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.”

never happen.”

take Pearl as a love-struck fool? She was

it a

us, so you better give up. I

You know what will happen if I get

lately. Even the doctor advised that I stay in bed, So, I

refuted, “I’m a

stop pushing your

he wouldn’t get his way by pushing too hard, raised his hands

of relief and made her way back to her ward to rest. However, before she could reach the in- patient department’s door, a figure in the corridor startled

her emotions, she approached the figure and was left speechless by what she

It was… Richard?

cigarette he held was conspicuous in the darkness.

aback as she couldn’t recall Richard being

I’ll go home

restlessness hit Pearl. She blurted

it’s pretty good that you’re dating

words sent a dull ache through Pearl’s heart.