Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 374

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Pearl walked to the booth not too far away and started drinking. She was determined to drown her thoughts in alcohol.

“Don’t drink so fast, Pea. There’s no point in drinking so much!” Wayne felt terrible watching her treat herself that way and wanted to curse Richard and all his ancestors. “Listen, Richard is cold as ice. You should just dump him and find someone new. You’re not married to him yet so it won’t be that bad- Ouch!”

Before Wayne could finish his sentence, his arm was suddenly pinched.

“You can’t say that about him!” Pearl, her face flushed from the alcohol, gave him a fiery glare, even though she looked more like a tipsy child.

“Fine, fine, I won’t interfere. But remember, if Richard ever hurts you, I’ll bring down Waldorf Enterprises.”

Wayne regarded Pearl as a dear friend. Although he was usually playful, he would be the first to defend her if anything went Wrong.

why won’t he confide in me? Don’t you think he’s a dummy?” Pearl, her breath heavy, couldn’t stop talking about Richard even as she drank herself into a stupor.

“Yes, yes, you’re both

at Wayne’s face, it momentarily overlapped with Richard’s. She threw

to let me go!” Wayne’s eyes widened, and Pearl was surprisingly strong. He didn’t want to push her away too

leaned in even closer, nearly planting a kiss on his lips. A moment

turned to see an irate Richard standing

He glared at the stunned Wayne, then shifted his gaze back to Pearl and sighed. “I’m taking you home.”

so he nodded and let Richard take her away. After

to a car parked outside, settled her into the passenger seat, and fastened her seatbelt. He didn’t start the engine right away.

semi-conscious, looked at Richard, who appeared grim, and asked, “What’s going

tone was stern, and his eyebrows

her eyes and replied

eyes. “I know