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

love-struck fool? She was

give it

impossible between us, so you better give up. I won’t have dinner with you. I’m

me. You know what will happen if I get mad.” Hugo would not take

patient, and I’ve been feeling unwell lately. Even the doctor advised that I stay in bed, So, I can’t go. with

his brows, Hugo refuted, “I’m

stop pushing your luck.”

hard, raised his hands in

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

her emotions, she approached the figure and was left speechless

It was… Richard?

the cigarette he held was conspicuous in

doing…” Pearl was taken aback as she couldn’t

smoking. I’ll go home

hit Pearl. She blurted out,

think it’s pretty good that you’re

a dull ache through Pearl’s heart.