Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 180

Hugo’s words were logical and impeccable.

Yes, he was right. After all, he had nothing to do with that incident. Abby asked him to come just to hide her panic and expected that he could bring her hope.

But Abby didn’t anticipate that Hugo would harm her instead, even though he had been helping her.

“What do you mean, Hugo? Didn’t you promise to always help me?”

Abby’s composure shattered, a stark contrast to the calm she felt moments ago when she thought Hugo was on her side. Now, incredulity filled her as Hugo had refused to testify for her.

“I don’t think we’re that close. Plus, everyone knows that you like Richard, and we’re just acquaintances. Even if you claimed that we grew up together, we didn’t meet each other much. Why should I vouch for you?”

“No, you conspired with me to frame both Richard and Pearl. You can’t do this to me now, or else I’ll expose everything about you!”

as he glared at Abby. His voice, cool and steady,

from his hand, Hugo nearly made Abby slip

you want to say?” Pearl’s laughter was unmistakable in the silence of the room.

faintly. No one heard

of her eye, she spotted a fruit knife on the table, and her lips twisted into a sinister grin. In a swift move, seized the knife and

little difficult to approach Richard and Pearl, given their

gotten into you?” Richard’s voice trembled,

she

fall for Pearl as soon as I returned? You all sided with her against me, even trying to push me out. She’s deceived everyone, and now I’ve lost everything! This is all your

mind when he saw that Abby was about to slash Susan’s neck. He softened his

Richard, Abby hesitated. “What did you

let’s get

her tears. “You’ve finally said it…”

lunged and snatched her knife, giving her a kick. In the tussle,