Chapter 294

"Let you go? Pearl, you're my granddaughter. Do you think I'd have the heart to let you live out there?" Pearl wasn't sure if he had the heart for it, but she found this old man rather extreme and not very pleasant. "I don't need the Jordans to protect me. I'm fine on my own," she retorted. Ezra scoffed. "You don't need our protection? Then whose protection do you need? The Waldorfs? I heard from the butler that you're engaged to a Waldorf boy. Of all the men out there, you had to choose a Waldorf. Is he good enough for you?" Pearl had managed to keep her annoyance in check until now, but hearing this, her expression darkened. Ezra was clearly trying to assert his authority by pretending to be concerned. "Who I'm engaged to is my business. It's the twenty-first century. Are we still supposed to have arranged marriages?" Pearl's tone grew fiercer with each word, shocking everyone present. Besides Blake, she seemed to be the only one willing to challenge Ezra. "Very well, I'll