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.]

to tell Luther that she was already home. Unsure

responded. After a slight pause, she answered. "Where are you?" 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 guilty. "That's okay. I'm just relieved you're safe. I'll head home

Luther. She couldn't see him as a scheming person, and despite everything, he was always caring. He hadn't

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while. To her surprise, he was waiting at her doorstep when

didn't knock; he just sat there.

you

stood up, stretching his legs. "Let me drive

out where I live? Were you

just have my ways to find out things,"

It felt too much like

behind Pearl. He remembered telling Richard about their secret deal the previous night. He couldn't

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