Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

"You're getting married so quickly?" Pearl mumbled almost to herself.

"Yeah, I'm getting married next month. Do you want to come?"

In Pearl's mind, marriage had always seemed like a distant topic. She and Richard had agreed to get engaged first, and they would only marry after Pearl found her mother.

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Seeing the wedding invitation now, she felt a sense of loss and melancholy. "Oh, I won't go."

Pearl had been considering if Richard was protecting her exclusively, but the harsh reality shattered her fantasies. His relationship with his fiancee was good, so of course he was too busy to care about Pearl. She silently scolded herself for her misplaced hopes, realizing she had been fooling herself.

"Alright." Richard ended that topic.

parked the car, Pearl opened the door and hurried out despite the

moved Richard. "It's raining outside. Take the

but I'll be fine." Pearl shook her head and held the documents securely. Then, she braved

followed

turned around with a gloomy expression, the black

words. She didn't argue but replied gently,

felt like they were

awkwardness that followed made it hard for Silas to say anything more. He silently extended the umbrella to

the car, their awkwardness reached its

distanced herself from him, but she hadn't, so the umbrella didn't provide much protection, leaving

body, Silas couldn't bear it. He grabbed a piece of clothing