Chapter 1354

"Mister Luther?"

Darius kept looking at his computer screen. Pearl tapped on his head lightly. "Time for bed, okay?"

Darius nodded quietly. Just as he was about to leave the room, he turned around and asked, "Can I skip school tomorrow?"

"Do you want me to go instead?" Pearl replied, forcing a smile and holding up her hand as if to stop him from saying more.

Darius quickly retreated to his room.

Once Darius was settled for bed, Pearl checked her phone and found a message from Luther.

[Where are you? I'm at the restaurant.]

Luther that she was already home.

Luther sounded concerned, his voice nearly drowned out by background noise. "I'm sorry, I'm already at home. I forgot to let you know," Pearl explained, feeling

person, and despite everything, he was always caring. He hadn't changed at all in the four years she'd known

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wouldn't see Richard for a while. To her surprise, he was waiting at

he just sat there. Pearl jumped when

are you doing

stretching his legs.

Were you stalking me?" Pearl asked, her tone

tired. "No, I wasn't stalking you. I just have my ways to

speechless. It felt too much like

telling Richard about their secret deal the previous night. He couldn't even look Richard in the eye,

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