Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl romance Capítulo 294

"Let you go? Pearl, you're my granddaughter. Do you think I'd have the heart to let you live out there?"

Pearl wasn't sure if he had the heart for it, but she found this old man rather extreme and not very pleasant. "I don't need the Jordans to protect me. I'm fine on my own," she retorted.

Ezra scoffed. "You don't need our protection? Then whose protection do you need? The Waldorfs? I heard from the butler that you're engaged to a Waldorf boy. Of all the men out there, you had to choose a Waldorf. Is he good enough for you?"

Pearl had managed to keep her annoyance in check until now, but hearing this, her expression darkened. Ezra was clearly trying to assert his authority by pretending to be concerned.

"Who I'm engaged to is my business. It's the twenty-first century. Are we still supposed to have arranged marriages?" Pearl's tone grew fiercer with each word, shocking everyone present. Besides Blake, she seemed to be the only one willing to challenge Ezra.

"Very well, I'll set that aside for now. Just promise me that you'll stay here for the time being."

Confine her? Pearl had expected this outcome, so she replied with a pained expression, "No, I have other things to attend to, so I can't stay here."

Ezra wouldn't tolerate anyone questioning his decisions. "Pearl, if you comply, that Waldorf boy will be safe." His tone was calm, but the threat was clear. He was threatening her with Richard again.

Pearl was well aware of the Jordan family's influence, which extended to both the police and the criminal underworld. No one would dare challenge the old man's power.

She stared at him, then nodded.

Ezra's satisfaction was evident as he chuckled, praising Pearl for her understanding.

Blake, on the other hand, began to feel impatient. "If there's nothing else, can we leave now? Is there a need for such a fuss to welcome this woman back?"