Darius reached up to rub at his temple, exerting more strength as time passed. After a while, he looked up at Pearl and said, “If you ask me, I don’t think you need to feel so anxious. We’re on the same side here. At the same time, I know that you care about me. No matter what happens, you’ll be on my side.”

Pearl’s face went red. She had never imagined that Darius would say such a thing to her. She looked down at the ground as she contemplated how to answer Darius’ question. Just then, she heard Darius speak up again.

“Even if you don’t care for me, you only offended those people because you wanted to help me. That’s why you’re facing an issue with your academics now. I definitely won’t pretend that I know nothing and ignore the problem.”

Pearl’s head whipped up to look at Darius. Her mouth opened and closed, but in the end, she looked back down. She couldn’t say anything in response to that. Nevertheless, she still looked worried.

Seeing Pearl’s expression, Darius breathed in deeply