Chapter 799

Seeing this, Pearl could be relieved for now. "If there's nothing else, I'll take off now." She got up, composed and courteous. "Bye." James grinned, knowing he and Esther were about to have some alone time. Pearl looked at him, her eyes narrowing slightly. "But I'd like to have a word with Mister James." "Please go ahead, Miss Pearl," James replied. "Este is very simple-minded." Pearl's gaze shifted between them. "I hope you won't have any bad intentions or do anything inappropriate, Mister James. If you do, I'll hold you accountable." James gazed at the lovely woman before him and smiled. "Don't worry, I won't give you that chance." "Great." With that, Pearl felt reassured and left. * Winona was worried that Richard might be unhappy about the 40 million. So, she followed him back to the office. "Rick, I sensed you weren't pleased when we signed the contract just now," Winona said anxiously, walking beside him and keeping up with his pace. "Nope, you're overthinking it."