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

her window and handing her a tissue. "Dry your tears and come

just nodded and got

got the better of her. "Where are we

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

producing it for the epidemic.

lit up. "Will it

"but it won't cure

hurt, I still want the

the subject and just continued driving to

whole new world. She was so amazed by everything around her that she briefly

checking some data when he noticed Esther. He looked up, surprised.

greeted him cheerfully and playfully tugged at

only did you call

Simon. What are you working

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

the greater good." Pearl gave a cheeky

need to get back to this data," Simon said, turning away, then paused and turned back to

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

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

it's very corrosive.

out but quickly pulled her hand back when Pearl explained.

careful," Pearl

I'm

lab while she attended

addressed the group, "We're here to discuss our latest research. We've seen promising results from our experiments. If we pass the final test, we can start production.

was silent; they all understood what the

they could proceed to

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

we going to end up testing it

idea that no one

back asked, "Who's going to

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