Mysterious Mr.Richard novel Chapter 75

The atmosphere between Richard and Pearl turned a bit awkward, so Pearl tried changing the topic once again. "Are Bonny and Brandon still here in campus? I'm sorry, and I'll pick them up now."

"Ted took them for lunch. Do you know what time is it now? How could you leave the kids starving. Are you still their mom?" Richard answered coldly.

Hearing this, Pearl didn't refute.

Richard had been acting very indifferent towards her after she returned home from abroad. Whenever he was around, she always felt uneasy and guilty for no reason. 

"Okay, let's go."

"Huh? Where?"

"I thought you were going to pick up your kids?" Richard's gaze darkened as he said, "Or you'd like to have a chat with Alexander again? If so, how about I'll send the kids home later?"

His words made Pearl tongue-tied. She forced herself to follow him.

Richard answered a phone call on the way to the restaurant. He looked like he had just turned something down on the phone.

After Richard hung up, Pearl said hurriedly, "If you are busy, you can just tell me where the restaurant is. I can go there myself. Don't worry."

"You're overthinking." Richard replied without even didn't even look at her, "I need to go to lunch anyway."

Hearing this, Pearl pursed her lips and followed Richard behind.

Concurrently, at the dean's office of the university.

As the headmaster's assistant hung up the phone, she explained, "Mr. Zellweger won't join us here today as he has something urgent to deal with. He's asked his assistant to handle the donation issues. And he won't have lunch with us either."

"He's not coming?" A bewildered female voice rang out beside the headmaster. "Did he say what urgent matter it was?"

"Mr. Zellweger didn't mention anything about that, Adriana. You can call him personally to ask about it."

Adriana was also present in the dean's office, aside from the headmaster. She was also an alumnus from the foreign language department.

Back then, she was in the same department as Richard, despite of the fact that their majors was different. This time she and Richard had decided to make a donation of 5 million dollars as to deliver their gratefulness to the university. 

Her original plan was to use the donation ceremony as a platform to publicly announce her engagement with Richard. She was already his fiancé, and with the support of the university, she was sure that he would not turn her down.

Ever since Pearl had gone abroad seven years ago, Adriana'd cooked up every way possible to get closer to Richard. She managed to gain his trust, let him accept her gradually, and finally made herself engage to him. However, up until today, not a single media report had ever mentioned her name. He'd never attended any formal events with her neither.

Words went on that Richard tried to keep a low profile, which was why he refused to show his fiancée to the public. It was a way to protect Adriana, but she didn't want this. 

The more women knew her name, the earlier they could get rid of their intentions towards Richard.

She'd spent quite a lot time to come up with the idea of using this university event to make herself known to the public. As long as she could show up with Richard together, her position as the Zellweger's future daughter-in-law could be secured. There would be many well-known alumni at the event, surely no one would object her. 

Nonetheless, even if everything was ready, she hadn't expected Richard to be absent. Her face immediately turned quite gloomy. 

After leaving the dean's office, Adriana made a call right away. "Have you found out? Where the hell is Richard?"

The voice on the other end of the line haltingly said, "Miss Wood, please promise me that you won't get mad."

Adriana's instinct told her there should be something bad. She then asked, "Is he with Pearl?"