“Do you want to move in with me then? I can’t stay in such a big house by myself. This way, you can even save on rent.”

David did not know why he said that. Rationally, he had only known Pearl for two days and it was so sudden for him to invite her to stay with him. However, since he said it, he still felt a little longing in his heart.

Actually, David did not know how petty and low he was when he was with Sarah. He would always listen to Sarah, and he rarely had the right to speak.

However, it was different with Pearl. Pearl would let him make the decision when they were talking or going on about something, and she would also ask him for his advice about anything.

Of course, all men would have some machismo. Who would not want a woman who would treat them like a leader? Therefore, David was fond of Pearl’s way of talking and behaving, and subconsciously liked being around Pearl.

“Is this… appropriate?” Pearl asked, a little hesitant.

Even though she was saying that, she was very excited. If she moved here, she would be depending on a powerful person like David.

As for whether David would do something inappropriate to her, she did not care. She was even deliberately seducing David.

Pearl was an ambitious person. She was always the most beautiful girl in her high school and her university. There were a lot of people pursuing her, and among them were some of the most handsome boys in school or even some rich kids with money and power. However, she rejected all of them.

This meant that Pearl had never dated anyone until now. She knew what she wanted. She could fall in love if she merely wanted to find a normal man to spend the rest of her life with. She could even have dozens of them if she wanted to.

However, she did not want that. She wanted to realize her self-worth. She wanted to change her fate and wanted to change her family’s fate. When it came to those people capable of helping her realize her worth, there was a difference between someone who was used and someone untouched.

So, she never dated anyone because she was waiting for this day. David was the target whom she would use to fulfill her life’s purpose. As long as she could rely on David, she did not even need to climb up to the top. She just needed to attach herself to one of his limbs and it would be enough. She never wanted to marry a super-rich kid like David because his family would find someone suitable for him.

She knew her position. Since she wanted to venture down this path, then she would not think about marriage for the rest of her life.

So, when David asked her to stay with him, she felt that this happiness came too suddenly, and she did not even know how to react.

“What’s so inappropriate about this? I can’t stay in such a huge house anyway. It’s good to have someone to talk to sometimes. Of course, if you have a boyfriend then just pretend I never said such a thing so that there won’t be any unnecessary misunderstanding,” said David.

“No! I don’t have a boyfriend. Actually, don’t laugh at me, David, I’ve never dated anyone in my life. I just wonder if I’ll disturb you like this,” Pearl said quickly in case David misunderstood her.

‘She never dated before? No way!’ David thought in his heart. However, he said, “Not at all. I like having people around. The house looks empty now that I’m staying here by myself. If you don’t come, then I’ll find two more people from my campus to make this place livelier.”

“Since you’re saying that, then I’ll thank you for the offer. Should I move in tomorrow?”

“Alright, it’s settled then. Do you need my help?”

“No need. I can manage. Plus, I don’t have a lot of things.”

“Alright! You can look around and see which room you want to stay in. You can choose any room on this floor,” David said.

“Miss Pearl, didn’t you ask me to go swimming with you? Now, we can do it anytime we want. There’s a pool upstairs.”

“Alright, should we go now?” Pearl enticed.

“Cough cough… I don’t think so. Let’s do it another day.”

David felt that he was not as good as Pearl when it came to talking. Plus, Pearl was almost lying down and looked so seductive. This woman was born to be flirtatious.

Pearl stood up and walked in front of David. Then, she bent down and blew against his ear. She said, “Well, David, darling, you can ask me out at any time. I’ve already bought my swimsuit and no one got to witness it yet.”

David’s body became hot after Pearl flirted with him. He wanted to push this little minx down and punish her right there and then, but he still controlled himself. Then, he stood up and said, “Miss Pearl, look around. Um… I’ll go upstairs to get something. We’ll head back to the hotel later.”

David’s face turned red as he found an excuse to go upstairs. He could not handle this. Right now, he felt that it was a bad idea to invite Pearl over. Who could endure such seduction every day? Wasn’t this torture to his poor little soul?

Pearl stood her ground and was giggling uncontrollably. She felt that David was too cute.

However, she was also quite sure that David might be a virgin. Having said that, a super-rich kid like David being a virgin? Who would dare to believe that?

‘Does he have something wrong in that department? No way! If that’s the case, how will I show him my advantage? How will I attach myself to this powerful person?

‘No, this can’t be.’ Pearl could only comfort herself silently in her heart.

If David knew what Pearl was thinking right now, he might have already punished her. How dare she doubt his abilities! This was so humiliating.

On the top floor.

David threw himself on the luxurious bed.

He came here to hide from Pearl. That woman was such a seductress that David could not endure it anymore. However, he was not disgusted by it.

