Chapter 561

Pearl was far from pleased with being labeled as a vixen and turned around, her anger clear on her face. "It's you!" Katie! She was taken aback to see the person she had been looking for all along. "You..." Katie was equally stunned. Once she recognized Pearl, Katie couldn't help but wonder why she was there with Drew. Drew picked up on the tension, realizing they might know each other. Curious, he inquired, "What's going on? Do you two know each other?" Pearl nodded with a mysterious smile. "Yes, we have quite a history." "In that case, I'll leave you to catch up. I have something to attend to right now, but I'll be back later," Drew said, not particularly interested in reuniting with Katie, who had caused a scene when canceling their engagement. But now, she behaved like his fiancee. Drew found it quite disgusting, so he made an excuse and left the two women to talk alone. Katie seized the opportunity, smirking at Pearl. "Well, well, it seems you've come here behind Richard's back. If he finds out you're gallivanting with another man, what will he think?" Previously, Jenny had asked Katie to help plot against Pearl, and Katie wondered when she would have the chance. Unexpectedly, that chance has arrived. Pearl, sipping her tea calmly, responded nonchalantly, "Oh please, You're worse than me." She then casually glanced at Katie's slightly protruding belly, concealed beneath the hem of her dress. "I can't possibly compete with you. You must be about two months pregnant by now." Katie had tried to hide her pregnancy, but her belly betrayed her secret. "What?" Katie was shocked that Pearl had discovered her pregnancy. She was livid. "Who told you? What else do you know?" Pearl maintained her composure. "How I found out isn't important. But, Miss Katie, you've slept with another man behind your fiance's back, and you're carrying another man's child. That's why you're trying to break off the engagement. If the Coopers were to discover this..." Katie's face turned ashen as she realized the implications. She had concealed her pregnancy from everyone, including her own family. If both the Sullivan and Cooper families learned the truth, she would be in deep trouble. The Coopers might not forgive her, and her own family would disown her. "This is slander!" Pearl ignored Katie's denial and gave her a skeptical look. "A visit to the hospital for a checkup would settle this, don't you think?" Katie, panicked and desperate, hissed, "Even if you know, what good will it do? Do you really believe the Coopers will listen to you? No one can force me to go to the hospital if I refuse." Pearl frowned, disgusted by Katie's audacity. "I didn't want to confront you with this, but you started provoking me first." Katie glanced around cautiously and lowered her voice. "Let's go somewhere more private to talk. It's inconvenient to talk here." "Miss Katie, you're quite audacious. Why should I listen to your request? It's more embarrassing for me." Katie hadn't expected Pearl to be so cunning and stubborn.