Chapter 163

Pearl grabbed the hem of her dress as her heart slipped a beat. “So? What are you saying?”

She had a bad feeling.

“I’m saying the culprit behind everything is Abby. That includes Renee and her mother’s death. Abby did it all. I wasn’t involved in any of that.”

Hugo divulged everything, leaving Pearl confused.

Considering Richard’s analysis, it seemed likely that these two had worked together, so why was Hugo now trying to shift all the blame onto Abby?

“So, what are you really getting at?” She couldn’t believe Hugo was simply being charitable and trying to help her clear her

name.

condition.” Abby was nothing more than a pawn to him. Having used her, he

proposition was tempting because Pearl had no way of obtaining evidence of Abby’s crimes. The only hope lay in Susan waking up. However, Susan’s condition was still unstable, and there was no guarantee

look thrilled with Hugo’s offer. Instead, she seemed

“Marry me.”

“There’s no way I’m

on hold. I don’t actually want to be with you so it’s just a fake marriage. We’ll merely register it. When the time is right, we’ll get a

grant him a twenty percent share of her holdings, so it was extremely tempting. As for feelings, he didn’t

want to do that?”

romantic interest in

I have my own reasons. If you accept it, come back

work and didn’t have the time to persuade her further. There was no way he

try to record our conversation.”

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