Mysterious Mr.Richard
Chapter 54 He Had Hoped That She Had Done It

"Director, Group A's camera is ready."

"Group B is ready too."

"Alright, let's get ready for the next take."

After the cameras were in position, the crew was ready to start shooting. Pearl walked away from the operation table.

Leaving the set, she could only walk in one direction. There was no way she could avoid Richard. She could only brace herself and go forward. "Okay, ready, action!"

The background noise was the sound of the camera moving on the track. The sound man held the microphone high. Evelina was wearing a green sterile suit and speaking her lines. Pearl moved sideways to make way for the cameras and sound man, but she stepped on the line and stumbled. Thankfully someone reached out next to her and caught her before she fell. She saw the hand holding her arm first. She raised her head and wanted to thank the person, but she just saw Richard's familiar face. His dark eyes was staring at her silently.

She mouthed the words 'thank you' to him, then pulled her hand out of his grasp without trace. She took a step back, and stood away from him before anyone else could sense that something was off. There were only several people in the operating room, because silence was required on set. Most irrelevant personnel were told to leave. Except for the sound of actors speaking their lines, there was only the slight sound of machines moving on the track, which was almost inaudible.

"Cut." The director raised his hand to show stop. "Evelina? What's going on? Why did you make the same mistake again? You must hold the instruments right. This is a medical drama, which our supervisor attaches great importance to."

"Director, I've tried my best. I've been practicing the whole morning, so my hand hurts." Evelina said, who felt wronged.

"Let's have lunch first. Nobody can finish work unless we get this take."

Once he finished his sentence, the entire crew sighed.

Evelina tightened her lips, feeling a little embarrassed. After putting down the props in her hand, she pushed the makeup artist far away and asked, "Where is Mr. Zellweger?"

The makeup artist was stunned for a second. She looked around and said with some doubt, "He was here just now. He might went out."

Evelina looked around. She noticed that not only Richards was not in the operating room, but also Pearl.

At the same time, everyone was handing out the food Richard bought.

"Dr. Yonng, this is the cake and coffee that Mr. Zellweger is treating us to." Pearl was passing by when Nick handed her one.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome. By the way, the director told us to have lunch first. Maybe they're going to hand out the lunchboxes soon. Should I bring one to your room?" "Alright, thank you."

Pearl stood in place and looked down at the small cake in her hand. She had complicated feelings.

The transparent box was tied up with a beautiful bow with blue velvet silk. Inside was a red velvet cake decorated with red berries. It looked very appetizing.

She liked sweets since childhood. Obviously, Bonny loved sweet food, which was inherited from her.

In the lounge, just as she sat down and opened the box, she heard someone knocking on the door.

"Come in. The door is unlocked." She leaned her arm on the back of the chair. Then she saw Richard and froze.

"Why are you here?"

"Disappointed?" Richard closed the door. "Who else did you think it was?"

Pearl was stunned for a second and was speechless.

"Don't you want to say somthing?" Richard looked at her coldly.

"What am I supposed to say?" She was confused.

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"Did my mom come to you yesterday?"

"How did you know?" Pearl was stunned.

"Is it hard?"

Pearl pursed her lips. Since Richard knew that Helena came to see her, why didn't he ask yesterday? Why did he ask her today, especially came to the crew. "Did you come to me specifically for this?"

"Answer my question first. What did she say?"

His tone was so aggressive that she felt like she was being questioned for doing something wrong. This confused her, so she frowned slightly and flashed him a puzzled look. "You can ask her yourself, if you want to know."

Richard sneered, "You think I didn't ask? I never thought that after going abroad for seven years, you'd come back and backstab your best friend."

"Backstab?" Pearl's frown deepened. "What do you mean?"

"Take a look for yourself," Richard threw an envelope on the table, "Do you think you can mess up my wedding with Adriana by giving this to my mother?"

Pearl's heart clicked, and she opened the envelope immediately.

There was a photo and a letter of the indictment inside.

The photo showed a young girl with a bloody nose and a swollen face.

Pearl did not understand what it was and what it had to do with her. "What is this?" She asked.

"What?" Richard sneered. "Did you forget in less than a day? If you had the guts to get a photo of Adriana's nanny and convince her to sue Adriana and then tell my mother that she isn't as nice as she seems, why don't you admit it now?"

"Adriana's nanny?" Peal's face suddenly changed as she looked at the items in her hand. It took her a few seconds to understand what was going on. She flew into a rage when she finally figured it out, "Your mother told you that I gave this to her? You think that I'd do this to come between you and Adriana? Richard, what sort of person do you think of me?"

Then she slammed her hand on the table and stood up, staring at him angrily.

After coming back, she had been tolerant of him. What happened seven years ago was indeed her fault and she did feel guilty for causing him all that pain. While, there was no way she would allow him to use her guilty to slander her. Moreover, now she suspected that what had happened to her seven years ago was because of him.

Richard's eyes were dark and full of contempt. "What sort of person? Shouldn't you know that?"

"I won't admit to something I didn't do. This had nothing to do with me." Pearl clenched her fists and said.

Seeing how mad she was, Richard frowned.

Actually he had hoped that she had done it.

He was stunned when this idea flashed through his mind.

"Pearl." A man's voice came from the door. "I'm going to have lunch. Do you want to join..."

The door wasn't closed, and Alex's figure showed up at the door. When he saw Richard, he could not even finish his words.

Richard saw him. "What are you doing here?"

Before Alex reply, Pearl walked over to him with her bag. "Alex, you're going for lunch, right? Let's go."

When she passed by Richard, she seemed to treat him as air without looking at him.

"Oh, okay." Alex looked at Richard in hestation and nodded towards him. Then, he followed Pearl outside the door.

The two of them left together from the lounge. Richard's eyes fixed on the untouched cake on the table, and his face was dark badly.