Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 524

“Tell me what you want,” Pearl said, not bothering to be polite with Hugo.

Hugo looked at her and grinned mysteriously. “Don’t you know what I want? Break up with Richard, and I’ll tell you everything.”

Pearl’s expression became exaggerated. “You’ve gone to great lengths to be the heir to the Waldorf estate. What’s the point of all this?”

“You wouldn’t understand. I simply despise Richard. If you break up with him, he’ll be heartbroken, and I love seeing him in pain. The more miserable he is, the happier I am.” Hugo couldn’t help but feel a surge of delight as he imagined how devastated Richard would be after their breakup.

“Forget it if that’s your reason,” Pearl retorted, shaking her head. She had no intention of letting this pointless clue jeopardize her love life.

Finding her mother was important, but not at the cost of her relationship with Richard.

As Pearl turned to leave, Hugo dropped a heavy bombshell. “But your mother is on the brink of death. Aren’t you curious to know where she is?”

his words.

and break up with

head, conflicted and

scene. He had seen Hugo trying to manipulate Pearl from the moment he got

cold and filled with anger. Threatening Pearl

him, her voice trembling as she explained, “I didn’t run away on

hadn’t fallen for Hugo’s tricks, or Richard would have been

said as he

I knew

you when we get back.”

Richard’s words were like a death

he had powerful backing. Richard, what a coincidence

nodded. “If you keep luring Pearl out and playing your little games, next time, when you’re thrown out, it won’t be on some remote road but right