Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 303

Pearl was about to label Glenn a playboy when someone screamed nearby.

“Look! What’s that above us?!”

Startled, Pearl immediately looked up and spotted a drone carrying a large bucket of lard. In the blink of an eye, it plummeted to the ground.

Squinting her eyes, Pearl grabbed Blake and pulled him aside. Glenn, thanks to his agility, managed to evade the impending disaster as well.

Unfortunately, many others were not as fortunate, unable to escape the falling lard. They slipped and tumbled to the ground, crying out in pain.

Pearl looked at Blake and asked, “Are you okay?”

“I’m okay, but you…” Blake’s eyes narrowed suddenly as he yanked Pearl into his arms. A searing, agonizing sensation swept over him.

Sulfuric acid?

on her arm, where the acid had made contact. Suppressing her own agony, she glanced up and spotted a

the moment. Supporting Blake, she realized that his back had been burned while shielding her from the acid.

911 now!”

“No, it’ll

into the car. They sped off to the hospital, where Blake was

the sight of Pearl’s bleeding arm. “I’ll get a doctor to tend to your

Pearl nodded. “Okay.”

Pearl read the news. As expected, the public was buzzing about the accident, with

rumored to be a country bumpkin but turns out to be Rarity, a renowned

lard attack at wine-tasting party leaves

Mr. Blake. The

the nurse’s trembling hands. The

flashed a reassuring smile at Pearl. Let me handle

surprise, Glenn’s touch was much gentler than the nurse’s. Soon, the pain gave way to a soothing,