Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 868

Pearl smiled, but she averted her gaze to the scenery by the lake.

"So, Miss Pearl, how do you plan to make it up to me?" Richard asked, squeezing her hand against his chest.

"I don't know. Don't ask me." Although Pearl had said so, she could feel his strong heartbeat through the thick clothes.

She wondered if Richard was nervous. Or was he moved?

"But | want to know now." Richard wanted an answer there and then.

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Blushing, Pearl glanced around, noticing curious onlookers. "Con, let go. People are watching," she urged.

Naturally, Richard wasn't about to let her go that easily. He swallowed hard, observing her embarrassed expression.

In the midst of their close encounter, he suddenly drew her into a firm embrace. He said softly, "I know that your mother has passed away."

Pearl's smile faded as she stiffened in his arms.

"You're very sad, aren't you?"

Speechless, Pearl nestled against him, her emotions overwhelming her. "I'm not very sad," she lied, rubbing against him for comfort.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Pearl sniffed. Her nose turned red from the coldness of the late autumn. "I didn't think it was necessary to tell you. It would just make you upset.”

Richard gently turned her to face him, looking deep into her eyes. "But does keeping it to yourself make you happy?"

Pearl looked down, trying to hide the emotion in her eyes. "No, it doesn't. But | didn't want to burden you, especially under those circumstances.”

Richard's frustration grew at her noble reasoning. "You matter the most to me. How could | be happy knowing you're unhappy?"

Pearl softly mumbled, "I know that.”

"Then you should've shared it with me. Got it?"

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Hearing his words, Pearl felt she was a little pretentious. She nodded quietly, tears threatening to spill. "Understood."

"So, can you telleverything now?" Richard's earnest gaze met hers once more. He realized this might reopen her wounds, but his intention was

to heal her, not just to uncover her pain.

"Okay."

Pearl took his hand and led him to a nearby step by the river, where she recounted recent events in detail.

As he listened, Richard's fists clenched at Beah's actions. Pearl had endured so much pain and injustice. It must have weighed heavily on her.