Chapter 100
Pearl furrowed her forehead deeply and inquired, “What have I done to you?”
Marc remained silent, his brows slightly knitted, and the lines on his forehead seemed to convey the message. Indeed, now that you are awake. you’re denying
A peculiar discomfort settled upon Pearl beneath his gaze.
She pondered, “Could it be that she actually did something to him
“But he’s a rugged, imposing man with a background in special police work. What could she have possibly done?“
Pearl harbored serious doubts that he was fabricating this, distorting the truth and shifting blame onto her when he clearly had erred. Was he not courageous enough to confront the consequences like a true mant
Their gazes locked for about three seconds, and just as Pearl was about to confront Marc, he pushed aside the blanket covering him, revealing his entire body to her. Pearl was about to avert her eyes, but in the next instant, she froze.
She questioned, “Could 1 have done this?”
Pearl had seen Mare’s physique before
During the period when he was bedridden due to a high–level spinal cord injury, she had served as his caregiver and had bathed him on numerous occasions. She should have been more familiar with his physique than even his own mother.
However, this rendition of him was entirely new to her.
Marks adorned Marc’s body–pinches, bites, scratches.. densely scattered and diverse, starkly attesting to the “damage” she had inflicted on him. Her eyelashes trembled slightly as she asked, “Could I have done this?”
“Of course. Who else could it be?” Marc questioned as he assumed the look of a wronged spouse. “Apart from you and the, is there anyone else in this room!
Pearl glanced around the room.
Her movement did not escape Marc’s notice. His anger nearly reached boiling point. She had accused him in front of those men yesterday, alleging his involvement in her inebriated state. And now this.
What kind of perception did she hold of him in her heart!
Pearl’s emotions churned, Her phone rang and she instinctively reached for it, realizing her current state. She blushed and shifted the blanket slightly, revealing herself partially. It was a call from Huliert
“Hello, Hubert, Pearl greeted as she answered the call
She was about to in
to inquire about the events of the previous night and why they had allowed Marc to take her away like that.
On the other end of the line, Hubert urgently questioned, “Pearl, where were you last night? Did you really go to a hotel room with Marc Males! Quentin could not find you at Rose Garden and was searching for you everywhere. He is going after Marc Males!
Just as he finished speaking, the room’s door was being forcefully kicked, and Quentin was pounding on it. “Open the door! You, Mare Males, I know you are in there. Let Pearl gol If you don’t open the door. I’ll break in on
threatened as he pounded on the door.
take you apart!” Quentin
Marc Males indifferent gaze emitted a frigid aura. He was about to leave the bed, but Pearl pushed him back and stared him down as she instructed, “Stay put. Do not leave the bed until I’ve told you to do so.
While Mare was confined to the bed, Pearl left it and
donned a bathrobe in his presence before exiting.
Just as Quentin prepared to force his way in, the door swing open, revealing Pearls frosty countenance. Upon seeing Quentin, she greetel “Quentin. It’s early morning. What’s all the comination about?”
When Quentin noted Pearl in her bathrobe, he hurriedly grabbed her and pulled her inside with a resounding slam of the door. When he Marr lying in bed, he and his kun je him
spotted
“Kid, are you
ard of living? How dare you lay a finger on Pearl” Quentin threatened.
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Mass fistened to Parts matructions and lay in lard, curated beneath the blanket, exposing only his upper laily. His pure trimaine mecting the chilly barrel witdumi trepidation. Instead, be
“If you wan
The confestations that had narrowly avoided exploding the previous night on luvatened to rekindle, and Pearl onerved from the sidelines,
cand and seized Quentine’s dirvanni, caliuly stating, “Ownitin,
Quemin sinuseted with anger at Mane’s palacious decator. He shot back, “If he even thinks of mistreating you, I would not foold backf
“He did not inancat me,” Prail–larified, say long
With a revelate tour, Prail wiested the weaponchon Quentin’s grasp and asserted, “We are all adults late, and what transpired between a man and a womani ammet be categorized as mistreatment. Let’s not make a fuw alsust this”
Quentin nanosed his eyes and impaired, “He slid not hoor himself on you
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marks alotning blanc’s bandy and sighed in exasperation. Helpilevlly and
replied, “No, it was me who initiated it
cheating Pend’s response, Quentin was at a loss for work
He remained somewhat skeptical and cast a displeased glance at Mane, win lounged indifferently against the bed, exhaling smoke rings. Marr’s icy)
“Put on same cloilies and join us for a disa tission,” Quentin grumbled, pashing out the words through clenched teeth. He shot a sharp glare at Marc and irritably poked Pearl’s loschead betur exiting the room.
As she watched Quentin depart, Feart breathed a small sig af velief.
Iver since she was a child, Quentin had shielded farm like a guardian aleisy, preventing her from encountering any harm. When she was younger, if a Hery had dated to lonass ber, Quentin woukl almost main him. Just moments ago, Marr night have suffered a similar fate it she had not
mus, no pushover, and comtalles were inevitalde in a clash between two titans. What would be achieved?
However, Mari mas
To wear again.
The arse from the prior night was to ddily to w
Marr had Thomas leicht fresh sets of clothing. As he donned darin, die turned to Pearl and inquires, “Who exactly is Quentin to you? I must understand the dynamics to decide how to handle matters with him.”
His words weir lord with a sense of prading conflic. Mare had clearly grown weary of Quentin’s repeated provocations,
In the mut of zipping up her dress, Pearl batted and faced Mare with unwavering resolve,
She attirnar, saying, “He’s my family. My defense of you in his presence was based on our professional association, I was not giving you an opportunity for you to harm him.”
Man gazed at her in silence, lus lips pursed.
Nouring his silence. Pearl added, “Mart, elitever you intend, direct it toward me. But heed my warning—I will not spare you if you dare harm my Tammily
Mac’s eyes lackened slightly. He approached her with measured steps, suddenly positioning himself belund her and assisting in zipping up her
dress
to be
He entitled her from the rear and whispered softly into her ear, “You’re shown me little merry. Juu how much less merciful do you plan to b Pearl retested indignantly. Tim not joking with you.
Her sexanon was paluble as she turned away, freaking free from his embrace.
Quentin grow increasingly pataria, his drimands at the door intensifying
A glint of hostiness flickered in Man’s eyes Sensing the caution in Pearl’s gaze, he suppressed his brewing hostility and sighed softly, trand me even half as hilly as you do them, I would be really contented: