Chapter 1285

Pearl stared at Tanner and did not utter a single word. ‘I’m pregnant. But Mom doesn’t let me tell Tanner about this.’ Tanner claimed that he had hurt a woman before this, but he kept apologizing to her. These things were constantly replaying in her mind like a fragmentary video. Even though she could not remember anything, she kept on feeling a sense of heaviness looming within her chest cavity, making it very difficult for her to breathe. “Pearl, what’s the matter with you?” Tanner wanted to caress her cheek, but she ducked his hand abruptly. “I feel a little tired. I wish to rest.” His hand froze in mid-air, only a few inches away from her face. But seeing that she had said that, he slowly withdrew his hand and could not help but clench it tightly. After a while, he stood up with a smile. “Then you should go and grab some rest first. I’ll come to visit you some other day.” When Tanner was leaving the manor, Pearl stared at his back and did not know what to think about. At B