Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 320

Goddaughter?!

Hugo exclaimed in disbelief as he pointed at Pearl. “She’s your goddaughter?”

Pearl and Richard were equally surprised. Wasn’t this man the one who had sold them the medication? And now he was claiming to be the owner of the black market, Reese Cooper, and that Pearl was his goddaughter? That was outrageous,

Also, since when did she become his goddaughter?

“What? I can’t have a goddaughter?” Reese responded, his eyes widening in anger as he stood his ground.

Hugo attempted to defuse the situation, realizing he might be in trouble. “Of course, you can, “he said apologetically, trying to avoid confrontation with Reese. The latter was a powerful man who had a lot of people working for him, so he wasn’t going to clash with him.

with common sense would recognize that retreating and leaving as soon as possible was the wisest course of action.

It seems you were prepared to get it one way or another. The rules of the black market only permit trading, so you

Reese was a respected figure. Who did Hugo think he was, acting like a gangster in Reese’s territory?

and directed an apology towards Pearl. “I’m sorry,

depart, one of Reese’s

It was obvious Reese wasn’t

the bid during the bidding,

red with anger, and Reese approached him as a crowd gathered around. Now, everyone knew that Hugo had not been able

“Mister Hugo, is what she said

to make him look like a gentle person, “I just… really need the ginkgo, so I wanted to discuss it with Miss Pearl to buy it from her. I

thought Pearl would have such powerful support. He knew his explanation was lame, but he had to find an excuse. He then turned to Richard and said, “This is my brother, so why would I get into a conflict with him? I really