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.

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

“No, I’d like to ask

“Isn’t she staying at your place, Mister Richard? I don’t know where she is or

struck

else. You’re always too busy with work to talk about anything else with me.” With

surprising Wayne. “Bravo! Tonight, you’re having

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

to?” Pearl narrowed her eyes and sounded

of the blue, Wayne broke into a cold sweat. “No, I want to. Absolutely!”

her, fearing that she might

go now!” Pearl made up her mind and dragged him to a bar. She deliberately avoided Dark Bar, which she

wouldn’t come to the bar to drink because his mother is

“Yeah, but he

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

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