Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 23

Richard turned back to her and asked suspiciously, “Why? Did Sean approach you?”

“No, we just happened to bump into each other and chatted for a bit. But your family always speaks fiercely as if they’re trying to poke others with needles.”

This description was inexplicably amusing. Richard looked at her helpless expression and explained, “Sean’s always been like that. Just get used to it and don’t pay it any mind.”

“Okay, I’ll wear this dress. The party’s starting in half an hour. We shouldn’t be late.”

“Okay”

When they got back to the office, the entrance was swarming with journalists. When they saw Richard and Pearl attend the party together, they quickly surrounded them.

the secret love between you two

Richard and

you answer

gave them an icy stare, and everyone fell silent. During the

small business gathering, but Richard was evidently in the limelight wherever he went and would always be surrounded by people asking him for advice. Pearl

“Why if it isn’t Pearl, our great

Pearl, she could not hide the jealousy in her eyes. This bumpkin who came out of nowhere had the chance to be the president’s fiancee. Of course,

time recently without your salary, Emily?” Pearl casually raised this

words.

incident. Stop acting so smug. Abby, Richard’s sweetheart, is the fiancee acknowledged by the Waldorfs. You’re just an orphan. You have no right to marry

“I never said I’d marry Richard. Also, do you

“Why you!”

Emily, are you

that Pearl had a way with words, so she was bothered to

out of the company