Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 378

Pearl rapped her head. “That’s not a classy thing to say.”

“I’m just trying to cheer you up. Wasn’t thinking about it.” Esther rubbed her head and pouted.

Pearl suddenly realized something, “Did you tell Mobius that you’re coming here?”

Esther bit her fork. “Yes, he said he wanted to come along because school is out, but I don’t want that, so I just came over without telling him the exact dates.”

“Why? Don’t you want to spend time with him every day?” Pearl teased.

Esther frowned and sniffled. “I thought so too, but he feels like my dad. He even cares if I applied hand lotion before leaving home. I can’t stand that!”

While Esther expressed her frustration, Pearl understood that Esther still loved Mobius, but her love was no longer passive; it was starting to become more equal.

going to tell Mobius to stop caring so much,” Pearl teased once more.

Pearl was just teasing her, and

to return to the room yet, so she decided to take a walk in the garden. Suddenly, she received a text message

you? Can we meet?]

off her phone and pretended not to have received the

a moment later, Raymond appeared out of nowhere in front of her. “Hello, nice

with a dry chuckle, “It’s not nice for me,” and

grabbed her wrist and noticed how slim it felt. Concerned, he asked, “What’s going on? Why did

her eyes. “I don’t need him

and grinned playfully. “I heard some big news when I got

his hand off.

is here too,” Raymond said as he stood by the lake, watching the fish. His smile shifted from warm to cold.”

though she had expected this, hearing