Pearl wasn't expecting that. Why was Winona still so stubborn? This woman was just delusional.
Also, what she meant by the question was about what she had done to her. "Tto face reality. You're fooling yourself if you can't
see the truth."
She worried talking more with Winona, who was too in love to see clearly, might start to influence her own thinking.
As Pearl was about to leave, Winona called out, "I saved your life. Is this how you treat your savior?"
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Pearl turned back, still smiling gently. "Do you really believe you're the one who saved me?"
Winona's eyes widened, surprised and angry that Pearl was twisting the truth. "If | hadn't convinced my grandpa to help you, do
you think you'd be here now? You don't seem grateful."
"lI admit your grandpa did save me, but this doesn't seem to have a lot to do with you?" She knew Winona did contribute a lot to
this, but compared to what she had gone through, it was nothing.
"I'm my grandpa's favorite. If it weren't for me, you'd never have been cured!" Winona wanted to tear apart Pearl's smug look.
"You're right, but who said | wouldn't survive without your grandpa's help?"
Winona was at a loss for words. She realized when they took Pearl to her grandpa, she wasn't sure if there were other ways of
curing her. "But... But Grandpa said he was the only one who could cure you."
Pearl clicked her tongue. "I'm the student of a famous doctor, Simon Freeman. Did you think he would just letdie?"
That old man was dying to get her to take over his job so he could retire. The day she was supposed to go to Jesselton Manor,
Simon had called her about a cure.
She was planning to fly out to see him but got kidnapped that day. She was still confused about how that happened. If she hadn't
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she learned.
Pearl looked at Winona sternly. "Don't be quick to judge others based on what you think you know, or | might just reveal your true
nature to everyone."
Winona had nothing to say.
"Also, I'm only tolerating you because of Howard. If you catagain, | won't hesitate to embarrass him." Pearl smiled and
gently tapped her shoulder. "You should stop losing sleep over a man. It's quite pathetic, you know."