Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl (Pearl and Richard) novel Chapter 1093

Silas staggered a little, feeling like he had drunk too much and couldn't quite stand steady. "I know you've never really looked at me, always treating me like a kid."

"Aren't you?" Pearl sighed deeply.

Silas suddenly moved closer to her, easily towering over her. He could easily hold her in his arms. "You know, Pearl, if I wanted to do something to you right now, you wouldn't be able to resist at all." He teasingly blew into her ear, tickling her and causing her to tremble involuntarily.

"I know, but I believe you won't."

Silas's face turned pale. "Why wouldn't I?"

Pearl smiled bitterly. "I know that even though you've done some strange things, you wouldn't be able to do that to me. Didn't you have the chance to hurt me? But you never did."

Silas suddenly seemed relieved. He let her go, his expression unreadable. "I finally understand why I like you. After all, how could a believer turn against their god?"

After saying this, Silas smiled and pulled out a USB flash drive from his pocket. "Inside is all the criminal evidence against Hugo. You'll be satisfied," he said, then tossed the device into her hands.

Silas looked deeply into her eyes, his smile unusually warm. "When you meet him, I'll be there too. I'll testify against him in person, not for anything else, but to see you happy."

*

As the memories faded, Esther, curious about Pearl's long silence, asked, "Why so quiet, Pearl? What's the deal with Silas?"

Pearl snapped out of her daze, her eyes indifferent. "It's nothing. He just suddenly came to his senses and turned over a new leaf."