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 Lambo pulled

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

nodded and

they drove, Esther's curiosity got the better of her. "Where

my latest research," Pearl said

producing it for the epidemic. I

eyes lit up. "Will it save

Pearl smirked, "but it won't

hurt, I still want the

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

into the lab, and it was like stepping into a whole new world. She was so amazed by everything around her

Freeman was busy checking some data when he noticed Esther. He looked up, surprised. "You brought

Grandpa Simon!" Esther greeted him cheerfully and

"Not only did you call me old, but you

What

his notebook and replied, "You should ask Pearl. At my age, she's got

greater good." Pearl gave

Simon said, turning away, then paused and turned back to Esther.

nodded. "Don't worry, I'll be

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

it's very corrosive. Don't

pulled her hand back when

careful," Pearl reminded

I'm

she had a meeting, Pearl told Esther to stay in the lab while she attended it. Esther promised

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

was silent; they all

positive, they could proceed to production. But finding a test subject

medicine like this, and they didn't know much about it. It was very risky, and they didn't have a good track record to support

testing it on ourselves?" someone wondered out

seemed like a bad idea that no

someone from the back asked, "Who's going to be