Chapter 34
Pearl crossed her arms and stared at him as she smiled.
Richard replied gloomily, “Then I’ll deduct another half a month from your salary.”
Clutching the box, she silently glared at him. She then turned to leave the office.
Abby spotted Pearl leaving Richard’s office with a giant gift box, and a wave of jealousy overcame her. ‘What a shameless b*
hing up her
At night, Pearl went to the washroom to change. Abby followed her into the washroom on the pretense of touching up her makeup.
Abby, wearing a light pink dress that enhanced her adorable qualities, dropped her act and glanced at Pearl. Her hatred grew worse. “I’m warning you, Pearl. Don’t dream of snatching Richard’s heart, or I will make you pay.”
Calmly, Pearl smoothed her bangs. “You have no say in what I want, do you?”
Her stubbornness made Abby want to rip to shreds. “I grew up with Rick. No one can get in between us. You best stop or you’ll regret it.
Pearl shook her head. “Ha! He didn’t fall in love with you even though you two grew up together. How pitiful.”
“That’s nonsense!” Abby yelled angrily.
“Do you think he likes you even one bit?”
Abby had been avoiding this question as she was not bold enough to dwell on Richard’s feelings out of fear it was not the answer she wanted to hear. But Richard had never been so concerned about another woman before, and it suffocated Abby
“He’s just unsure about his feelings. He’ll never fall in love with you!”
Pearl uttered light–heartedly as she nodded, “We’ll see about that.”
After throwing her lipstick to the floor in frustration, Abby left.
When Pearl opened the box to change into the dress, she found that someone had cut it up and ruined it. She had no choice but to throw it into the dustbin. However, she found the washroom had been locked from the outside as she tried to leave to go and buy a new dress. Her phone just so happened to be out of juice as well.
Pearl frowned. “What bad luck.”
After waiting for some time and not spotting Pearl, Richard grew slightly uneasy. He wondered if something had happened to her. He became even more anxious when he called her and found that her phone was turned off.
Suddenly, Abby appeared wearing a sweet smile when he was about to go look for Pearl.
“Are you waiting for someone, Rick?”
Richard nodded as he kept looking. Noticing his absent–minded look, envy ate at Abby.
“I bumped into Pearl earlier. She said she might be in the restroom for a while and told us to go ahead.”
