Chapter 1231 

“Sandy is now dead.” Tanner approached Pearl with mixed emotions surging from the bottom of his eyes. “So how about you stay by my side on behalf of her from now on?”

Pearl’s shoulders trembled, and tears were streaming down her cheeks. “What have I done to deserve this?”

“Indeed, you haven’t done anything. You can blame it on the fact that we’re now tied to each other.” Tanner grabbed her by her neck and pulled her closer, his eyes bloodshot. “Everything would have been better if you hadn’t appeared in my life. Without you, Sandy and I wouldn’t have gotten to where we are today, and she wouldn’t have chosen to end her life either.” Looking at the tear that was rolling down from the corner of her eye, Tanner pushed her away and turned away from her. “At this point, even though this is not the right thing to do, we can only move on with what we have since we’ve already made the wrong choice in the first place. Pearl Santiago, if you don’t want these photos to be sent to your parents, you can only stay by my side obediently until you’ve made it up for the child that we lost.”

Tanner left. Watching the door close, Pearl was stunned and looked glazed. She was clearly indoors but felt as cold as if trapped in an ice cellar.

Naomi knocked on the door of the office. After getting permission, she pushed the door open and walked in. “Ms. Vanderbilt, are you looking for me?”

Maisie stood in front of the bookshelf and was flipping through a book. She turned to look at Naomi, put the book back onto the shelf, and asked with a smile, “Would you like to go on an outing together on the weekend?”

She was startled. “An outing? Is it some kind of activity organized by the company?”

and only a few people will be there. Ryleigh’s due date is expected to be somewhere in the middle of next month, so I’m arranging an outing for her to relax before she goes into labor. Since the both of you are quite close to

“Okay then, I’ll

 

she picked up her cell phone and sent a text message to Barbara after

at the

 

baby, and after putting the baby to sleep, she handed her over to the nanny to bring her back to her room. When she came to the study, she

he heard some movement, raised his head to look at her, and smiled. “What’s the

and placed both hands on his shoulders, “Seeing that you’re so busy with work, I’ve come to give you a massage on the

held the back of her hand and turned to look at her. “Is

over and wrapped her arms around him from behind. “Zee has invited us to an outing this

smiled. “Didn’t she go on a trip with Nolan? Why would she think of asking us to go on

her chin on his shoulder and tilted her head against his. “But your cousin

and looked up at her. “Is my

hugged him. “Of course, Zee specifically requested

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