Pearl’s phone vibrated. It was her livestream assistant. Whenever something like that happened, her assistant would call her and pretend to comfort her before asking Pearl to not stream for a while. She pulled at her hair, then rushed over to her phone and grabbed it. “I know! I won’t stream for the time being! In fact, I won’t stream ever again!”Her assistant was silent for a few seconds before she spoke tentatively. “That’s not it, Pearl. The boss wants to know whether you really have a bad relationship with Ms. Ruth.”When Pearl went to the hospital and streamed herself meeting Ruth and stopping her from leaving, the feedback was pretty good. The platform manager, thus, asked her to continue with this theme and stream herself doing things socialites do on a daily basis with Ruth, like going out window shopping or having afternoon tea. Pearl had rejected the idea with a vicious no and said that she was not close to Ruth. When she heard the question again, she remembered
“I’ve been working as a housekeeper for a long time, and I noticed that those with weak stomachs prefer these dishes.” Mrs. Greenwell smiled and served Ruth a bowl of soup. Ruth took the bowl and looked at Abel in shock. “You have a weak stomach?”Abel nodded. “Yeah. I thought you knew?”Ruth was surprised and wanted to say that she did not. “I like biting down on soft skin, after all.” Why did he say it so self-righteously?Ruth bowed her head to drink her soup. When she emptied the bowl, it made a small clink that was especially clear in the quiet dining hall. Mrs. Greenwell felt guilty and wanted to leave, but she felt that it would be strange if she left without a word. After some thought, she asked, “What do you like, Madam? I’ll prepare it tomorrow.”Ruth pondered over it. “How about curry?”Her question was directed at a certain someone who had a bad stomach. Abel ignored the worried look Mrs. Greenwell flashed at him and nodded calmly. “As long as you like it,
Abel noticed how calm she was. She seemed to find it normal. He put some smoked salmon on her plate and gave her a piece of advice. “You should give very clear hints of kindness to those who are a bit dense. Otherwise, they might misunderstand you.”“I just spoke the truth. I wasn’t trying to help her.”Ruth took a bite of the smoked salmon and looked at him. “You seem to know Pearl well.”Abel did not bother to hide it. “Not really. I just took the opportunity to learn about her after she got into an argument with you at the supermarket.”The Harlem and Lockton families were family friends and had been pretty close to each other in the past. Albert Harlem was a loyal friend. If Ruth asked him for help, he would not turn her away. While Pearl did not have a good reputation, she was not a bad person at heart. With Ruth’s current situation, there was no need for her to have a complete fall out with the Harlem family. Ruth was smart, so there was no way she would not understan
It was pretty devastating to the heart. It was no wonder why she said everyone loved it. But this also meant that she and Terran went way back. After dinner, Ruth went to the study to send Terran all the related documents. Then, she took a look at her email, but found that she had not received anything work-related. DH was also staying silent online. Ruth went downstairs and asked Mr. Jackson, the butler, to get the recording of DH’s visit to her. “The master checked the recording this afternoon and sent it to DH in your name,” Mr. Jackson answered respectfully.Ruth was surprised. When Luna suddenly exposed her right in front of Abel in the afternoon, Ruth had actually been pretty anxious. She had been focused on hiding her anxiety beneath jokes, which led to her overlooking many things, such as why Abel went to Rising Star to pick her up when he said he was there to pick her up from work. He also immediately talked about the whole fiasco with DH at their mansion, which m
Both of them had their own skeletons in their closets, and so, the conversation came to an end. Neither of them spoke about Mr. Kallan or the custom-made rings again. Ruth went back to business and talked about DH. She thanked Abel for helping her check the recording and supporting her in front of Luna. Abel adopted a stern expression. “I’m sorry. I didn’t take care of this properly.”“It’s not your fault. Who would have thought they would do something so out of left field? But, now that things have ended up in such a mess, I’ll take care of it myself.” She already had a plan. Abel did not refuse to let her do it. He just nodded. “Alright.”This entire mess boiled down to DH’s staff members acting audaciously and lying to their superiors. He had to show some respect to Philip, which was why he sent the recording to DH in Ruth’s name—he wanted to give them another chance. If they apologized and dealt with this matter properly so that Ruth was satisfied with it, he would no
The next day, Ruth had nothing to do in the morning, so she could finally sleep in. However, a phone call woke her up.It was an unknown landline number, and the caller’s voice was sweet and formal. “Hello, Ms. Lockton. I’m a staff member from DH’s headquarters. We’ve received your complaint, and we sincerely apologize for the unpleasant experience that resulted from our mistake. We’ve made the decision to offer you an annual discount card. I would like to introduce you to this card. Do you have time for it?”Ruth’s drowsy mind cleared up. “An annual discount card?”“Yes.”Then, the woman started to introduce the card.Ruth did not pay attention to the speech, but found their actions even more unpleasant.Did they think such a huge mistake could be settled with an annual discount card?“Is this your final solution?” Ruth interrupted in a cold voice.Since Ruth had just woken up, she did not sound imposing, and her voice was soft. The staff thought Ruth wanted to take the opport
After hanging up, Ruth tapped on the unknown number and saved it under the name Puppy Pearl.Ruth had woken up on the wrong side of the bed because of the call from DH’s customer service staff, but her anger subsided when she looked at the name she saved.She felt that Abel’s words were correct. She should be straightforward with those who were slow on the uptake. Pearl was not smart, but she was not a bad person. There was no need for her to continue to be against her.Twenty minutes later, Pearl drove a flashy red Ferrari to the main building in Kingsland Manor residential area.From the moment she got out of the car and walked into the mansion, her mouth did not close. Her eyes were full of undisguised shock.Even though her name was Pearl, and she grew up in a luxurious place and lived an extravagant life, she was still amazed by the mansion.It had several times more ground than the surrounding mansions, and the yard was full of precious flowers and plants. When she opened t
“I don’t believe it!” Pearl looked vigilant. “How can you be so kind? You purposely called me over, but you don’t need me to do anything, and you’re even going to help me restore my reputation. Have pigs learned how to fly?”If Pearl had heard it in the past, she might have been hopeful and believed Ruth had a conscience, but after being tricked many times, she no longer believed that to be the case.Ruth paused for a few seconds when she met her skeptical eyes. “It doesn’t matter if you believe me or not.”Pearl’s eyes widened, and she seemed to find it even harder to believe.She thought. “Damn! This woman didn’t even spend the effort to deceive me!“She even got impatient!”She glared at Ruth for a long time, but Ruth did not even spare her a glance.Pearl felt bored but did not want to leave. After hesitating for a long time, she suddenly asked, “Why would you help me? Don’t you want to help Luna take revenge on me?”“Why would I help her?”“You used to help her when we we