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not easy to deal with

Pearl’s P.O.V. (Continued)For the next few seconds, none of us moved.Our gazes flickered between our lips and eyes, our gazes meeting halfway; something crossed his gaze, unreadable, something that made millions of butterflies flicker in my stomach, but we didn’t move.His face was too close to me that I could see the faint shadow of exhaustion under his eyes.Close enough to make me see those fine pores that can’t be seen from afar, no matter how bright the light around him is.My heart thudded hard against my ribcage for quite a moment, but slowly it started settling down.This time, I made the first move.I didn’t know what I really wanted to do, but I held his hand on my cheek.His gaze didn’t change, but I noticed the slightest tightness in his jaw.My lashes fluttered when his gaze lingered on my lips for more than a few seconds.I licked my lips.He pressed his thumb against the corner of my lips.His movements were gentle, but the roughness of his skin over my lips made my h

he felt no guilty

Arthur’s P.O.V.“What’s wrong with you?” I looked at my father coldly, who barged into my office and yelled at the top of his lungs.Paul was behind him, looking at me with a troubled and fearful expression.He immediately understood my gaze and hurriedly walked out of the room and closed the door.I, then, looked at my father without changing my expression.“Do you really think that you are some kind of god or invincible force?” He continued yelling at me, his face flushed red because of the anger, his eyes widened, bloodshot with anger.I didn’t answer.Just stared at him with a blank and indifferent gaze.“You are Arthur Froste because of this family, and the power that this family has bestowed on you, Arthur. Outside this family, you are nothing.” He screamed at the top of his lungs, trying to intimidate me, but I just listened to him without changing my expression.“Say something.” He yelled again after a brief pause.“What do you want to hear?” I asked him coldly.His eyes widen

dealing with them

Arthur’s P.O.V. (Continued)“They have already decided to remove her from the CEO position.” I almost laughed aloud when Paul told me in a whisper.“They actually believe that they can remove her from that position?” I asked him amusingly but didn’t look at him.I heard him snickering faintly, too, but decided to call Pearl.I almost took my phone from the table but pulled my hand back.“Get me the surveillance of that meeting room,” I instructed Paul, and continued working on the laptop.“Yes, Mr. Froste,” he replied and hurriedly walked out of the room.At the same time, I looked at the surveillance of Evan’s room.I immediately video-called him when I saw him awake.He had started crying and was thrashing his body in Cara's embrace.When my father entered the room, I muted the footage of Evan's room. Ever since the wedding night, I have always had a tablet running with Evan's surveillance.Cara, who was holding Evan on her lap, looked at the screen of her phone and immediately took

the helplessness

Pearl’s P.O.V. (Continued)I shot up on my feet when three messages came at the same time.I opened Arthur’s message first while moving towards the door.“Don’t let anyone out until they watch the whole presentation, Willow. If they threaten or use force, just release the whole material to the media. They made their bed, and they have to lie on it.” I commanded Willow while almost running towards the door.“Got it, Mrs. Froste,” she answered me at the same time.That same wicked laughter echoed in the room with my voice mixed up, but I knew very well that it had given a heart attack to so many people present in the room.“Where are you going, Pearl? You can’t leave like this,” Dad screamed behind me, but my whole concentration was on Arthur’s message.I called Arthur as soon as I left the meeting room.“Mrs. Froste.” Dave, my bodyguard, assigned by Arthur, approached me hurriedly.“We are going back, Dave. Get the car to the entrance,” I ordered him aggressively, my heart thudding har

they fought back

Derek Nickelson’s P.O.V.“Look at how good a daughter you have raised, Derek. She ….. she schemed against us, backstabbed us.” Henrick yelled at me, making me glare at him in the end.“Why are you glaring at me? Did I say something wrong? She maintained this façade of being a sweet and obedient girl all these years, but she is the most shrewd and cunning woman that I had ever met.” He continued yelling at me, thrashing his hands in the air, banging the table with his palm from time to time.“He is right, Derek. None of us saw this coming our way. Pearl really played all of us as fools,” Wilson spoke in a grim tone this time.I sneered angrily, moving forward onto my chair.“From where she learned this, huh?” I asked Wilson, pissed by his accusation.He stared at me in disbelief.“We used her as a pawn to save this company back then. We are the ones who built this illusion that she is under our control, and in the end, to make her leave the CEO position, we orchestrated that whole wedd

