Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Pearl raised her head and objected, "Richard, I won't apologize to her today. If you insist on getting involved, don't blame me for forgetting about our past."

Richard snorted, his tone ambiguous. "Do we even have a past to hold onto?"

Pearl couldn't help but chuckle. It was evident that Richard had moved on and no longer cared about their history.

"It's okay, Rick. I'll let it go. My father always taught me to be kind and gentle. Let's forget about this." Winona had enjoyed the heated exchange, but she now played the role of a peacemaker. "My cheek hurts terribly right now. Could you accompany me to the hospital?"

She subtly made it seem like Pearl was being unreasonable, causing the latter to scoff. "Funny coincidence! My dad always taught me to stand up for myself when treated unfairly."

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Richard's shoulder and spoke softly, "Rick, I'll

stern glance around before addressing the director in a cold tone. "Waldorf Enterprises will withdraw its investment from this film." With

for a long moment. If Waldorf Enterprises pulled their funding from the film, it meant Winona would no

lose the 15 million investment and

as he had never anticipated such a turn of events. "Miss Pearl, why did you let this escalate like that?" Finding a new

15 million," Pearl declared confidently. She stepped forward assertively, garnering the attention of everyone

you want to invest in the film?" The director found

think this through.

had never done something like this before in Esther's memory. She wondered if Pearl was acting out of anger because of Richard

earlier and believed that if they