Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl (Pearl and Richard) novel Chapter 1121

Santiago scoffed. "I've raised him for over twenty years, yet he hid you from me even after finding out who you are."

"I asked him to keep it a secret." Pearl's eyes looked cold.

She had a feeling that Claude's home life wasn't great, but she didn't know it was this bad. She wondered how Santiago treated him.

Santiago didn't seem to care. He said coldly, "I thought he'd be useful to Savary Corp, but he couldn't even do that right. Useless."

Pearl wanted to speak up for Claude, but it was clear Santiago didn't care about him at all. To everyone else, Claude seemed to come from a rich family, but only he knew the real struggles he faced.

To Santiago, Claude was just a tool.

But standing there, Pearl was treated better than Claude, and Claude felt an old hurt resurface. "Do you really not care about me at all?" he asked.

Santiago was surprised. Claude had always just gone along with things, and he had given him everything. But it wasn't enough for Claude.

"Remember, Claude, your mother was the one who came to me," Santiago said, making Claude turn white. "You're just the son of a whore, so you have no right to feel upset."

Even Pearl winced at those words, so one can imagine how Claude felt.

Santiago raised his hand again. "You bastard!"

But the slap didn't land. Claude opened his eyes and saw Pearl holding Santiago's wrist.

"Mister Santiago," Pearl stared coldly into his eyes. "Are you punishing him because he's telling the truth?"

Santiago's expression changed a bit at that. "Pearl, it's not what you think."

Pearl let go and took a few steps back. "Don't worry. I won't make a mistake, but I won't let you off either."