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Icily, Richard turned Abby down. “No, I’m not hungry. Go grab a bite on your own.”
Abby sensed that she should leave, given Richard’s sour mood, so she hastily got up and left.
The room was quiet again.
Richard instinctively reached for his phone and attempted to call Pearl, but he was met with surprise when he discovered that her contact no longer existed.
Stunned, a pang grabbed his heart, momentarily setting aside his internal turmoil. He dialed Hugo’s number and asked him to take over for Pearl before heading to the company.
Normally, Pearl would have been at the company by that time, diligently attending to her work. However, upon arriving at the company, Richard received a call from the HR department.
“Mister Richard, I received a call from Miss Pearl just now. She requested to resign and has already sent her formal resignation letter via email.”
When Richard checked his email, he found Pearl’s formal and cold resignation letter. It made him realize that she had really disappeared.
In a state of disbelief, he reached out to Wayne, but Wayne’s tone on the phone was impatient. “Mister Richard, did you call me to discuss our next season’s collaboration?”
Richard replied solemnly, “No, I’d like to ask you where Pearl is.”
“Pearl?” Wayne snorted. “Isn’t she staying at your place, Mister Richard? I don’t know where she is or what she’s even thinking.”
Richard was struck speechless.
“Alright, I’ll end the call if there’s nothing else. You’re always too busy with work to talk about anything else with me.” With that, Wayne hung up abruptly.
At that moment, Pearl’s voice chimed in, surprising Wayne. “Bravo! Tonight, you’re having a drink with me.”
Startled, Wayne nearly dropped his phone. “Miss Pearl, please spare me from joining you for a drink. I’ll get exhausted.”
“You don’t want to?” Pearl narrowed her eyes and sounded a little dangerous.
Being threatened out of the blue, Wayne broke into a cold sweat. “No, I want to. Absolutely!”
He couldn’t offend her, fearing that she might torture him with several dangerous tasks.
“Okay, let’s go now!” Pearl made up her mind and dragged him to a bar. She deliberately avoided Dark Bar, which she frequented to avoid running into Richard.
“It’s unnecessary. Richard wouldn’t come to the bar to drink because his mother is critically ill in the hospital.”
Pearl gulped down her wine. “Yeah, but he still thinks I’m the culprit.”
Wayne widened his eyes. “He looks so smart. But why is he so stupid at such a critical time? You would never
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do that kind of thing. Alas, does he really like you? Why does he doubt you every day?”
Playing with her wine glass, Pearl smiled. “I have no idea myself. He sees me as a culprit, even if it’s an
accident.”
“Then why did he look for you?”
Tilting her head, Pearl’s eyes lit up as she sipped her drink. “Maybe… he’s afraid that I’ll run away.”
“Pfft…” Wayne nearly spat out his wine.
How could Pearl say that?
