Pearl immediately understood why Celine was upset.

"Of course not. I just..." Celine was so embarrassed she just wanted to hide in a hole.

"Alright, I'm starving. Can we order now?" Pearl tried to break the awkwardness.

Silas turned and nodded. "Get the server to take our orders then."

The three of them sat there in an uncomfortable silence, and Pearl suddenly realized that inviting them to dinner had been impulsive. She should have just given them a bonus.

Throughout the meal, Celine kept her head down, while Silas continued to stare at Pearl.

Finally, at the end of the difficult dinner, Pearl smiled and waved her phone around. "Check your phones when you get home. I have a surprise for you."

chimed immediately after her

had transferred 150 thousand dollars to her. She had never seen that much money before. She

leaving

him curiously. "Is there something else

a bar. But if you

to go to places like that. They can be dangerous." She was indeed an innocent girl, and she had strict rules for herself about

that, she looked at Silas with a serious face. "You shouldn't go to places like that too, Silas. People who go there aren't good. If something happens, you

said this to sound pure and innocent in

go home." While it was true that there might be some danger at a bar, with her around, no one would dare harm them. But she didn't

you back then," Silas

her home, how would Celine get back to her

Celine and noticed the awkward expression on her face. "You

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