Se connecterDerek 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
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
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
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
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
Pearl’s P.O.V.I glanced at Arthur a few times while having our dinner, but the calmness on his face didn’t lessen the anxiety.In my sleepy state, I talked about Jack, and now I was worried that he would misunderstand me.I wanted to explain that I really treat Jack like a family member now, but I didn’t know how to explain it. It wasn’t that easy to explain.Especially when he was my original groom.I didn’t know what to explain.“You are distracted.” I looked at Arthur in a daze when he suddenly remarked calmly.He glanced down, and I followed his gaze.I pursed my lips into a thin line when I saw that I had finished my meal, but my fork was still in my hand.“I….. I was thinking something.” I mumbled and slowly put the fork down.“Go and freshen up. I will tidy up.” He asked me when I was about to collect the dishes.I hummed and slowly stood up from the couch.We were in the same room where we spent last night.Ever since our wedding, we did everything to protect ourselves, Evan







