Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl (Pearl and Richard) novel Chapter 1027

"He's just a jerk. You wouldn't expect to meet a decent person at a bar." Pearl chuckled. Why would Esther think otherwise?

"Alright, so I met a jerk at the bar, but we ended up having a good conversation. Then I fell asleep, and I think he put his coat over me. When I woke up, James was there. He pulled me outside and demanded to know whose coat it was."

"Seems pretty straightforward," Pearl remarked, her expression softening. "What happened next?"

"I didn't tell him, and he got angry. Then he tried to cheer me up, like how he used to do, but…" Esther's expression soured as she remembered Sabrina. "Then that woman showed up, and he turned cold again."

Pearl touched her head with a smile. "You're good at summarizing, but can't you see?"

Esther shook her head, feeling disheartened. "I know he likes her, so he ignored me when he saw her."

Pearl was distraught. Had Esther never learned comprehension?

"I'm saying he must have had other reasons for pushing you away," Pearl clarified.

Esther looked up in disbelief. "If he had reasons, he would have told me. Why keep it a secret?"

Pearl shook her head. "I don't know, but it's probably not as simple as you think, at least not like what you imagined."

If James wanted to push her away, he would have done it a long time ago. Why would he keep her hanging, letting her go to the firm but still giving her the cold shoulder?

James didn't seem like that kind of person. That was something someone with issues would do.