Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 173

“You didn’t?” Sean chuckled. “Who else could it be then?”

“Abby.”

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Hearing that, Sean laughed sarcastically. “Abby? My mom practically raised her. How could it be her?”

“Whatever. You’ll know when I find the proof.” Pearl didn’t intend to argue further with Sean, knowing that tarnishing Abby’s image would not be easy.

“So, what do you want then? Are you trying to find evidence to prove your innocence?”

Richard cleared his throat, intervening to quell the impending argument. “Alright, that’s enough. It’s not Pearl’s fault.”

Sean, filled with disbelief at Richard’s defense of Pearl, struggled to control his emotions. “Fine, I’ll see how she’ll find her so- called evidence since you believe her.”

With that, Sean snorted and left.

of Pearl’s sadness, he tried to comfort her. “Don’t take Sean’s words to

I’ll go to

bidding Richard goodbye, Pearl returned to the

her, they were filled with joy at first, but that enthusiasm soon gave

their peculiar behavior, Pearl turned to a close colleague and asked, “What’s going

awkward around me?”

“You see, Miss Pearl, when you left, Mister Sean had Miss Abby take over your position since Mister Richard wasn’t

Pearl couldn’t help but feel

and found Abby seated at her former desk, diligently at work.

while keeping her head down. When she noticed someone

it Pearl?

see who eagerly took my place after I left.”

wasn’t my choice. Sean asked me to take over your position because he felt that it couldn’t

position to you.

”

have the habit of snatching things back from others.”