Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 429

Richard couldn’t quite grasp what Pearl had in mind, so he decided to search on his phone.

“Bedtime stories to put your girlfriend to sleep.”

After scanning through some options, he furrowed his brows and finally settled on his favorite story.

“The little prince loved cherries, and the king planted a lot of cherry trees. There was a fairy living in one of the trees. The prince eagerly anticipated the growth of sweet, red cherries on the trees, but as time passed, they didn’t appear.

“The prince felt sad, and that’s when the fairy living in the tree emerged. She said, ‘Kiss me, and the cherries will start to grow. ‘So, the prince puckered up his lips and kissed the fairy. Blushing, the cherry fairy made the tree immediately sprout red cherries.

“When the prince puckered up again, the fairy said, ‘The cherries are sweet enough, so there’s no need for more kisses.’ The prince beamed and replied, ‘But you’re sweeter than the cherries.”””

Richard’s voice was gentle and slightly husky, enough to make anyone fall for him.

thought she’d be too excited to sleep while listening to that voice. However, the rhythmic storytelling actually had the opposite effect,

awoke, she found herself tightly wrapped up in the blanket, and Richard was no longer on

walking toward the door. Just as she reached for the doorknob, it turned, and Richard, holding an umbrella and breakfast,

he placed the umbrella next to the door and set the food on the table. “I figured you’d

appreciatively. Although she had just woken up, she realized

thoughtful, as if they had been married for years.

don’t like it?”

up a fork, and took a bite. “Yum! This is

coffee outside so I’m not very hungry, and I’m not particularly fond of this dish. Go ahead and enjoy it,”

another bite when her body started itching, and

Pearl’s arm

hair clung to her forehead as she replied, “Yes, I have a seafood allergy, but it’s not bad. I’ll