Chapter 540

"Hold on, Richard," Pearl spoke. "I don't know anything." He paused. "If you don't know anything, then your hacking skills would be wasted." Richard smiled. Pearl rolled her eyes. "Then why didn't you tell me? Why wait for me to expose you?" Pearl was aware that Richard was the mastermind behind the rumors, and his engagement proposal was a strategy to quell them. It was a plan he concocted because he wanted to be engaged to her. She had asked Feather to investigate it, but her suspicions were confirmed: Richard had orchestrated it all! Richard's eyes darkened. "I couldn't just tell you. You might have delayed it further. I wanted to get this over with and be engaged to you as soon as possible." He knew that if he followed Pearl's timeline, he would have to wait for a long time. Eric's presence had made him realize the urgency of marrying Pearl before their relationship faced any more threats. "But you played along and agreed, didn't you?" Hearing that, Pearl blushed and