Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 538

The driver began to wonder if this lady had been dumped, thinking about the hundred–dollar fare he had received.

As Pearl returned to the Waldorf Residence, darkness had already fallen. All the residents were fast asleep, except for Richard, whose room still emitted a warm glow of light.

Entering the room, Pearl found it unoccupied. She turned to leave but collided with a solid chest as she took a step backward.

Looking up, she found Richard standing before her, not looking particularly pleased. He carried the scent of cigarettes, and Pearl immediately realized what had happened.

“You went to the bar?” she inquired.

Richard nodded and didn’t say anything.

Pearl hesitated before continuing, “You saw everything?”

at her, an unsettling intensity in

here,” he instructed calmly, then walked into the bathroom.

the air, and Pearl slowly made her way to Richard’s bed, where she took a seat,

She wasn’t sure how to explain, and even if she did, it might

herself for whatever punishment

of splashing water ceased after a while. The bathroom door opened, and

his face, traced a path over his abs, and eventually

you seducing me?” Pearl gulped, her face breaking into a silly

amusing. He took a few steps closer and tilted her chin up. “Who do you think looks better, him or

even have to think about it. “You, of course.”

nodded and smiled. “Good, you get a kiss as a reward.” He leaned down and planted a kiss

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“Pearl started to speak, but he didn’t stop. Instead, he deepened the kiss

it difficult to breathe, so she thumped lightly at his chest. “Enough,