Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl (Pearl and Richard) novel Chapter 1039

"Haha!" James suddenly remembered something and burst out laughing.

Esther was puzzled. "Why are you laughing? Haven't you realized your mistake?"

James pointed at the two women beside him. "They're human traffickers."

The traffickers panicked and ran without bothering to take James with them.

"If you knew they were traffickers, why didn't you run?" Although Esther was young, she knew that when encountering traffickers, she should alert the police or call for help.

"Yelling wouldn't work because people would just think it's a family issue and wouldn't want to get involved. Calling you fatty would make you help me."

When Esther heard she was used, she felt annoyed. "What do you mean? You said that intentionally then?"

"Yes. But anyway, thank you, ma'am."

Ma'am...?

Esther was about to explode; her entire body shook. "Who are you talking to? Why can't you just respect me?"

She couldn't understand why she could shrug off others' teasing so easily, yet James seemed to get under her skin. Despite her plump figure, she possessed delicate features and fair skin, like high-quality white jade.

But when she faced James, with his handsome appearance, she felt at a loss for words. Unlike the boys who typically mocked her, she couldn't simply retort, "I look better than you even when I'm chubby."

That night, James scolded himself for his callousness. When he woke up the next morning, he asked his parents to find Esther. Armed with the knowledge of her school's emblem and a glimpse of her name in one of her books, he resolved to find her.

After his parents asked around and found she was the person who had saved their son, they wanted to express their gratitude. However, James stopped them.

Fifteen-year-old James had a plan. He stood outside the principal's office, looking toward the field where he saw Esther picking up another ball.

For some unknown reason, he wasn't disgusted. Despite her being somewhat chubby, he found her adorable.

"It's alright," he smirked. "I'll find a way to thank her properly someday."