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."

minutes later, a flashy Lambo

handing her a tissue. "Dry your

unsure of everything, just nodded and

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

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

before we start producing it for the epidemic. I think

up. "Will it

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

though I'm hurt, I still want

the subject and just continued driving to

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

checking some data when he noticed Esther. He

Grandpa Simon!" Esther greeted him cheerfully

only did you call me old,

Simon. What

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

the greater good." Pearl gave a cheeky

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

"Don't worry,

pointed to a purple liquid in the

that's an acid, and it's very corrosive.

reach out but quickly pulled her hand

Pearl

I'm

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

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

silent; they all understood what the

could proceed to production. But finding a test subject was

medicine like this, and they didn't know much about it. It was very risky, and they didn't

to end up testing it on ourselves?"

bad idea

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