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-”

assistant. “Tell him to handle it

affair.

and indifferent

contemplation, his assistant

breathe. He couldn’t shake

the news of Pearl’s sudden death had stirred something in him. The lively Pearl had vanished, and he

seemed like

surge of anger had consumed him when he learned of Pearl’s impending engagement just seven days ago. He wondered why she agreed to the marriage willingly as reported in the

were

to confront her, but the newspaper article had derailed his plans. Nonetheless,

like he had lost something

clicked on a website to book a plane ticket to

“Pearl…”

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