Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 481

“I’ll have Fifi remove this from trending so that it doesn’t escalate further.” Pearl wasn’t

usually concerned about such petty issues, but this could harm Eric and Richard’s reputations, so she couldn’t take this lightly.

Richard raised his hand to stop her. “No, if we start controlling the situation, it will be

difficult to uncover who is behind all of this. Jenny and Hugo were put in their place to make them lie low for a while. If that’s the case, who is pulling their strings?”

Pearl paused. “You’re right.”

“So what we need to do is make it clear that I’m your boyfriend. Wouldn’t that resolve the issue?” Richard suggested.

Pearl agreed and reached for her phone to post an announcement about officially dating Richard.

But Richard felt it needed to be more memorable. “That’s not good enough. Many people may not pay much attention to something vague. It needs to be something that sticks in their minds.”

at her seriously. “How

felt off to Pearl. “Shouldn’t we discuss this

was about to call Eric when the door suddenly opened, revealing Eric, whom they

Eric placed the bouquet he had brought on the

should thank you because if it weren’t for you, might have

I

me. Richard tried so hard to save you that he nearly

but he had been calm during the rescue. When she woke up, she found him in dry clothes, and he had

was wearing was different from what he

Her eyes welled up with

I didn’t want to tell you,” Richard said in a gentle voice. He was trying to protect his ego; if he had died trying to save her, it would have

from me forever?” Pearl asked. Why would he do that if he couldn’t swim? What if

tone, “No, but I wouldn’t

a deep breath and held back her

feeling about this. “What plan?”