Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 147

Icily, Richard turned Abby down. “No, I’m not hungry. Go grab a bite on your own.”

Abby sensed that she should leave, given Richard’s sour mood, so she hastily got up and left.

The room was quiet again.

Richard instinctively reached for his phone and attempted to call Pearl, but he was met with surprise when he discovered that her contact no longer existed.

Stunned, a pang grabbed his heart, momentarily setting aside his internal turmoil. He dialed Hugo’s number and asked him to take over for Pearl before heading to the company.

Normally, Pearl would have been at the company by that time, diligently attending to her work. However, upon arriving at the company, Richard received a call from the HR department.

“Mister Richard, I received a call from Miss Pearl just now. She requested to resign and has already sent her formal resignation letter via email.”

When Richard checked his email, he found Pearl’s formal and cold resignation letter. It made him realize that she had really disappeared.

to Wayne, but Wayne’s tone on the phone was impatient. “Mister Richard, did you call me to discuss our

to ask you where Pearl

at your place, Mister Richard? I don’t know where she is or what she’s

was struck

if there’s nothing else. You’re always too busy with work to talk about anything else with

voice chimed in, surprising Wayne. “Bravo! Tonight,

spare me from joining you

narrowed her eyes

into a cold sweat. “No, I want to. Absolutely!”

that she might torture

to a bar. She deliberately avoided Dark Bar, which she frequented to avoid running

the bar to drink because his mother is critically ill in the hospital.”

wine. “Yeah, but he

his eyes. “He looks so smart. But why is he so stupid at such a critical time? You

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