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."

flashy Lambo pulled

and handing her a tissue. "Dry your tears and come with me. I'm taking you

of everything, just nodded and got into the

Esther's curiosity got the better

latest research," Pearl said with a wink. "We're at the final

before we start producing it for

eyes lit up. "Will it

"but

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

soul, changed the subject and just continued

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

Freeman was busy checking some data when he noticed Esther. He looked

Simon!" Esther greeted him cheerfully and

annoyance. "Not only did you call me old, but you also

What

should ask Pearl. At my

for the greater good." Pearl gave a cheeky

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

nodded. "Don't worry,

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

that's an acid, and it's very corrosive. Don't

out but quickly pulled her hand back

careful," Pearl reminded

I'm not

stay in the lab while she attended it.

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.

all understood what the final

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

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

up testing it on ourselves?" someone wondered

idea that no one would agree

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