Chapter Eighteen

Pearl's POV:

We were all sitting in the dining when the bell went off. We looked at each other equally confused that who can be there at that time. But we didn't have to wait long as the person in question showed up with all his glory in the next minute.

"What are you doing here?" I nothing but snapped at him as I could feel my mother's disapproving eyes on me.

"I'm here to see if you were here, sweetheart. I know you love your freedom but you should at least inform me of your whereabouts. I tend to be worried." He said with such innocent concern that if I didn't know him better I would have believed him.

"You don't have to know everything about me." I said glaring at him.

"Pearl, what kind of behavior is that? Poor guy is concerned about you and you are talking to him like that. I thought I raised you better." My mother s