Chapter 1254: Miss Pearl Falls into the Trap

He mentioned the cage, and Ruth knew which one he meant. It was the one in the garden, housing a patterned python. The snake was Lord Parker's pet, and his twisted pleasure was feeding it live prey. Watching those creatures desperately flee, he would stand by and laugh heartily. Ruth feared snakes; she had a psychological shadow from them. She didn't want to be locked up with such a cold-blooded creature. "I... I don't want to be locked in the cage." "Pearl will definitely come. I'm her only friend." "She promised me. She will come, she will..." Friend? Lord Parker sneered disdainfully. Only someone as foolish as Pearl would believe in the word "friend." "You wretched woman, you betrayed her without hesitation to save your own life, and yet you dare to call yourself her friend." Lord Parker's words were a slap in Ruth's face, making her blush with shame. It was true she betrayed Pearl, but that was because Pearl implicated her first. And what right did he have to accuse he