He took out his phone and opened Instagram.

He noticed the photo of River Leeds he posted last night had garnered more than 100 comments.

David read a few of them and they were basically making fun of him.

He only replied to the comments of a few of his close friends. However, he did not tell them he bought a house here. No one would believe him anyway.

When he went to his direct messages, he saw a few people had sent messages to him.

Jenny had sent him good morning.

There was another one from his cousin. It was his youngest aunt’s eldest daughter. Her name was Lily Greg and she was only two years younger than him. She was currently in the first year of university in another city.

They were pretty close. Throughout the three years in high school, he stayed with his youngest aunt for the first two years. Only when he was in senior year did he move in with his eldest aunt.

Since senior year was very stressful and his youngest aunt had a very mischievous son who would affect his studies, he decided to move in with his eldest aunt. His eldest aunt had a daughter who was two years older than David. Right now, she had already graduated and was working.

Lily: [David, where did you take this picture? It’s stunning!]

David replied to her message.

David: [I took this in River City. If you like it, you can come to have fun here when you’re on break. I’ll take you around.]

Lily replied quickly.

Lily: [Really? Don’t lie to me!]

David: [Of course. When did I ever lie to you?]

Lily: [Alright, that’s settled. I’ll go to find you the moment I’m on break.]

David: [Ok.]

Lily: [David, I’m streaming on Whale Streaming tonight. Please come and support me if you have time.]

David: [You little lass, you even know how to stream?]

Lily: [ David, you’re so outdated! All four of us in my dorm are streaming. Not only is it fun, but I can also make some money.]

David: [I’ll go and take a look tonight then. I’ll boost your popularity for you.]

Lily: [Right, David. Are you still working part-time? I made about 3000 dollars from streaming last month and then mom gave me 1500 dollars. I’ll transfer 2000 for you later so you can take Sarah for something nice.]

David was a little touched when he saw that. Even though they rarely saw each other after he moved out of his youngest aunt’s place when he was a sophomore, they were still close.

David: [No need. You should buy some nice clothes for yourself. When you come to River City, I’ll give you a surprise.]

Lily: [What surprise?]

David: [It’s a secret.]

Lily: {Aww, you meanie! David, I have to go now. Class is starting. Bye!]

David: [Bye!]

After a while, David saw Lily transferring 2000 dollars to him.

David hesitated before accepting it.

‘I’ll give you back a thousand times, no, ten thousand times that tonight.’

David felt that it was almost time, so he went downstairs to toss Pearl a set of keys.

Since he offered, he would need to do it. If he could not stand it anymore, he would move out and buy a new house. He had all the money in the world to do it anyway.

To him, when a man and a woman had not yet established their relationship, they could not fool around. He had to be a responsible man.

After this, the two of them went back to Golden Leaf Hotel.

At this moment…

On the 33rd floor of the Golden Leaf Hotel.

Inside the chairman’s office.

The general manager of Golden Leaf Hotel Sean Caldwell was standing opposite a man who was in his thirties.

The man was sitting on the chairman’s seat. He was reclined in the chair and his legs were on the desk.

This man was Golden Leaf Hotel’s chairman Hugh Greene. At the same time, he was also the biggest shareholder of the hotel.

“Sean, did anything happen in the hotel recently?” Hugh asked.

He came to South River Province for business, so he dropped by while he was at it. This occasion was purely by coincidence. Normally, he would only drop by once or twice a year.

“Mr. Greene, everything’s great in the hotel. The business is rising steadily and there’s a 20% growth compared to the same quarter last year,” replied Sean.

“Not bad. Sean, you did a good job. Your bonus at the end of the year will be doubled and the staff’s bonus will increase 50%.”

“Thank you, Mr. Greene!” Sean bowed and said.

“Alright, go on with your business if there’s nothing else. I just dropped by to have a look. I’ll leave soon,” Hugh said nonchalantly.

After Sean contemplated for a while, he said, “Mr. Greene, I need to tell you something. Yesterday, a customer signed up for a membership card here and immediately topped up 100 million.”

“Oh? Using his name or his company’s name?” Hugh was interested.

“With his name. Yesterday, he ate a meal that cost one million five hundred thousand. He even asked the hotel to prepare his meal every day using only the best ingredients. If he can’t come, he asked us to just throw it away.”

“Why does he sound like a parvenu to me? How old is he?”

“Based on his information, he’s 21 and he seems to be a student from SRU.”

“21? A student? He’s topping up 100 million just for food? Have you met this person?”

“Mr. Greene, I didn’t. The lobby manager Pearl Warner served him yesterday.”

“Get me Pearl Warner.”

“Yes, Mr. Greene!”

Sean immediately barked into the walkie-talkie, “Is Ms. Warner here? Answer if you hear me!”

