Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 1276

"Okay, Wayne. Don't argue with him." Arguing would only make the situation worse, and Wayne knew it wouldn't affect him.

"Alright, Pea." Wayne sat down but continued to watch Thomas, who was clearly feeling the pressure.

"Give me two days. If I can't find someone to test it out, I'll test it on myself, okay?" Pearl said.

Wayne quickly objected without a second thought. "No. You're leading this project. If something goes wrong and you're sick, what will happen to our lab?"

Wayne's point made sense, and everyone around agreed, except for Thomas.

"Why not? She's in charge, so she should be the one to step up." Thomas casually took a sip

of water and added, "If you won't let her do it, why don't you?"

Wayne was furious. "Don't think I won't do anything to you, Thomas."

"Oh, go ahead then."

"That's enough!" Pearl slammed the table, and the room went silent. "We'll go with my plan. Meeting's over."

After the meeting, Wayne approached Pearl, looking worried. "Are you really considering infecting yourself?"

Pearl gently patted his shoulder to reassure him, "Don't worry. We have two days left. Let's see what happens then."

"I've asked everyone I know. Where will you find volunteers?" Wayne was upset with Pearl's tendency to put herself at risk. "You're not a hero, Pearl. You don't need to risk so much. Are you really going to do this just because he challenged you?"

Pearl sighed, knowing Wayne was concerned. "It's not about what he said, Wayne."

"Then why?" Wayne asked.

Pearl looked sad. "I don't want to let Esther down."

Wayne quickly understood what was happening. "So, you're doing this for Esther? Because of her heartless boyfriend?" He almost laughed. "Pearl, Esther might not see things clearly

because she's in love, but you do. You know this is serious, and you really shouldn't go through with it."

Pearl nodded. "I know, but the chances of this medicine working are very high, so I'm not too worried."

if it's likely to work, you shouldn't risk your own health like this. Alright, I'll stop here. Just think

Disappointed, Wayne left.

*

Pearl got a

We have a new case, and she seems to

uneasy. "Who is

feels unwell and came in for a check-up. We've confirmed

"What's her name?"

"Esther Sanders."

Pearl tensed. "Esther Sanders?"

mentioned wanting

came through, sounding rough. "Hey,

she was sick. "What happened? Weren't you staying home lately? How did you get

I might have accidentally touched something in the

tell you not to touch anything there? And yet you went and did it anyway. You're an adult. You should be able to

felt bad but understood that Pearl was just concerned. She playfully stuck out her tongue. "I know,

stay mad at Esther. "Since you're infected, stay in the hospital and get some

have a question. Are you looking for a test

before answering, "Yes.

I'm infected, maybe I could

was taken

nodded, then remembered Pearl couldn't see her nodding. "Yes, it's such a

sick on purpose because you knew we needed

quickly shook her head, stuttering, "N-No... Why would I do

she might faint from anger. Normally, it wouldn't have been a

more softly. "I haven't

Tears filled Pearl's eyes.

chuckle. "If it works, it could be a big help, right?"

and nights in her lab, working on the treatment. It wasn't completely safe, but she took

hard work, Richard felt sad. "Don't

"We need to cure this disease quickly. Esther is still at the

but you must promise not

I need to stay strong until Esther's

let myself break down."