Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

For the past twenty years, Pearl hadn't managed to locate her mother even once.

"So the bottom line is, they're both missing, right?"

Pearl nodded, trying to steady her emotions.

"I'll get my people to search for them right away." Hugo's mood was sour as well. Losing both Beah and Gigi meant he would lose any leverage he had over Pearl. The loss of control made him uneasy.

"It's fine. I'll find them on my own." Pearl took a deep breath, confident that Beah would return to their home country. She was certain Beah would prefer to die there rather than be left in a foreign land. Hugo sneered. "How do you plan to find them? You're not as familiar with this country as I am."

Pearl gave him a cold look. "Who said I intend to stay here?"

harbored a sinister thought. "You mean you're

a sense of superiority. "There's nothing you can do to threaten me now. Where I go is none of

He remained calm, showing no signs of panic or frustration, just smiling

well, I'll go back with

man before her was somewhat unhinged. Although he wasn't

her spine, and she turned to leave. She needed to keep her distance from this man; he didn't appear to be someone she could easily deal

Hugo's cheerful voice called out from behind her. "See you

attire, seemed

and sunglasses, keeping a vigilant eye on her surroundings. Despite her long absence abroad, she hadn't forgotten that she was officially declared

scanned the area, searching for a familiar license plate. When she spotted the discreet black Maybach parked

removed her jacket. "It's so hot! I didn't expect it to