Chapter 609

Fury welled up inside Richard as he read the newspaper on the table.

He found it utterly unbelievable.

Pearl had been alive and well just over ten days ago. How could she have suddenly fallen seriously ill and quietly passed away in such a short time?

Richard couldn’t bring himself to believe it, or perhaps he didn’t want to.

His assistant, noticing his grim expression, hesitated to speak.

After a long pause, Richard crumpled the newspaper into a ball and tossed it into the trash bin. The once tense and oppressive atmosphere in the room instantly dissipated.

“Mister Richard, the manager-”

his assistant. “Tell him to handle it on his

was no trivial affair. He wondered if Richard really wanted the manager to handle

that moment, Richard seemed detached and

brief contemplation, his assistant turned and

his tie as if struggling to breathe. He couldn’t shake off the unsettling

something in him. The lively Pearl had vanished, and he couldn’t articulate the strange emptiness

seemed like he cared more than he would admit.

of Pearl’s impending engagement just seven days ago. He wondered why she agreed to the marriage willingly as

were heartless and fickle.

Nonetheless, he couldn’t quite understand his own emotions, as

like he had lost

he clicked on a website to book a plane ticket to Bodgow.

“Pearl…”

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