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."

aunt's place is quite far. It'd take us a day to

try flagging down

rushing home

know until we try. Let's give it a shot." Blake wasted no time and stepped forward, attempting to hail a

the passing

consider other options," he conceded, noticing

Blake sighed and made a decision. 'You

at him, puzzled. "Where are

I'll be back soon," Blake replied

pass on her phone, growing increasingly anxious. Nowhere

something risky, Rosalie abandoned the luggage and followed after

more than a few steps, Blake pulled