Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 1275

Esther rushed out of the Crawfords' house, crouched down, and burst into tears.

She felt lost. James had said some really hurtful things. They had been together for a long time and were even planning to get married, so his words shocked her deeply.

Just then, her phone buzzed with a new message. She wiped her tears, took out her phone, and saw it was from Pearl. But the message made her feel even worse.

Pearl had done some digging into James's past. Five years ago, he had been with his first love. She even sent a photo of the woman.

Esther had never met her, but the resemblance between her and the woman in the photo was striking. That explained why James had seemed so into her when they first met—he was reminded of his past.

Despite her doubts, Esther had always tried to believe that James loved her. But this felt like a harsh wake-up call.

Pearl, getting no reply, decided to call Esther.

"Why didn't you text back?" Pearl asked.

Esther tried to hide her crying, but Pearl could easily hear it.

"Did you go see him again?" Pearl asked.

Through her tears, Esther replied, "Yes. I just got back today and went to see him, but he told me to leave."

Pearl sounded frustrated. "I told you not to go."

"I was just worried about him," Esther explained.

"And? Did he appreciate that?" Pearl asked.

"...No."

"Where are you? I'm coming to get you," Pearl said firmly.

Esther had been squatting too long and stood up, feeling dizzy. "No, it's okay. Where are you? I'll come to you."

"It's not safe in Enswood right now, and you can't get a taxi. Just send me your location and stay there. I'll be there soon."

"Okay."

later, a flashy

said, rolling down her window and handing her a tissue. "Dry your tears and come with

unsure of everything, just nodded

Esther's curiosity got the better of her. "Where are

something from my latest research," Pearl said with a wink. "We're at the

start producing it for the epidemic. I

up. "Will it save

will," Pearl smirked, "but it

down, embarrassed. "Even though I'm hurt, I still

was a kind soul, changed the subject and just continued driving to

a whole new world. She was so amazed by everything around her that she briefly

he noticed Esther. He looked up,

greeted him cheerfully

did you call me old, but you also pulled my

Simon. What are

ask Pearl. At my age, she's got me running around doing

the greater good." Pearl gave a

to get back to this data," Simon said, turning away, then paused and turned back to Esther. "Oh, and I forgot to say, don't touch anything in

nodded. "Don't worry,

Simon left, Esther's curiosity returned. She pointed to a purple liquid

it's very corrosive.

quickly pulled her hand

Pearl

worry, I'm not

told Esther to stay in the lab while she attended it. Esther promised not to touch anything, and Pearl

walked into her meeting, where everyone was already waiting. She sat and addressed the group, "We're here to discuss our latest research. We've seen promising results from our experiments. If we pass the final

all understood what the final test

If the results were positive, they could proceed to production. But finding a

didn't know much about it. It was very risky, and

we going to end up testing it on ourselves?"

bad idea that

the back asked, "Who's going to be our