Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

If Pearl remembered it right, Silas's cousin wasn't a very pleasant person.

Yelena Campbell had been learning the violin since she was young and had won several prestigious awards abroad. Because of this, she had become arrogant and often behaved stubbornly. Her reputation was that of someone with a bad temper.

Pearl had gathered this information on her own, so she felt confident about it. She was pondering how to deal with this legendary person when Silas suddenly stopped walking.

"Why are you distracted? What's the matter? Are you worried about meeting my cousin?"

"No, not at all. Why would I be worried?" Pearl responded.

"If you're not worried, then... are you nervous?" Silas leaned in and noticed Pearl's furrowed brows. He couldn't help but chuckle. "Have you heard some rumors about my cousin?" "Yeah, I have. But it's a different story whether those rumors are true or not," Pearl said, trying to steer the conversation in a different direction.

"Why don't you meet her in person? She's sitting by the flowerbed up ahead. Why don't we go and say hello?"

Pearl instinctively shook her head. "No, you should go alone. I don't want to get involved."

Their conversation might have been louder than they realized, and the woman sitting there suddenly turned around. When she saw Silas, her face lit up.

"Silas!"

But when she saw Pearl, her expression changed. "Silas, who is this woman? Why is she with you?"

She sounded bitter, and someone ignorant might even think that Pearl was trying to steal Yelena's boyfriend. "Hello, I'm Pearl Leighton." Pearl extended her hand politely, hoping to shake hands with Yelena.

However, Yelena swatted her hand away in disgust. "Don't touch me. Who are you?"Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

"It seems your cousin isn't very fond of me. I'll just wait nearby." Pearl shrugged and moved to the side.

Silas was already in a bad mood, and Yelena's rude behavior infuriated him. "Yelena, what's gotten into you? This is our guest. You shouldn't be treating her like this!"

"Guest? I've never seen you treat any guest so nicely."

Yelena was livid because Pearl and Silas had been standing close to each other. She had never seen Silas be this gentle with anyone. Moreover, he was being very attentive to Pearl, something he had never done for her.

"She's your future cousin-in-law."

Yelena felt her world crumble upon hearing Silas's words. "Are you going to marry her?"

She looked furious as she clenched her fists. "I disagree! I won't allow you to be with her!" She couldn't see anything good about Pearl. She thought Pearl was only pretty and didn't seem friendly.

Yelena believed that Pearl couldn't be a good person. Plus, she believed that Silas belonged to her alone.

Silas glanced at Yelena coldly. "I don't think it's any of your business who I date or marry."

"But I'm your cousin!"

"You're just my cousin. What right do you have to interfere in my personal life?"

Yelena couldn't believe it. "Silas, how could you do this to me for an outsider?"