Pearl acted quickly, even faster than her words. In an instant, she grabbed the important documents nearby and held them close to her chest. Then, she hurriedly dashed into Richard's car. Her speed surprised Richard.

"Don't forget to pitch in for the cleaning later. The rain from your clothes got inside my car." Richard calmly and shamelessly asked her for money.

Pearl pursed her lips. "It's just a little rain. You don't have to charge me for that."

Her improved opinion of him disappeared instantly. Richard was still the ruthless businessman who tried to haggle over everything.

"It's better to keep things fair."

For some reason, Pearl sensed a hidden message in his words. Moreover, he stared at her as if he wanted to settle something.

Since something seemed off, Pearl quickly changed the subject. "By the way, what brought you here?"

and turned it around. "I had some business

was still a little

you always appear out of nowhere whenever I

soon as she said that, she regretted it. What

expected, Richard remained silent because of her

cursed herself, thinking she should have kept her mouth

Richard said calmly,

did

intentions. She stared at the raindrops outside the window, trying to divert her attention and appear less significant to ease the

maybe? Was Richard implying that he had

up and spoke with a mix of seriousness and conflict, "Mister Richard, I understand that we were once a couple with our differences. I might

his words and thought Pearl

in a

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