Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 1275

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."

a flashy

and handing her a tissue. "Dry your tears and

nodded and got into

Esther's curiosity got the better of her.

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

trials before we start producing it for the epidemic. I think

lit up.

will," Pearl smirked, "but it

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

the subject and just continued driving to the

like stepping into a whole new world. She was so amazed by everything around her that she

busy checking some data when he noticed Esther. He looked

cheerfully and playfully tugged at

did you call

Grandpa Simon. What are you working

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

for the greater good." Pearl gave

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 the lab, okay? Be

"Don't worry, I'll

Simon left, Esther's curiosity returned. She pointed to a purple liquid in the corner. "What's

acid, and it's very corrosive. Don't touch

out but quickly pulled her hand back when Pearl explained. "I'm glad I

Pearl

worry, I'm not

had a meeting, Pearl told Esther to stay in the lab while she attended it. Esther promised not

walked into her meeting, where everyone was already waiting. She sat and addressed the group, "We're here to discuss our

silent; they all understood what the final

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

making a medicine like this, and they didn't know much about it.

testing it on ourselves?" someone

bad idea that

back asked, "Who's going to

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