Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Knitting her brows, Pearl whispered, “It’s just a misunderstanding.”

Susan erupted in anger. “It’s fine if you don’t fancy any of my sons, but why did you secretly go out dati

ng with other men after you agreed to spend some time with them? Pearl, you’ve let Dustan down.”

Pearl knew that Dustan would be disappointed if she did not make things clear.

“Given the evidence, it’s better if you just admit to it.” Mobius, having long despised Pearl’s indifference,

cracked a sneer. I’ll forgive you if you get the hell out of here now.”

Pearl shook her head in denial “It’s not what you think. That man was my senior.”

Senior? Who was she trying to fool?

Moblus gave Pearl an icy stare. “But you two seemed so close. Stop denying it.”

Dustan frowned. He asked Pearl calmly, “Pea, is this true? Did you really go on a date with

Pearl interrupted, “Mister Dustan, that man is just my senior. I can call him if you don’t trust me.”

Her suggestion made Susan smile. “What can you prove with a call? You can make up stories with him

to fool us,”

Pearl found the issue hard to resolve since they would not believe her.

Suddenly, Hanzel exclaimed in surprise as he scrolled through his social media feed, “Look Someone p

osted an article.”

It was posted by an Aflusian Crieque that looked just like the man in the photograph.

[I have a fiancee and am engaged to marry her this June. Pearl Leighton is my junior, and my teacher a

sked me to take care of her. Ladies and gentlemen, please don’t make a big issue out of this, and watc Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

h your tongue. Stop making things difficult for her.]

As a famous person who won a lot of awards abroad, no one dared to refute Dimitri’s words. Hence, th

e trend of the event changed, and some started making

guesses about who snapped the photograph and wanted to plot against Pearl.

Susan’s anger subsided. She glanced at Pearl. “Pearl, L…”

Dustan flashed Pearl a satisfactory smile. “I knew I wasn’t wrong about you. Pea, I’m sorry for the troub

le.”

Nodding, Pearl smiled. “Thank you for believing in me, Mister Dustan ”

The embarrassed Mobius muttered stubbornly, “I’m sorry, but I still dislike you.”

“I don’t need you to like me but please don’t slander me ever again,” Pearl said firmly as she looked at

Clenching his fists, he retorted, “Don’t push your luck.”

“All right, it’s over. Stop talking about this.” Dustan waved to stop Mobius from saying more.

As the others left, Richard stayed put. He had felt mixed feelings as he watched Pearl handle the issue c

Noticing his gaze, Pearl smiled at him with her head tilted. “Did you think I went on a date with that guy t

Richard did not reply. Even if he was bothered by it, he could not confirm she had done it.

His reaction made Pearl fake a smile.