Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl (Pearl and Richard) novel Chapter 1410

Esther laughed out loud. "James, what makes you think you have a right over me? I don't have to have dinner with you every day. You always use your mom to threaten me. But let's put that aside for now. Why are you asking me to have dinner with you today?"

James calmly took out his phone. "My mom wants you to come over for dinner today."

Esther slumped, feeling beaten. "Fine, James. You win this one. Can you please stop bothering me now? I've already told you, we're done."

"I'm not trying to get back together with you. I'm just following my mom's wishes and asking you to come over for dinner."

Esther felt a pang of bitterness when she heard that. She stubbornly replied, "If you're not trying to win me back and you don't really mean it, why should I go to your house for dinner? Tell your mom it's not appropriate for me, alright? Let go. I want to go home now."

But James made no move to leave. "If you think it's about your status, I could marry you right now."

Esther stared at him in disbelief. "No, James. Are you crazy? Didn't you understand what I just said?"

"I understand perfectly. I'm serious. I'm offering you a solution."

James was always distant and cold, which was why Esther refused to be with him anymore. He was like a robot, emotionlessly issuing orders.

He had changed for the worse.

Esther couldn't understand why he kept trying to hold on to her. She didn't know why, so she kept her distance. But he kept asking her to eat with him, following his mom's orders. It was irritating.

"James, you're not my boss anymore, and I don't work for your company. Stop talking to me like this. Do you understand?" Esther never thought he would become so stubborn.

Maybe it was the dim light in the underground parking lot, but Esther thought she saw a sparkle in James's eyes.

No, it couldn't be tears.

She was taken aback when he said, "I know what you're thinking. These are just my contact lenses."

Esther was at a loss for words. Feeling exasperated, she ruffled her hair. "Can you please move? Stop bothering me."

"Esther, do you even realize what you've been doing this month?"