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-”

at his assistant. “Tell him to

was no trivial affair. He

moment, Richard seemed detached and indifferent to the world around him.

his assistant turned and

if struggling to breathe. He couldn’t

The lively Pearl had vanished, and he couldn’t articulate

have been indifferent, but it seemed like he

engagement just seven days ago. He wondered why she agreed

expected, women were heartless and

had contemplated going to Bodgow to confront her, but the newspaper article had derailed his plans. Nonetheless, he couldn’t quite understand his own emotions, as if some kind of immense

felt like he had lost something

to book a plane ticket to

“Pearl…”

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