Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Richard's jealousy seemed out of place, but Pearl didn't argue since he was clearly upset. She quietly put up with the painful bite and thought to herself how much it hurt.

"Don't comfort him anymore. If he can't move on, that's his problem," Richard said, his eyes reflecting his unhappiness even in the darkness.

"Come on, don't be like that. He's your brother, and I'm his sister-in-law. How could I just watch him struggle?" Pearl tried to reason with him.

Richard seemed to relax a bit at her words. "I get that he sees you as his sister-in-law, but you two should still keep some distance," he said, reminding her that even family members need their boundaries. "Alright, I understand. Let's head back. It's late, and we should get some sleep," Pearl suggested, wanting to end the conversation on a positive note.

Richard nodded, and they walked back to the house hand in hand.

they didn't live there. Hanzel was visibly annoyed when he found out Pearl was using his room, but his complaints fell on deaf

he now seemed more lighthearted and silly around Feather, which

was nice to see both of them influencing

Richard was up early,

Pearl had the luxury of sleeping in, but now things were different. Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ Find

without a second thought, finding her bathed in the morning sunlight, looking peaceful

Pearl opened her eyes to Richard's close presence and screamed in surprise. "What are you doing?" she exclaimed, caught off guard by his sudden

back, trying to

the morning? Who said you could come into my room?" Pearl, still adjusting to her new surroundings, was both annoyed at being woken up and flustered by the intimacy. "Do you think this is inappropriate for us?" Richard

underlying issue, Pearl remembered they were married. "Ah, right.