he hid Evan's condition

Derek’s P.O.V. (Continued)“Talk to the Froste, bro. We need to find a way to get control of Pearl at any cost.” Wilson muttered under his breath, and I snapped at him.“With Arthur shielding her and Sapphire, do you really think that we now have a chance to get control back on Pearl?” I asked him angrily, tightening my grip on the armrest.He opened his mouth, but Henrick cut him off.“Rhodes and Tristan are now warning signals to us. Touch them, and you lose your life and everything that you treasure.”The warning in Henrick’s statement was already known to us.Rhodes and Tristan thought that they could put Sapphire in her place by burning her company, and they acted on their own, but Pearl put all of us, especially me, on the dock.“He hurt Sapphire first. He raised his hand on Sapphire, Wilson. Even if we have far more important things to take care of than shielding our children, I raised my daughters with utmost care, especially Sapphire.” I said to Wilson angrily.Vera’s death b

difference between Vera and me

Pearl’s P.O.V.“Wow! This is really beautiful, Pearl. If …. If you can’t go there, can I go and have a look?” Sapphire batted her eyes innocently, giving me that puppy look that she always uses whenever she needs something from me.I smiled widely but said nothing.“Thank you, sis!” She exclaimed excitedly, hugging me tightly in her side embrace.This was always a tacit understanding between us.The smile was my silent permission.I looked at the pictures of the different places in a mansion that I got interested in while going through the pictures.The best part that got Sapphire’s attention was an artificial pond at the back of the mansion.It was an artificial pond, but they had maintained it beautifully.Both Sapphire and I loved being near to water bodies.So, this mansion caught our attention as soon as the pond’s photo appeared on the screen.“Go there with Willow and inspect it. If you find that place best, we will finish the purchase by tomorrow evening.” I instructed her whi

they want to use me

Pearl’s P.O.V. (Continued)Unless they wanted us to know about that fight…Or they forgot in the fit of rage that they could be heard by us…“I also thought the same thing in the beginning, sis.” Sapphire lowered her voice a bit.My gaze met with hers and none of us spoke for a few seconds.The rhythmic sound of the monitor felt like the beating of my heart inside my chest.Our parents were still scheming against me.Or against us..I wasn’t sure about this now.“What did you hear?” I asked Sapphire, deciding to get the brief first.“Before entering the study, Dad marched inside the living room where Mom was messaging someone. This is what I noticed before Dad stormed towards the study.” She replied slowly.“Dad asked her whom she was messaging, but she ignored his question and asked him about what exactly happened in the meeting.” She answered and took a deep breath after pausing for a while.“The initial argument was the same. She raised good daughters like us, failed to teach us ma

a tiny desire

Pearl’s P.O.V. (Continued)“Dad yelled at her and said that …. That they should stop meddling in our lives.” Sapphire spoke further, her tone serious.“Pearl,” Evan called me in a hoarse voice, twisting his little body, but there was no pain on his face.“I am here,” I replied to him, and cautiously scooped him up on my lap.“In my opinion, they wanted us to see the footage, hear them talking, and let our guards down.” Sapphire continued while I rocked my body gently to coax Evan into sleep again.Evan mumbled something again, but I heard him this time.The word was like another stab in my heart.I tightened my grip on his body.“I am sure that they wanted us to hear this argument, but Mom said something that I am still trying to understand.” Sapphire continued in the same low tone, but my mind was in chaos.I didn’t register a word coming out of her mouth.“She said that …. That it’s not their fault that Evan’s condition suddenly worsened. They were monitoring his health regularly an

new resolve

Pearl’s P.O.V. (Continued)I slowly released a shaky breath after closing the bathroom door behind me, leaning my back on the frame.I slowly slid to the floor and hugged my knees tightly.Tears flooded out of my eyes without warning.I pursed my lips tightly to muffle my cries.Arthur was outside and could hear my cries.I moved my gaze to the roof, resting the back of my head against the doorframe.“It’s not their fault that Evan’s condition suddenly worsened.”Then whose fault is that Evan is about to die?Whose fault is this then?Their greed never came back to punish them, but what sin has Evan committed that he has to pay with his life?No one could answer this, and this only made my pain worse.I could face an entire boardroom full of enemies without trembling.I could destroy decades of carefully crafted schemes with a single presentation.I could ruin people financially and socially without blinking.Yet I couldn't do anything for a little boy who wanted fries.I wiped my fac

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