Soon, a voice answered from the walkie-talkie, “Mr. Caldwell, Ms. Warner went out this morning and she’s not back yet.”

Sean peered at Hugh and said into the walkie-talkie, “Which one of you knows what she’s doing?”

“No idea. She didn’t tell us.”

Sean did not say anything anymore. He looked at Hugh and said, “Mr. Greene, I’ll call her now.”

Hugh answered with a blank face, “No need. We’ll wait here and see when she comes back. Sean, a staff member is not in the hotel during work hours, and she even left without saying anything. Is this how you manage your staff?”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Greene. It’s my mistake. I’ll manage them better and I’ll reorganize the hotel,” Sean answered carefully.

At this moment, he was a little angry inside. What was going on with Pearl? She was pretty good at her job, so why did she let him down at this crucial moment and cause him to get scolded?

The two of them did not say anything. Hugh lowered his head to play with his phone while Sean stood rooted to the spot. He did not dare to move and only hoped that Pearl would come back soon.

…

After the two of them went back to the hotel, David went straight to the private room for his meal.

Meanwhile, Pearl ran straight to the general manager, Sean’s, office. Just now, someone at the front desk told her that the manager was looking for her.

When she saw that the general manager was not there, Pearl took out her walkie-talkie and asked, “Mr. Caldwell, hello, this is Pearl. I’m in front of your office now. May I know where you are?”

Sean’s legs were turning numb from standing in the chairmans’ office when he finally heard Pearl’s voice.

So, he replied, “Pearl, come to the chairman’s office.”

When Pearl heard Sean asking her to go to the chairman’s office, she was shocked. Judging from Sean’s voice, it seemed that something was wrong.

The chairman must be here if he was asking her to go to the chairman’s office. Mr. Greene was a very mysterious person. She had been working in this hotel for more than three years, but she could only see him during their annual dinner. This time, he was asking her to meet him, but she was not here during working hours!

If she did not handle this well, she would lose her job. She was not confident about David yet, so if she lost this job, it would be a lot of trouble.

Pearl quickly walked to the chairman’s office.

A few minutes later…

She arrived at the door to the chairman’s office.

Knock knock!

Pearl knocked twice on the door.

“Come in.” A deep and powerful voice came from inside.

Pearl pushed the door open and saw the general manager, Sean, standing inside. The chairman Hugh was sitting opposite him.

“Mr. Greene, Mr. Caldwell, hello, my name is Pearl Warner.” Pearl closed the door and walked over before greeting timidly.

When Hugh saw Pearl walking in after her introduction, he examined her closely. She was beautiful and had a hot body. Her uniform accentuated her charm of a professional working woman. He did not think that there would be such an amazing woman in the hotel. Her talents were completely wasted on being a lobby manager.

“Ms. Warner, you left your post during work hours, and you didn’t even tell anyone. How did you manage to get this job as a lobby manager?” Hugh lectured sternly.

When Pearl heard Hugh lecturing her immediately, she was extremely nervous. She could not handle the aura from these people in leadership positions. However, she still explained, “I’m sorry, Mr. Greene. I left my post without explicit approval because I needed to accompany a guest.”

“Accompany a customer? When did our hotel’s lobby manager start to need to accompany our guest? Is it because it’s required by the hotel or are you thinking of currying favors with that person?” Hugh asked sharply.

He understood these women who wanted to leap to fame and wealth overnight. They would do anything to achieve their goals, and obviously, he felt that Pearl was this kind of woman.

The moment he saw Pearl, he had a good impression of her. However, when he heard that she was going to accompany a hotel guest, he felt that Pearl was also that kind of woman because these women would always do such things. She said she was accompanying a guest, and it could mean a lot of things from eating and drinking together, to even sleeping together.

“Mr. Greene, you can penalize me or fire me, but please don’t insult me. Mr. Lidell wanted to buy a car today and he drove a car over, so that’s why he asked me to help drive the car back. Mr. Lidell is also the VIP of our hotel, so that’s why I went,” Pearl said, a little angry.

Pearl felt aggrieved. Hugh thought she was a woman who would sleep with anyone as long as there was money. She could not accept this because at the very least, her body was still clean right now.

She was 27, and in this society that was filled with temptations, it was not easy for a woman as beautiful as her to resist the temptations.

“Who is Mr. Lidell?” Hugh asked.

“It should be the VIP who topped up 100 million yesterday.” This time, it was Sean who answered.

“Where is he now?”

“Mer. Lidell is eating in Private Room 3.” Now, it was Pearl who answered.

“Come, let’s go meet this VIP. I want to see if you’re telling the truth, Ms. Warner.”

After Hugh said that, he got up and left his office with Sean and Pearl hurrying after him.