Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 71

“Fire!” Somebody screamed, sending the entire company into chaos as people rushed to escape the building.

The elevators were not an option. As they hurried down the stairs, they soon realized the fire had reached the fourth floor. Thick smoke filled the stairwell, obscuring their vision and making it difficult to breathe.

Forced to retreat, they returned to their office on the eighth floor, gasping for air.

Meanwhile, Pearl didn’t join the frantic rush downstairs. When she turned around, she found Richard behind her, holding two

wet towels.

“Use this so you won’t inhale the smoke.”

raised her voice to address the anxious crowd, “Calm down. Panicking won’t help. Anyway, we

everyone looked to Pearl

to keep cool. We’ll line up and descend the stairs in an orderly manner. Don’t huddle together. If the fire becomes too strong, we’ll stop and

that, everyone followed Pearl’s

at the back dropped her handkerchief when the fire got bigger. In an instant, she breathed

Pearl gave her towel to

you?” The woman covered her nose and mouth, expressing gratitude and concern when she saw Pearl using her hand

and I can hold

said this, Pearl felt something unusual in her throat, as if she was

this, Richard handed her his

her head, Pearl tried to give it back. “It isn’t right. I don’t want to use something

for an

the towel. She smelled a faint scent of mint, much like his toothpaste. She wondered if this was an indirect kiss, but quickly dismissed such thoughts, knowing they were inappropriate given the