Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Howard and Pearl looked at the door, and the pill Howard was holding dropped to the floor.

Pearl couldn't hide her smirk. She didn't expect Wayne to arrive so quickly and at the perfect moment.

Seeing everything was under control, Wayne stood aside.

Richard entered slowly, scanning the room before his eyes landed on Pearl. His intense look turned into a frown, signaling trouble. "I can't believe you'd do something like this, Mister Howard." Howard, feeling safe in his own house surrounded by his own security measures, was not immediately concerned. Belongs to © n0velDrama.Org.

"Did you think the few useless men outside could stop us?" Howard's confidence wavered. "What did you do to them?" "I took care of them. They weren't a challenge." Despite the turn of events, Howard remained defiant. "You're in my house. Aren't you worried about what I might do to her?" Realizing Pearl was close by, Howard thought about taking her as a hostage.

"What can you possibly do to me?" Before Howard could make his move, Pearl stood up, free from her ropes, looking at him with a smirk. "Did you really think I'm that weak?" Howard was shocked. "How?" Pearl stretched and shrugged. "I'm good with medicine. Whatever you gavedidn't work on me." Howard couldn't believe the drug was futile against her. He spent decades on it, yet this woman who was barely in her twenties said that to him? Despite this, Howard was curious. "The I is Simdicine I used to weaken y bet you is similar to this one, so why did it work then but not now?" wontent With a satisfied smile, Pearl revealed, "I was just pretending back then to see what you would do next." Howard realized he was outplayed.

Checking the ropes on her wrists, he was frustrated. "I personally tied you up. How did you escape? Did someone-" Pearl interrupted, "I'm sorry, I've turned your people around." Howard's eyes went wide. "Daisy? No way. I drugged her so she wouldn't listen to you." Daisy, thin yet noticeable, got up from the corner. "Please, stop this. I've tried to stop you all these years but never could. You never listened to me. As my mentor, I'm going to ask you one more time, hoping you'll change." Howard, now furious, threatened, "I'm warning you, Daisy, I won't give you the antidote!" Pearl looked at him with pity. "No need for that, Mister Howard. I can make the antidote myself." Realizing his defeat and the extent of his downfall, Howard collapsed to the floor.