I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away
Chapter 367: Overwhelmed

Rick opened the video and handed it to Terrence Sterling. Harvey Fieldmouse, equally curious, leaned in to watch. After viewing it, Harvey felt the hairs on his back stand up. "This is barbaric; such cruelty, that's a living person's life! Isn't there any humanity left?" The video showed a car running over Ruby Kim repeatedly. Ruby did not die from the first run-over; she could still be seen moving in a pool of blood. However, after the second time, she stopped moving. The car drove over her three or four more times. The footage was horrific, and Harvey could barely stand to watch. The video did not show the car's license plate, and the driver's face was just a blurry profile, making it impossible to identify the perpetrator. Terrence Sterling's brow furrowed deeply, sensing someone was deliberately leading him by the nose by sending the video without showing the assailant's face. "This video is clearly edited; it's not the full version," Terrence downed his glass of red wine and decided, "Let's pretend we don't know about this." Rick nodded, "Yes, Mr. Sterling." He did not question why Terrence chose to do so; he simply followed his boss's orders.

Harvey, puzzled, chimed in, "Boss, why not hand the video over to the police? This is murder, and the woman died so horribly. We've seen this video; shouldn't we find the murderer?" "Fine, then you handle it," Terrence Sterling hinted to Rick with a glance. "Forward the video to Mr. Fieldmouse, let him play the hero." "Yes, Mr. Sterling," Rick earnestly assured Harvey, "Mr. Fieldmouse, I will send it to your email." Harvey hesitated, "Don't send it to me, I fear I might have nightmares." Harvey lacked the courage to watch it a second time, his scalp tingling. Terrence chuckled lightly, "Aren't you going to stand up for her? Backing out already?" "Boss, don't tease me," Harvey protested. "Are you really not going to intervene?" "This involves an employee of Falconer Holdings, why should I interfere?" Terrence stated, "I'm busy every day; I don't have time for these trivial matters; that's a matter for the police."

Terrence did not bother to explain further to Harvey, he put down his wine glass and told Rick, "Notify everyone about the meeting in ten minutes." With that, he headed to the office lounge to call Meredith, always keeping her in his thoughts even during work.

Seeing Terrence truly wasn't going to intervene, Harvey muttered to himself, "He's not usually this indifferent." Rick laughed, asking, "Mr. Fieldmouse, is this your first day knowing Mr. Sterling?" Harvey retorted, "I've known him for over twenty years, what about it?" Rick revealed, "The woman in the video is Ruby Kim, a Falconer Holdings employee who previously tried to jump off the company's rooftop. She had issues with Joy Chaucer, and recently died tragically. Guess who would send such a video and why it was sent to me?"

Harvey was clueless, "Sent to you? How should I know, maybe you're involved with the murderer?" Rick replied, "Mr. Fieldmouse, after all these years with Mr. Sterling, you've learned nothing." Rick sighed, "If it was really filmed by a good Samaritan, it should have been handed to the police, not to me. I think the sender wants Mr. Sterling to see it, to lead him by the nose, but do you think Mr. Sterling is someone who can be manipulated?"

Harvey shook his head, "No, only Mr. Sterling manipulates others, no one dares manipulate him, except his wife." Rick added, "Mr. Sterling disregards it, so the sender must be desperate. Mr. Sterling was right; dealing with this case is a waste of time." "Yet you still showed the video to the boss," Harvey scrutinized Rick. "What are your intentions?" "When someone shoots an arrow, I must present it to Mr. Sterling. If he's unaware, how can he anticipate their next move?" "Does the boss know who harmed Ruby Kim? Ruby isn't someone significant to him, why would someone think he'd care?" Harvey was now utterly perplexed, his curiosity piqued. From the lounge, Terrence's cold voice emerged, "Because this matter involves Joy Chaucer. The person behind this isn't just Joy Chaucer's accomplice in killing Ruby Kim, but likely the murderer of Fiona too. The entire incident uses Joy Chaucer as a pawn; their target is aimed at me." Harvey was thoroughly confused, "Boss, slow down, my CPU is about to burn out, it's short-circuiting."