Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl (Pearl and Richard) novel Chapter 1313

Were they... Luther's men?

Pearl felt a chill run down her spine. It looked like Luther was more complex than she thought. There might be many things she didn't know about him.

"Nothing. I just want to buy you a drink," Luther said, waving his hand. At this signal, the men behind him quickly moved forward and grabbed the three men standing in front of them.

"What are you doing in broad daylight?" one of the men asked. He thought Luther wouldn't dare do anything to them in public, but it seemed Luther didn't care about that.

The police might not even dare to challenge Luther if they showed up.

Fear overtook the man, and he fell to his knees. The two men with him quickly did the same.

"Sir, I'm begging you. Mister Luther, I was wrong. It was my fault. I shouldn't have made you mad. Please let me go!" The man began to hit his head against the ground repeatedly.

But Luther didn't react. "Can you repeat what you just said? Something about an illegitimate son? I didn't hear you well."

The man awkwardly pressed his lips together, looking like he might start crying. "No, I didn't mean that. I was just joking with you..."

"Joking?"

"No, it wasn't a joke. I misspoke. I'm really sorry."

Luther smirked. "Well, you admit you misspoke. Shouldn't there be a consequence for your mistake?"

The man shook. "What kind of consequence?"

"Still, I need to thank you."

Luther nodded, pleased with her sensible response. "You know I helped you. Shouldn't you think carefully about working with me?"

Pearl looked at him seriously. "I'm curious. You can do so much on your own. You don't need my help. Why do you want to work with me?"

Given the power he'd shown, he could easily stand up to the Crawford family. Even if he wasn't as strong as the Crawfords, he didn't need a partner.

"It's because I don't want you to be my enemy," Luther said meaningfully.

Pearl thought about it and realized what he meant. "You're worried I'll work with the Crawfords, aren't you?"