Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 117

“Stop. You want to grab a bite, right? Let’s go.” Pearl yanked Hugo’s sleeve to break the awkward situation.

“Alright, Rick. We’ll go first,” Hugo said to Richard.

Richard watched them leave the hospital, hand in hand.

But as soon as they stepped outside, Pearl withdrew her hand from Hugo’s grasp.

“Why? Are you mad?” Hugo kept his smile even when she was angry. “I know you like Rick, but you’re my girlfriend now. You can’t be mad at me because of another man.”

Pearl regretted asking for Hugo’s help. “Are you enjoying this, Hugo?”

“Yes, I am,” he replied, clearly pleased with his progress.

“What’s the point of all this? There’s no future for us.”

However, Hugo remained undeterred. “I can make you fall in love with me in three months.”

will never

fool? She was certain that it wouldn’t happen.

give it

back, Pearl continued, “It’s impossible between us, so you better give up. I won’t have dinner with you. I’m not

me. You know what will happen if I get mad.” Hugo would not take no for

unwell lately. Even the doctor advised that I stay in bed, So, I can’t go. with you.”

his brows, Hugo refuted, “I’m a

pushing your luck.”

his way by pushing too hard, raised his hands in surrender. “Fine, go

made her way back to her ward to rest. However, before she could reach the in- patient department’s

figure and was

It was… Richard?

held was conspicuous in the

was taken aback as she couldn’t recall Richard being a smoker.

smoking. I’ll go

blurted out, “Are you

pretty good that you’re

words sent a dull ache through Pearl’s