Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

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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.

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

to ask you

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

was struck

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

moment, Pearl’s voice chimed in, surprising Wayne. “Bravo! Tonight, you’re having a

me from

Pearl narrowed her eyes and sounded a

threatened out of the blue, Wayne broke into a cold sweat. “No, I want to.

might torture him with several dangerous

dragged him to a bar. She deliberately avoided Dark

bar to drink because his mother is critically

but he still thinks I’m the

so smart. But why is he

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