Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 525

Pearl found herself in a dilemma. On one hand, there were real leads about her mother’s whereabouts; on the other, they had been preparing for this engagement party for a long time.

She lowered her gaze and remained silent.

“Rick, look, even Pearl is tempted. You shouldn’t stop her.” Hugo raised his brow, confident that Pearl would choose what worked best for her.

“Richard, I really want to follow up on this clue,” Pearl finally spoke, her face troubled. “Can we proceed with our engagement after I find the answers?”

Richard looked at her with a mix of concern and determination. “Alright, but there’s no need for any trouble. We’ll go back to our engagement, and I’ll have my men extract the information from him.”

Hugo’s smile disappeared. What? While they enjoyed their engagement, he would be subjected to torture? What a joke!

Hugo raised his hand, and a few burly men appeared behind him. “I wanted to take the easy way, but you’re leaving me with no choice.”

outnumbered, and Hugo believed his men could overpower them.

“Get them!”

said calmly, showing no signs of fear. He gestured, and a

“It seems we’re

trying to keep up his bravado.

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you intend to kidnap someone, you should have brought more people. Not only did you fail, but you’re also

Pearl said that, a new

was shocked. Who were these people?

matched?” Pearl lazily looked at Hugo, and seeing how worried he looked,

heart dropped because he

engagement,” Pearl declared, determined not to let this delay ruin their special day. With such a

alive. Do whatever you want with the rest.” Their fate would be determined by their ability to withstand