Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 1196

Esther never expected to run into James here. She remembered he was supposed to deal with matters at work

Seeing his tense demeanor, Esther quickly stood up. "Why are you here?"

"I happened to be passing by, but I didn't expect to see you guys here," James said, looking at her as his tension eased.

Esther chuckled awkwardly. "It's about what happened before. He saved me, so I wanted to treat him to dinner."

James shifted his gaze to Finnegan. "Didn't we agree to take him out to dinner together?"

Esther's voice softened, sounding more distressed. "But every time I asked you, you said you were busy, so I figured I wouldn't bother you this time and just treat him myself."

to get upset, he suddenly remembered he had been busy lately and neglected her. His gaze softened. "I'm sorry, I've been a little distant lately, and I haven't taken care of your feelings." Given James's character, Esther thought he would usually be sarcastic

you a heads-up next time," Esther admitted her

interrogate her further. He wasn't worried about her. His only concern was Finnegan, a man with uncertain intentions toward

since you're already here, let's have dinner together." Esther warmly invited James to sit beside

atmosphere turned awkward with the three of them at the same

glances. She suddenly felt that treating Finnegan to dinner was a wrong decision. She should have just given him

let's eat. What are

first. "The food on the table

realized that she had eaten most of the food, her face turning red. "Uh... Then I'll order some more." James stopped her as soon as she

you guys are done with dinner,