Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Richard glued his fervent gaze on her, burning with desire

“Richard-”

Pearl was interrupted by Richard’s stiff and inexperienced k*ss, but he deepened the k*ss with each pa

ssing second.

Knowing that the drug had full control of him, Pearl bit his l*ps to force some sense into him. When he s

taggered backward, she clambered on top of him and knocked him out as he was about to make his ne

xt move.

“Troublesome.” She got to her feet and kicked him. “What a rogue, taking liberties with me while out of

it.”

Pearl called for the Waldorf family b*dyguards to take Richard to the hospital because it would be too c

onspicuous to call for an ambulance.

When Richard opened his eyes, the first person he saw was the stoic Pearl. Shocked, he asked, “Have

you been taking care of me the whole night?”

“You were careless to get drugged,” Pearl mocked, ignoring his question.

Richard fell silent and did not refute as she was right.

“Since you’re up, I’ll be leaving now.” Uneasiness prompted Pearl to leave as the sight of Richard made

her recall how he had defended Abby.

“Sean seems very interested in you,” Richard suddenly said.

Cocking her brows, Pearl asked, “And does that have anything to do with you?

“Sean likes to compete with me for everything. I’m worried he’s trying to get close to you because of m

e instead of out of real feelings,” Richard answered honestly.

His logic made Pearl snicker. “You’re interested in me too, aren’t you, Mister Richard? Is that why Sean

wants to compete with you?”

Richard was struck dumb by her words. He then replied awkwardly, “Whatever.” His indifferent respons

e made Pearl stop teasing him.

After a brief rest, they returned to the office together.

Deep dissatisfaction washed over Abby after her scheme was exposed. She stared at Pearl in jealousy,

Seeing this, Pearl was amused. “Are you curious about what we did last night?”

Abby demanded, her face distorted with anger, “What did you two do last night?”

“Last night, we… What

do you think? A man and a woman alone at night. Of course, something was bound to happen.”

Abby was overcome by jealousy and she lost control at the thought of Richard sleeping with Pearl. “Spil

“I took advantage of Richard’s difficulty? But I didn’t force him. We were willing participants.”