Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Word got around fast. Hugo wasted no time in meddling with the situation as soon as he recovered. Pearl sighed in relief. Luckily, she met Sean earlier. Otherwise, Hugo would have beaten her to it. "Should I take this call?" Sean asked, holding his phone and seeking Pearl's opinion.

Pearl nodded. "Go ahead. Let's see what he wants."

Sean answered the call once Pearl agreed. "Hello. Why are you calling me?"

"I heard you and Richard had a falling out?" Hugo asked tentatively.

"There's no such thing. Where did you hear that from?" Sean deliberately put the call on speaker so Pearl could listen.

"You don't have to hide it from me. If you're on my side, I'll treat you well." Hugo laughed casually, sounding very confident.

frustrated as he rubbed his hair. "I already told you, there's no falling out. I don't know where you're getting this information. Leave me alone." Then, he hung up. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of

Sean an admiring look. "Nice! I didn't expect you to handle

some accurate information, but Sean shut him

honest," Sean said, waving his

I'm relieved. Looks like I didn't come here for nothing." Pearl grinned and patted Sean's shoulders, but

Richard won't be too happy if he finds out you've been

hinted at his recent intimate moments with the woman. Her cheeks flushed at

nervous reaction gave Sean a strange idea. "You and Rick... Don't tell me

sentence, Pearl interrupted him, her

to do something!" Sean's smile faded as a thought occurred to him.

her eyes, not bothering to explain further. "Okay, that's it.