Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

* Claude saw Santiago looking down at him and clenched his fist. "If you want Pearl to cback to you, we need to get her mother." Santiago realized Pearl only wavered when Saule was brought up.

"Alright, I know what to do." Santiago smiled contently. "You're right. If you pull this off, you won't be in trouble." Claude nonchalantly said, "Thank you, Dad." Pearl suspected Santiago would do something, but she didn't think it would happen so fast.

The next morning, she heard knocking. Expecting someone familiar, she opened the door to find a group of people with many boxes.

The leader was the butler, who bowed and smiled. "Miss Pearl, these are gifts from my boss. Please, accept them." Pearl looked over the gifts. "They're too expensive. Please take them back." The boxes alone looked pricey, not to mention what was inside.

"My boss said he missed sending wedding gifts, so these are for you," the butler said. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

They weren't officially confirmed to be a family, but he was acting as her dad already.

Pearl felt uncomfortable. "I don't need these. Please, keep your distance." As she was about to close the door, Richard appeared. "Who is it?" Seeing the butler, Richard frowned. "Who's this?" "He's from the Savarys," Pearl explained, and Richard understood. She him ad shared the whole story with earlier, including about Claude. Richard felt didn't think highly of Sbay bad for Claude and "swiovif he was his father-in-law.

belongs to englishSw "Take these back. We don't want them," Richard supported Pearl.

The butler was stuck. "My boss insisted I deliver these. He won't be happy if I return with them." He was saying he was just the messenger and couldn't make decisions.

Seeing his grey hair, Pearl softened. "Leave them then. I'll return them later." The butler smiled, then looked worried when Pearl mentioned sending them back. "Miss PeartMister Santiago means well Maybe give him a chance," he suggested. Pearl's expression turned frosty. "Please tell Mister Santiago I don't want any of this."