Mysterious Mr.Richard novel Chapter 56

Under everyone's horrified eyes, Pearl lowered her head and stared at her right hand blankly.   

After the skin was scratched by sharp objects, it would not immediately reveal all the wounds, but blood beads would soon seep from the wounds. Now, blood formed a straight line on the wound and was dripping down her fingers. 

The blood on the ground soon gathered up and looked shocking from a distance.

"Oh god!" Someone shouted, and everyone broke into chaos.

Evelina's face was extremely pale. When she saw blood, the scalpel slipped out of her hand and clattered onto the ground. She stumbled away slowly. "I didn't mean it. I... I didn't..."

As she spoke, a tall figure had quickly passed through the chaotic set. Facing Pearl, he said, "Raise your hands and come with me."   

Pearl froze for a minute. By the time she came to her mind, Richard had already grabbed her injured hand. He led her through the crowd, with everyone looking at them.    

Bleeding all the way, everyone consciously avoided and cleared a path for them to walk.

In the Jackson Hospital Emergency Room, Pearl's hand was tightly wrapped in gauze.    

The doctor said, "Wait for fifteen minutes. We'll give you a shot, If there are no other problems."

"Ok." Pearl nodded.

"I have other patients to attend to, so you just wait right here."  

"Sure, just go ahead."

Pearl was left alone in the ward, after the doctor left. 

Richard walked out soon after he sent her here, and hadn't come back yet.

Just as she was wondering if Richard left, he walked in. Holding a bottle of water in his hand, he opened it and handed it over.

"Thank you." She reached out her right hand and took it. When she realized that her hand was wrapped in gauze, she switched to her left hand quickly.   

The both of them seemed to have put the Helena situation behind them because of her injury. Both of them behaved as if the fight never happened, and no one mentioned it again.

Richard pulled a chair and sat down. His eyes was as cold as ever. "You're quite an expert to offend people, aren't you? What did you do to piss off Evelina?"     

 "You might as well ask yourself." Pearl forced a smile and said.

Richard frowned a little.

"You withdrew Evelina's endorsement, right?"

"Then?" There was a flash of panic in Richard's eyes.

"So it seems. No wonder she treated me in such a bad attitude, like sh*t."

"Do you think I replaced her because of you? Pearl, you think highly of yourself. You think I withdrew her endorsement just because she slapped you?"

Pearl was stunned. "What did you say?" She stared in shock at him.

Richard froze.

"How did you know that? The ambassador..."

Pearl didn't understand what he meant, and it didn't seem to be what he thought at all.

Richard choked foe a while. Then he said angrily, "What exactly are you talking about?"

Pearl's eyes showed that she was stunned. "I mean that you took away her endorsement, so she wanted to show her acting skills to you today. However, she didn't do well, and I became her double, so she was embarrassed. That's why she was angry with me..."