Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 50

The leader glared at them and said slowly, “Miss Abby said she needs to be alive. But she didn’t say we couldn’t have some fun. What a pretty babe…”

Everyone burst into laughter.

Pearl never imagined Abby would go this far. She stared at the men coldly and chuckled. “Do you even know who I am?”

One of them replied mockingly, “Yeah, you’re our darling, and we’ll give you a great time later..”

But another man, who seemed to know more, said, “You’re Pearl Leighton, the Waldorfs‘ future bride. And a singer too…. Tsk.”

Pearl’s voice turned sharp. “And you think the Waldorfs won’t come after you for messing with me?”

The man just shook his head and smiled helplessly. “They’ll break off the engagement when your reputation is ruined. You’re not family yet. Stop overthinking and just relax and enjoy-”

Pearl raised her brows and smiled, a hint of mischief in her eyes. “But do you know why I haven’t married into the Waldorf family yet?”

Knowing that Pearl could not escape, he said curiously, “Tell me about it.”

Pearl let out a deep sigh. “It’s because I have AIDS. I didn’t pass their health checks, that’s why they’re keeping me at a distance. Since I’m dying, of course the Waldorfs don’t want any of their sons to marry me.”

expression, as if she was

bummer

be fun to have someone die with

One whispered, “What if

and watched Pearl thoughtfully. “We’ll spare her for now. We’ve got all the time in the world,

didn’t follow through on their orders, there

powerful to cross, and even though Pearl was famous, she had no real power. They figured

untied unless the leader said so. Pearl, although silent, was trying to come up with countermeasures. They had taken her phone, but she had a backup plan. She discreetly pressed on her ring, which had a built–in GPS. Once pressed, Wayne would be alerted to her location. Given the remote

in silence. At night, one of the men

need to use the restroom.” She made a pained expression, pretending

man hesitated. “No, I can’t let you run

just one woman, and you’re here watching. Plus, do you really want this room to smell? You don’t want that, right,

tell the man wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. When she added a compliment, calling him “handsome,” he seemed

he said, “but come right back. If you try to escape, the punishment will be

best charming smile in response,

man stopped her. It was the leader, and he was

forward with his tail between his legs. “It

him. “B*stard! How could you believe everything she said? What if she runs

tied up more tightly, and someone else was keeping an

couldn’t escape by herself. She

noticed Pearl wasn’t home. Alarmed, he called Wayne, “It’s quite late, and Pearl hasn’t returned home.

“She sent me the address of an abandoned house in the south of the city. I think she’s

heard that. “I’ll go there now. You call the police. We’ll meet up