Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 372

“What do you want to drink, Rick? I’ll go order it,” Jenny said, leaning against Richard and being very flirtatious, but she no longer looked the same way as when they were in university.

Richard kept his eyes shut, clearly annoyed. “You should go home.”

Unfazed, Jenny continued to press herself against him. “Rick, I just want to spend some time with you. You’re not that petty, are you?”

Richard finally opened his eyes and pushed her away with irritation. “How did you even know I’m here?”

Jenny persisted but changed her approach. “Our minds are connected, Rick. But okay, I’ll stop teasing you. Hugo told me you were here.”

“Why would Hugo know I’m here?” Richard squinted and immediately felt uncomfortable.

Jenny decided to play on Richard’s strained relationship with his brother. “I think it’s because he cares about you, Rick. You two had that argument, and he wants to apologize. He told me he’d find a chance to apologize to you.”

further. He then noticed Pearl approaching them.

noticed Pearl too and leaned on Richard’s side, addressing her with annoyance, “Oh, isn’t

none of your

continued to provoke her. “Of course, it’s none of my business, but good women don’t usually come to bars in the middle of the night, especially when they’re dating someone. When I was with Richard, he never allowed me to come to bars.” She smiled nostalgically at her

her drink in one go and shot back, “Richard never tried to control me like that. Maybe it’s because you don’t exactly have the best

subtlety. Turning to Richard, she complained,

want to speak up for her.

up with their conversation, suggested, “Richard, shall we go home?”

and slowly closed

a good time, Pearl? Why don’t you let him enjoy himself?

and expressive eyes now held a fiery intensity, causing Jenny to tremble. Pearl was not one to be trifled with when she

spoke up. “Pearl, you should go