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?

nothing between me and Hanzel. Stop jumping to conclusions.”

think what I saw was just my imagination, huh?”

remembered the kiss and struggled to find the right words. “That was just

the spot? You seemed to be enjoying it.” Richard was so angry when he saw the kiss that he lost all

“Why are you so childish, Richard? This isn’t

behavior. “I’m sorry for overreacting. I shouldn’t try to control you,” he said, then stood up and

stood there, feeling

didn’t go unnoticed by everyone at home and even their colleagues at work. They

Richard proposed designing couple’s

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

paused and asked, “Can you handle this project on your own?”

up with an excellent proposal shortly after

give it a try

then turned to Pearl and smiled. “Pearl, I wouldn’t be stealing your thunder by doing this,