Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 804

Hearing her mother's name left Pearl stunned. She took a deep breath, trying to keep her impatience in check despite Hugo's threats. "What do you know? Tell me."

Hugo continued to play coy, clearly not eager to reveal any information. "I've told you already. If you want to know, come meet me in person."

Naturally, Pearl didn't trust his words because he had a reputation for deceit. "I'll just assume you're lying then." Without hesitation, she ended the call, starting an internal countdown.

Three. Two. One.

Her phone rang again, and she picked it up to hear Hugo's irritated voice. "Alright, you win."

Pearl smirked. "Tell me."

wasn't about to make it easy. He countered with a

gotten along well abroad, and it seemed like they were growing closer. Pearl, however, had become cold and distant when she returned to her homeland, treating Hugo as an enemy. Had she been pretending all

used my mother to manipulate me when we were abroad, so I played along. But now, my mother has disappeared.

that her mother had disappeared because she knew

stunned Hugo, but he eventually

Pearl became confused. "What?"

is the key to strengthening our relationship, I will find her," Hugo declared

see it." Pearl shrugged helplessly. But at that moment, she realized the truth. "So, you were lying

had almost fallen

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