Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 366

When they both got home, Dustan was in the living room watching television. When he saw Pearl returning, he appeared as if he was about to leave, but Pearl stopped him.

“What’s going on, Mister Dustan?”

Dustan forced a smile. “Nothing. You’re overthinking things, Pearl.”

Pearl…

She noticed the change in the way he addressed her. Unable to get any more information from him, Pearl decided to investigate further. She headed back to her room, but Richard was summoned into the study by Dustan.

No one knew what was discussed between them, but the following day, Richard seemed noticeably quieter.

Pearl noticed his mood and asked, “What’s bothering you?”

Richard shook his head. “I’m going to the office. If you don’t have much going on, you should go to Cerubleu earlier as well.”

“You’re telling me to go to my office?” Pearl was confused. He seemed perfectly fine the previous day, but now he was distant

of a sudden.

didn’t say anything and just pressed

heart and insisted, “Tell me what’s going on,

to head out,”

her jaw and followed him to Waldorf

had been cleared out and her desk was taken by the new

as if everything was

tell me what

filled with emotions that Pearl couldn’t decipher. “I’m fine. However, according to the

would be mine if I stayed with you. Was

shook his head

really going on?” she

here, I’ll give you a new place.”

into the matter, Pearl nodded and allowed

the farthest office from his own for Pearl. While it was considerably better than her previous desk, the distance felt like

in his office instead. It was a familiar scene: Richard sitting at his desk, Jenny

felt like a dagger in