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

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

unsure of everything, just nodded and got into

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

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

start producing it for the

up. "Will it save

Pearl smirked, "but it won't cure

I'm hurt,

changed the subject and just continued driving

arrived, Esther walked into the lab, and it was like stepping into a whole

data when he noticed Esther. He looked up, surprised. "You brought

Grandpa Simon!" Esther greeted him cheerfully and playfully

you call me old, but you

What are

Pearl. At my age, she's got me running around doing all this. I'm worn

for the greater good." Pearl gave a

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

"Don't worry, I'll be very

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

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

was about to reach out but quickly pulled her hand back when Pearl explained. "I'm glad I didn't

Pearl reminded

I'm

lab while she attended it. Esther promised not

our latest research. We've seen promising results from our experiments. If we pass the final test, we can start

they all understood

subject. If the results were positive, they could proceed

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

testing it on ourselves?" someone

seemed like a bad idea that no one would

asked, "Who's going

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