Pearl was a little uncertain at this point. She understood how cruel the experiment would be, so she wouldn't be able to accept it if her biological mother was used as a test subject.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHoward could see the hesitation in her eyes and walked over, then tapped her shoulder as he usually would. He even sounded friendlier now. "Pearl, you're my student, so I won't want to do anything to make you sad. However, you should know that my granddaughter has been wronged, and if something happens to her, I would be a shto the family." This sounded like advice, but it was all for his own benefit. Pearl knew that, but she couldn't say anything when all he said were facts.
"I know you might not be able to accept this immediately, and I might be lying to you, but I can't do anything if you don't believe me." Pearl's eyes flickered. "I believe you." "Good, good." Richard's face looked cold as ice, shooting a glare at him. "Anything else you want to bring up?" "Not for now. I only have one condition, and it's for you to split up with Pearl and marry Winona." There wasn't room for negotiation. Pearl lowered her head and didn't say anything.
"I know you won't be able to deal with this now, so I'll give you three days. Showthat you've gotten a divorce after that." Howard then checked his watch. "It's getting late. I should send you hif you have nothing else to add." "It's fine, we'll get hby ourselves." Richard couldn't hold his anger anymore. But he didn't want to make a mistake, so he just grabbed Pearl's hand and left.
Howard wasn't offended, but the butler thought the two young people were rude.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"There's nothing rude about it. You might not be as calm as they are in this situation." The butler was annoyed. "I don't understand. You saved Pearl, yet her way of thanking you was to work with that man to fryour granddaughter." In his eyes, Pearl was an ungrateful woman. S "Indeed, they did something wrong. But did you know Winona tried to break their relationship apart?" Howard hadn't spoken to anyone et else ina long time, so he was tired. "Unfortunately, I'm Winona's grandpa, so I have to be on her side." "Richard is right. If you force him to marry Miss Winona, she might not be happy either." Howard rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on. "If Winona missed her chance with the person she loved she wouldn't be happy either Sometimes, the things we miss in the past would haunt us for life if that's the case, why not let her figure things out for herself?" "You've thought about everything." The butler understood what he meant.
"Alright, it's getting late. Let's head home." After leaving, Pearl and Richard remained silent, with neither of them bringing up the incident.
They went back to Waldorf Residence, hand in hand as if they just finished work. However, they saw someone standing in front of their gate looking around, as if she was waiting for someone.
When Pearl walked over, Esther lept into her arms.
"Pearl! I have something to tell you!" Looking at her expression, Pearl smiled and patted her head. "What's the rush? Just tellanything. Why did you have to call the way here?"