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

Pearl said, rolling down her window and handing her a tissue. "Dry your tears and come with me. I'm taking you

everything, just nodded and

they drove, Esther's curiosity got the better

from my latest research," Pearl said with

we start producing it for

eyes lit up. "Will it

will," Pearl smirked, "but it won't cure

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

a kind soul, changed the

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

noticed Esther. He looked

him cheerfully and playfully tugged at

annoyance. "Not only did you call me old,

Grandpa Simon. What are you

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

greater good." Pearl gave a cheeky

data," Simon said, turning away, then paused and turned back

worry, I'll be very

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

and it's very corrosive. Don't

quickly pulled her hand back

Pearl

worry, I'm not

lab while she attended it. Esther promised not to

was already waiting. She sat and addressed the group, "We're here to discuss our latest research. We've

all

needed a test subject. If the results were positive, they could proceed

like this, and they didn't know much about

up testing it on ourselves?" someone

bad idea that

back asked, "Who's going

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