Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Pearl laughed a little when she heard the word 'love'. "Hugo, do you really think you love me? You've been doing all this for yourself. You're thinking only about what you want, trying to get the family's money. You tried to make Richard look bad, and now you say you likejust because you don't like him. It's been so long, why can't you understand that?" Hugo didn't really want to hear it and just muttered under his breath. "Bullsh*t, bullsh*t, bullsh*t! I did this all for you. I want us to be together without any problems." "You can't force happiness. Haven't you ever heard that before?" Hugo laughed. "Don't tellwhat to do. I'm going to try anyway, just to see if it makeshappy." Hugo had utterly lost his mind. He wasn't listening to reason anymore.

Seeing his assistant about to faint from fear, Pearl spoke more gently. "Do you really love me?" Hugo was caught off guard by her question and just nodded. "I do." "If you do, would you chooseover her?" Pearl gestured toward his assistant, who was very scared and crying a lot.

Hugo looked like he wanted to say yes but then pressed the knife closer to her neck. "I don't trust you. You must be planning something." Pearl didn't know how to react. "What can I possibly do? Look, I'm not holding anything dangerous." She turned around to show she was unarmed. "I'm worried about her. She's scared, so please stop frightening her." She made a good point.

Pearl slowly walked toward him, but Richard suddenly held her back, ne looking worried. "Don't go near him.

He's not thinking straight, soche might hurt you." Św"It'll be fine. I think he might still listen to me. Pearl knew Hugo's feelings for her weren't real, and he was more interested in getting back at Richard, but she felt Hugo e wouldn't hurt her because of his feelings. Richard slowly let go of her wrist, watching as she approached Hugo.

As soon as she got close, Hugo pushed his assistant aside and held the knife to Pearl's neck instead. Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

The assistant, now free, stumbled into Sean's arms.

"Okay, Hugo. How are you feeling?" Pearl asked calmly, not scared by the knife.

Hugo was surprised she was even asking, given the situation. "Aren't you scared?" His voice sounded weak.

"No, you said you love me, right? If that's true, you wouldn't hurt me. So why should I be scared?" Pearl smiled warmly.