Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 211

Pearl chuckled. “I know. By the way, I have some new medicine for you. If you take it regularly, you’ll recover faster.”

“I don’t want to get better,” Hanzel mumbled under his breath.

Pearl raised her hand in a somewhat threatening manner upon hearing his response. “Don’t talk nonsense. This medicine is quite expensive, and if you don’t take it as prescribed, you’ll have to answer to me.”

“Fine.” Massaging his throbbing head, Hanzel relented. “Also, you can look into becoming a good manager. Feel free to ask me any questions.” He was excited when he found out Pearl was going to be his temporary manager.

Pearl didn’t take his enthusiasm too seriously because, as the president of an entertainment company, she had a solid grasp of what it took to be a manager.

“Alright, I’ve spent enough time here today. I need to go home now.”

Hanzel couldn’t keep her there, so he simply nodded.

nearby, and Richard stood next to it. He didn’t react but just calmly looked at Pearl and asked, “Can I have a word?”

turned to walk away. “No. There’s nothing to talk about.”

the office for a week. I’m worried you’ve forgotten that you’re

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the chance to be your secretary, Mister Richard. Why do you care if

hour you’ve missed. So far, that’s around fifty to sixty hours.” Pearl was appalled. How inhumane was that?

need to draft a three-thousand-word resignation letter and pay two years’ compensation

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the labor law. I’ll sue you

police force. Plus, I have the best lawyer in Enswood. Your chances

don’t get it. You’re the one sending mixed signals, and now you’re the one who doesn’t want to let go. What’s going on in your

took a deep breath. “I don’t want you