Chapter 948


    "That was hrious! Did you see Howard''s face? It was as if the ground had swallowed him!" Pearl


    laughed until she was almost out of breath.


    "Feeling better now?" Richard''s voice softened as he talked to Pearl.


    "Absolutely, I feel fantastic." Pearl got up, stretching leisurely. "And all I did today was enjoy the


    spectacle ande out on top without lifting a finger." If only every day could be as rxing as


    today.


    Richard, catching her mood, allowed a smile to break through his usually serious demeanor. "You


    won''t have to worry about a thing from here on out. I''ve got you covered for all yourzy days


    ahead."


    Pearl raised an eyebrow teasingly. "Is this what married life feels like?"


    "I can make you happy like this every day."


    Pearl, caught off guard by his directness, felt a rush of warmth reminiscent of her first love, her


    cheeks tinged with a blush. "Don''t say things like that. We''re still in public," she protested, though


    they were alone.


    "It''s fine. It''s just us here," Richard reassured, noting the shift from Pearl''s public bravado to her


    private shyness, a contrast that he found very captivating.


    "Alright, you mentioned Howard will being byter, right? Let''s head back now," Pearl


    suggested, tugging at his sleeve, eager to leave.


    Richard felt disappointed at missing the chance to tease her further, but seeing her blush, he


    couldn''t help but push a little more.


    However, deciding she was too delicate for such jests at the moment, he opted for a gentler


    approach, affectionately pinching her nose. "Okay, let''s go home."


    As Howard made his way to fetch Pearl''s mother, Pearl and Richard returned to Waldorf Residence.


    Pearl half-expected Richard to have stashed Winona in some dank, dark cer. Instead, she found


    Winonafortably confined to a room, apparently having been told simply to stay put.


    Upon entering, Pearl caught Winona in the midst of a lock-picking attempt, her surprise evident as


    the door unexpectedly swung open.


    "What are you doing here? Did you kidnap me?" Winona refused to use Richard of abduction.


    Pearl, momentarily speechless, wondered at Winona''s dramatic leap to conclusions. "Do you really


    think I''d kidnap you?"


    Winona, unaware of the details concerning Pearl''s mother and theck of information from Howard,


    was visibly taken aback. She realized there was no reason for Pearl to kidnap her.


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    "Then why am I here?" Having been brought blindfolded, Winona was unfamiliar with her


    surroundings, and the sight of Pearl only fueled her mistaken belief that Pearl had kidnapped her.


    "I''m the one who brought you here," Richard interjected, having just arrived after attending to other


    matters.