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.

of disbelief, he reached out to Wayne, but Wayne’s tone on the phone was impatient. “Mister Richard, did you call me to discuss our next

to

Mister Richard? I don’t know where she is or

was struck

busy with work to talk about anything else

Wayne. “Bravo! Tonight, you’re having a drink with me.”

his phone. “Miss Pearl, please spare me from joining you for a drink. I’ll get

to?” Pearl narrowed her eyes and

out of the blue, Wayne broke into a cold

her, fearing that she might torture him with several

up her mind and dragged him to a bar. She deliberately avoided

to drink because his mother is critically

gulped down her wine. “Yeah, but he still

he so stupid at such a critical time? You would never

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