Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl romance Capítulo 540

"Hold on, Richard," Pearl spoke. "I don't know anything."

He paused.

"If you don't know anything, then your hacking skills would be wasted." Richard smiled.

Pearl rolled her eyes. "Then why didn't you tell me? Why wait for me to expose you?"

Pearl was aware that Richard was the mastermind behind the rumors, and his engagement proposal was a strategy to quell them. It was a plan he concocted because he wanted to be engaged to her.

She had asked Feather to investigate it, but her suspicions were confirmed: Richard had orchestrated it all!

Richard's eyes darkened. "I couldn't just tell you. You might have delayed it further. I wanted to get this over with and be engaged to you as soon as possible."

He knew that if he followed Pearl's timeline, he would have to wait for a long time. Eric's presence had made him realize the urgency of marrying Pearl before their relationship faced any more threats.

"But you played along and agreed, didn't you?"

Hearing that, Pearl blushed and hid under the blanket.

*

Pearl wasn't feeling well for the next few days, so she stayed home and delegated all her work to Wayne and Clem.

Clem was in a great mood and immediately sent Esther, who was freshly engaged, to the filming set. He also managed to locate Hanzel, who had been difficult to find, and put him to work on another show while they were still the talk of the town.

While Susan continued persuading her to take the supplements, Pearl suddenly remembered something. "Aunt Susan, you knew my parents, right? I'd like to learn more about my mom."

Pearl saw Susan's eyes darting as her smile disappeared, and she started worrying. Was this a sensitive topic? She remembered the heated arguments between Dustan and Susan regarding her mom, so she approached the matter carefully.

"If you don't want to talk about it, I won't press," Pearl assured her.

Susan sighed. "It's not that. I'll tell you if you want to know."

"Really? Thank you, Aunt Susan!" Pearl sat up attentively, ready to listen to Susan's story.

"Your mom and I were close friends. But…"