Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 187

Pearl felt increasingly frustrated. She walked off the stage, strangely wanting to explain herself to Richard, even though she didn’t really need to.

What could she possibly say? That she had no idea this would happen, and she couldn’t just walk out on Hanzel during his concert? She didn’t want to ruin his performance.

Pearl hung her head and tuned out the world around her. All she knew was that Richard was angry at her and ignoring her.

When they got home, Pearl finally saw Richard. He was sitting on the couch, working as if he hadn’t seen her at the concert.

Pearl tried to start a conversation on a random topic. “You went to the concert today?”

Richard nodded and didn’t say anything more.

“Are you angry?” she asked.

Richard couldn’t help but scoff at her questioning. “Why do you care if I’m upset? Weren’t you enjoying yourself with Hanzel?

me and Hanzel. Stop jumping to conclusions.”

you think what I saw was just

words. “That was

angry when he saw the kiss that he lost

“Why are you so childish, Richard?

made him realize his own behavior. “I’m sorry for overreacting. I shouldn’t try to control you,” he said, then stood up and walked away.

stood there, feeling wronged

didn’t go unnoticed by everyone at home and even their colleagues at work. They distanced themselves from each other, avoiding any conversation

designing couple’s rings

design team, stood up. “Can I take this project please?” She wasn’t usually outspoken, but on this day, she took the lead

handle this project

“Of course. Pearl came up with an excellent proposal shortly after joining the company, so I’d

a try too.”

turned to Pearl and smiled. “Pearl, I wouldn’t