Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 208

Pearl’s words shocked Wayne and caused Richard to keep his head down.

Suddenly, Richard felt that there was no point in staying any longer. “I’ll take my leave now. As for our collaboration, let’s proceed according to the plan we discussed.”

Wayne breathed a sigh of relief once Richard left.

“Why did you do that, Miss Pearl? You both have feelings for each other. Why do you have to be so coy and hide your true emotions?”

At that moment, Pearl’s heart was in turmoil, and Wayne’s words stirred up complex feelings within her. “Do you think it’s my fault?”

For a moment, Wayne didn’t know what to say since both of them looked bad. “I really don’t know, but it’s obvious that you both care about each other. Why can’t you just be a couple?”

His words prompted an unexpected chuckle from Pearl. “Have you dated anyone, Wayne?”

was quite ordinary at the time and blended into the crowd easily. However, this girl sacrificed all her money to help me out when I was in trouble with some gangsters over a debt. She held my hand and ran away with me. As time passed, I began to notice her more and always bought her drinks.

Pearl asked, “What happened next? Did you

caused Wayne to let out a bitter laugh. “No,

especially when you both had such a

since they were in love with each other?

Wayne continued, “She later told me that she had a boyfriend

an outcome.

got

filled Pearl’s heart.

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all, your situation is different from mine. My initial approach was wrong.” As Wayne spoke,

sad. You’ll find someone better.”

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