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Pearl was not foolish; she straightforwardly rejected Lord Parker’s “kindness.”

“I came here to find my friend Ruth. As for drinking… I’ll pass.”

She couldn’t drink the wine he poured. There were so many cases online of people being drugged. She hadn’t experienced it herself, but she couldn’t let her guard down.

Being rejected was expected.

Lord Parker felt his pride was hurt and placed the wine glass on the table with displeasure.

With a clink, much of the liquid spilled out.

His gaze sharpened as he looked at her, and he spoke helplessly, “Miss Pearl, refusing to drink this wine is refusing to give me face. If that’s the case, why should I tell you that wretch’s whereabouts?”

“You!”

His aggressive words made it clear there was something wrong with the wine.

If she drank it, she might fall into another trap; if she didn’t, she might never find Ruth.

“Miss Pearl must think I’m tampering with the wine. Fine, I’ll take a sip first.”

With that, Lord Parker indeed took a sip.

Pearl watched his Adam’s apple move and frowned. Had she guessed wrong? Was there no drug in the wine?

“Miss Pearl, don’t you want to know your friend’s whereabouts? Drink up.”

Lord Parker urged again.

Pearl closed her eyes, steeled herself, and downed the glass of wine in one gulp.

She placed the glass back on the table and roughly wiped her mouth with her hand.

“Now, can you tell me? Where is Ruth?”

Lord Parker watched her drink the wine before speaking again. “Bold! Miss Pearl, you’re foolish. Why risk your own safety for someone else’s life?”

To Pearl, Ruth wasn’t just anyone; she was her only friend. During those lonely days in Metshire, Ruth had healed her solitary soul.

She retorted, “Someone like you wouldn’t understand what friendship is. You have many friends, but are they sincere? They flatter you because you’re Lord Parker. If you lost your power and status one day, do you think any of them would help you?”

Lord Parker fell into deep thought.

Whenever he went out with friends, he always footed the bill. Yet, during his time in the hospital, not one of them visited him. Not one!

Pearl’s words infuriated Lord Parker’s “friends.”

“Lord Parker, don’t listen to this girl. She’s trying to drive a wedge between us!”

“Exactly! She’s just jealous of your admiration from everyone. The most venomous heart belongs to a woman like her!”

“If she and that woman were truly friends, why was she betrayed?”

Hearing this, Lord Parker felt much better.

“You want to know where your friend is? Look up and see for yourself!”

He turned on a surveillance screen with a remote control.

On the screen, Ruth was blindfolded and bound in a small, cold storage room. She lay curled up on the floor, shivering from the cold.

“The air there is compressed; a person’s breathing consumes it several times faster than outside. Based on when she went in, she has at most five hours left. After five hours, she’ll either suffocate from lack of air or die from hypothermia.”

He used such a cruel method on a defenseless woman.

Seeing Ruth in such distress made Pearl’s heart ache.

“Ruth! Ruth, are you okay? Can you hear me?” Pearl cried out, pounding on the TV screen.

She called Ruth’s name loudly, but there was no response from the other side.

Pearl’s hands turned red from hitting the screen. With tears in her eyes, she turned to Lord Parker and demanded, “Why are you doing this to her? She’s innocent!”

“Innocent?” Lord Parker sneered. He walked over and grabbed Pearl’s chin forcefully.

His grip tightened as he watched her wince in pain.

He felt elated!

He wanted Pearl under his control, reduced to his next obedient dog.

“Because she’s your friend, she’s not innocent!”

“I warn you, if you want revenge, come at me. Let Ruth go!”

Pearl’s defiant expression only made her more beautiful and lively in Lord Parker’s eyes.

He couldn’t resist leaning in for a kiss but was met with a slap from Pearl.

“Stay away from me!”

The slap echoed through the room as everyone looked at Pearl with schadenfreude.

A foolish woman who angered Lord Parker wouldn’t save anyone; she’d likely end up sacrificing herself too.

Lord Parker turned his head and licked his lips, tasting blood.

He knew it was blood!

Looking up again, the madness in his eyes made Pearl’s heart race with fear.

This was his territory. If he killed her, no one would know…

“Very well. I’ve seen many obedient dogs; nothing new there.”

“But taming a wild wolf is different. The wilder you are, the more I like you.”

He compared Ruth to a dog and Pearl to a wolf!

The pleasure of taming them was different and represented different values.

Suddenly, he lunged at her, grabbing her shoulders as his foul-smelling mouth approached her face.Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

“Get off me!”

Pearl struggled desperately but felt weak all over as if she’d been cursed. Her punches were as soft as cotton candy. Lord Parker easily caught her fist.

“What’s happening?”

Quickly, she realized it must be the wine!

Realizing she’d been drugged, Pearl glared at him with fiery eyes.

“You tricked me! The wine was drugged!”

But Lord Parker had drunk it too; why was he fine?

“Hahaha! You’d never guess-the problem isn’t the wine; it’s the glass.”

After he finished with her, he’d dispose of the glass in the trash, leaving no evidence behind.

“Despicable!”

Despite all her precautions, she still fell into his trap.