Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 22

As Pearl had done a good job, Richard put her in charge of the project.

The punished Emily scurried away dejectedly whenever she saw Pearl, her gaze gloomy as she stared at the latter. Pearl felt that Emily was thinking up a way to harm her

Pearl bumped into Sean at the coffee machine. He blinked at her and raised his brows at her. “I heard Rich dealt with Emily on your behalf. Seems like you’re really important.”

Hearing his sarcasm, she felt uneasy but maintained her composure. “And what about it? Are you jealous, Mister Sean? Did I snatch away your brother’s love toward you?”

Sean’s face stiffened. “You sure like malding jokes, Miss Pearl.”

Mister Sean. I’m just giving you a taste of your own medicine.” Pearl calmly poured herself a cup of coffee. No one could outwit her in terms

No wonder that workaholic Richard has a new outlook on you.” Sean kept his smile but his words filled people with

but you talk too

ever humiliated him as such. Feeling embarrassed, his expression fell. “Fine. I’ll

fell into th

Sean stormed away with his coffee in hand, Pearl fell into thought as she watched him leave.

the admiration of the company’s partners. It raked in quite a bit of profit for the season, so the company decided to hold a party to celebrate the company’s achievements. Although Pearl had proven she was not a village Idiot as they had imagined her to be, Richard decided to take her to buy a gown

light of what happened previously, Pearl picked a dress she liked and asked Richard to

at the long dark green dress adorned with turquoise. Its style was bright

would suit

patterns on the hem, and there were sparkling diamonds set diagonally on

Do you hate me? Why do you want me

never wore such bright colors. Her clothes had always been simple

I hated you, would