Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Silas smiled when he heard that. "It's because you're the one I fell for. You should know that I've never been interested in marrying anyone until now. Now that I've found someone I want to spend my life with,

they're delighted. They don't really care about who my future wife is."

Pearl felt deflated and stopped trying to dissuade him. Suddenly, the scooter began to stutter and stop intermittently, making her uneasy.

Both Pearl and Silas frowned as they realized the problem.

"It seems like the scooter has run out of battery," Silas noted.

True to his words, the scooter came to a steady halt on the roadside, refusing to budge any further.

It was midnight, and the two of them were stranded by the side of the road.

"You're quite something. You didn't even charge the scooter fully when you planned to pick up a lady after work," Pearl scolded with a mix of anger and laughter.

about you all these days, I would've noticed," Silas retorted

taxi. However, they were stranded in a remote area, with no other vehicles in sight

I'll fire you!" None of this would have

my fault? The scooter ran out of

to question him. "Is

"Yes."

me up from

"Yes."

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defeat since he couldn't argue with her, but he did so with a hint of stubbornness.

feeling helpless. Suddenly, she came up with an idea.

instantly brightened.

I wasn't planning on taking you

the call, a set of bright car headlights shone directly at her and Silas. They were so dazzling that they had to shield