Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl (Pearl and Richard) novel Chapter 930

Did Howard know something about her mother too?

"Can you tell me what you know, Mister Howard?"

Howard chuckled. "There's no rush. I don't know if this Waldorf here knows about it, and if it's okay to talk about it."

Pearl's heart skipped a beat. Richard knew nothing about this yet.

But Richard kept his cool. "I'm her husband. Is there something I shouldn't know?"

"Not at all," Howard replied. "It's about Pearl's mother—"

"She's gone, so maybe we shouldn't talk about her." Richard noticed Pearl looked gloomy and thought this topic was upsetting because it brought up sad memories.

That's exactly how Pearl felt.

"No, her mother hadn't passed."

Richard frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Her mother is still alive, but she's somewhere Pearl can't find."

Richard replied without hesitation, "If you're asking us to split up so I can go back to Winona, you might as well stop."

Howard's expression changed. "Do you think you're in a position to set terms?"

Pearl had never seen him like this. At Jesselton Manor, he always seemed kind and detached from worldly concerns. He had always been good to her, even sharing medical knowledge. She felt grateful and respected him.

But seeing his cold look now, Pearl realized she might not have known him at all.

"We're not the ones setting terms. It seems you're the one coming at us, right?"