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-”

him to handle

was no trivial affair.

moment, Richard seemed detached and indifferent to

contemplation, his assistant turned

spacious office, Richard loosened his tie as if struggling to breathe. He couldn’t

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

have been indifferent, but it seemed like he cared more than he would admit.

He wondered why she agreed to the marriage willingly as reported in the news, since she had claimed that she wholeheartedly loved him.

expected, women were heartless and fickle.

the newspaper article had derailed his plans. Nonetheless, he couldn’t quite

had lost something important…

to book a plane ticket

“Pearl…”

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