Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 1390

Pearl gently rubbed her sore neck, which had turned a bright red, and coughed. "Luther, I know it's hard for you to accept who you really are."

Luther looked up, a smirk playing on his lips. "What do you think you know about me? You know nothing. Ever since I was five, when my mom died, I've been on my own. Agnes felt so guilty for not being able to save her that she gave me a lot of money. But she also warned me to never go back to Enswood.

"Even though I had several hundred thousand dollars in savings, I was just a kid. When my mother's relatives found out, they wanted to take me in, but I knew they were just after my money.

"I ended up living with my uncle instead. But do you have any idea what my life was like with him? He was a drunk who often lost his temper. He never wanted to hit his own son, so he took out his anger on me instead."

Luther gave a hollow laugh and rolled up his sleeve, revealing a long, ugly scar. "This one came from a time he attacked me with a butcher's knife. I lost so much blood that I passed out. Realizing I might actually die, he panicked and took me to a small clinic. They just wrapped up the wound without cleaning it properly, and it got infected. I almost lost my arm because of that."

the

much he beat me, I never gave him my bank account PIN.

was handsome and wanted me to be their

sadness on his face

found out he would sneak into my room and do disgusting things to me." Luther took a deep breath, the memories of his past causing his heart to ache. Pearl couldn't bear to

off. Then, a sudden memory seemed to lighten his mood, and he

in his tone, but she

the house on fire to make my escape, and they burned to death. I

eyes and felt deep sorrow

"After that, I used the money I had to build my power until no one dared to bully me anymore. I learned that the