Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 1246

Startled by the sudden presence, Rosalie nearly lost her balance. Turning around, she found herself face to face with the security guard, who had somehow managed to sneak up on her and was poised to pull her down from the wall

"You're quite the troublemaker, aren't you? I told you not to leave, yet here you are, climbing over the wall."

With the guard closing in, Rosalie shut her eyes, took a deep breath, and leaped. True to his word, Blake caught her securely.

"What's the matter with you two? I told you to stop, but you're still trying to leave?" The guard panted from behind the wall. "Get back here!"

Blake had no intention of obeying. He picked up their luggage, grabbed Rosalie's hand, and ran off

"You brats!" The guard's voice faded into the distance.

Now that they had left the neighborhood, the next challenge was to get a taxi to Rosalie's aunt's house. Standing by the roadside, observing the sparse traffic, Blake grew impatient. "Why don't we walk? Public transportation isn't operational during the epidemic."

It'd take us a day to walk, and we have all

try flagging down a

"I doubt that'll work. Everyone's rushing home now, and no one will

know until we try. Let's give it a shot." Blake wasted no time

the passing

we can't hail one, we'll have to consider other options," he conceded, noticing Rosalie

made a decision. 'You keep an eye on the

puzzled. "Where are you off

it. I'll be back soon," Blake replied and

the roadside with her luggage, Rosalie watched the time pass on her phone, growing increasingly anxious. Nowhere felt safe anymore. Where had

that Blake was doing something risky, Rosalie abandoned the luggage and followed after

few steps, Blake pulled up in a flashy Maybach, leaving