Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl Novel novel Chapter 1146

"My mom's doing fine now, but..." Pearl hesitated, and Susan immediately asked, "What's the matter? But what?"

Seeing Susan's anxious expression, Pearl decided not to tell her. She would wait until Richard came back that evening to tell her.

"It's nothing serious, just some work delays these past few days," Pearl casually lied, deceiving Susan.

Susan immediately looked stern. "What kind of work matters more than your mom's health?"

"I got it, Mom."

Susan sighed and said, "Bring your mom over when you have time. I have something to discuss with her." There was guilt in her eyes when she said this, perhaps still thinking about things that happened decades ago.

"Okay."

*

When Richard returned, he noticed that Pearl had no intention of talking to him and that her tone was indifferent. He found this strange.

After dinner, they returned to their room, but Pearl sat on the bed and refused to talk.

"What's wrong? Why have you been in a bad mood since you came back from the hospital?" Richard suspected something had happened there, so he patiently asked, "Please tell me."

"I met someone at the hospital today who looks a lot like you," Pearl spoke slowly, carefully observing his face.

Richard paused for a moment, then smiled. "There are so many people in the world who look alike, so it's normal to meet someone like that."