indiscernible smile in his eyes, making Meredith uncomfortable. “Is there something on my face?” she asked. As soon as she finished speaking, Terrence cupped her face and kissed her hard, saying joyfully, “I really didn’t marry the wrong woman, Meredith. You’re amazing.”
He had agreed to Azure’s unreasonable request as a test for Meredith. With his status, countless women would throw themselves at him in the future. If there wasn’t absolute trust between them, their marriage would be as fragile as a sheet of paper, easily torn.
“What are you doing? You startled me,” Meredith said, feigning disgust and pushing him away while wiping off the saliva he left behind. “That’s disgusting.”
Terrence’s smile lingered as he responded, “That’s the lotion of love.”
Meredith burst into laughter, “Shameless.”
Turning her head away, Meredith couldn’t help but laugh. She looked back and glared at him, “Terrence Sterling, you really have no shame. Can’t you act a bit more like a chairman?”
Laughing, Terrence asked, “Azure told you we were in the hotel, lying together. Why didn’t you believe something really happened?” Meredith rolled her eyes, “I’m not that stupid. With her little tricks, she can’t fool me. She must have installed cameras in the hotel room to capture you two in bed and edit some ambiguous dialogue into it. I only needed one look to know if the video was tampered with. I studied photography for a while in college.”
Meredith could detect the edits in the video Azure showed her.
She was angry at the time because after what happened Terrence immediately went to Azure’s hotel room.
Terrence, looking at her with adoration, pinched Meredith’s face, “Having such a smart wife, I can rest easy now. I never realized before how awesome my wife is. Having you as a secretary was really underutilizing your talents.”
“Stop it,” Meredith chuckled, then said seriously, “Terrence Sterling, no matter what happens, as long as you don’t admit to it, whatever others say doesn’t matter. I’ll always choose to believe you over anyone else.”
If Terrence Sterling ever betrayed her, Meredith would need to hear him admit it herself before she would believe it. Terrence looked at her deeply, “In this life, I will never betray you.”
Meredith smiled lightly, “Let’s drive back home.”Property © NôvelDrama.Org.
“Okay, let’s go home.”
Terrence started the car, driving with one hand, holding Meredith’s hand with the other. Thinking back, during a business trip to Meriton, they had already shared such life-threatening experiences.
An hour later, the car slowly drove into “Merrydale Estate.” Seeing the name on the gate, Meredith felt warmth in her heart. She glanced at Terrence, “I’ve noticed you have been rather cheeky recently.” He chuckled, “That’s probably the realization of a married man.”
“How did you get the developer to change the name? Did you pay them?” Terrence said proudly, “With my status, do I need to pay?”
Meredith laughed even more heartily. They parked the car and walked into the house, hand in hand, laughing and talking.
Azure hadn’t gone to bed yet. Hearing the car, she hurriedly came out to see, wearing a pink silk nightgown, calling out ambiguously, “Terry…” But seeing Terrence return hand in hand with Meredith, her smile froze.
Terrence, seeing Azure, instantly resumed his usual expressionless face, even his tone was slightly cold, “It’s late, Azure, you should go rest.”
With nothing to say, Meredith headed straight upstairs. After the words, Terrence also went upstairs. Azure had no chance to be alone with Terrence, watching them ascend one after the other, she wasn’t worried, this was just the beginning of three months.