Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl Novel novel Chapter 824

"Why do you care? If I recall correctly, you're broken up."

Mobius snapped, his jealousy evident. "You're just an outsider. Who are you to get involved in our relationship?"

"Yeah, well, I'm her soon-to-be boyfriend. I have more right to get involved than anyone else," James replied calmly.

Mobius was taken aback. "Soon-to-be boyfriend? Has she agreed to date you?" No, Esther wouldn't do that. She wouldn't change her mind so quickly.

"Of course. You should stop harassing her. We're going to sleep now. Night." James hung up, blocked the phone number, then deleted it without hesitation.

He placed the phone back where it was and smirked.

*

Mobius felt lost after the call. He wanted to go search for Esther, but instead, he found himself heading to Richard's room when he noticed the light was still on.

Richard was just getting ready to sleep, but when he saw Mobius walking in with a distraught expression, he was concerned. "What happened?"

"I just called Esther, and some guy claiming to be her boyfriend answered. He told me to stop contacting her. I'm worried. Can you help me find her?" Mobius almost started crying, his voice quivering with emotion.

He had been losing internal battles in the past few days. He wanted to see Esther but was worried all he would get was her cold shoulder.

Today, he finally found the courage to call her, but she was now with a different man. He couldn't accept that.

Richard remembered seeing James Crawford on set that morning. "Calm down," he urged, seeing Mobius on the brink of tears.

Mobius balled his fists. "I really don't want to break up with Esther. Please, could you help me find her? I can't get a hold of her. She blocked me… Can we go see Pearl? I'm sure she knows where she is! I'm close with Pearl so she'll definitely tell me!"

Richard's expression darkened. "Are you sure you won't regret this?"

Mobius, consumed by his worry for Esther, didn't catch the underlying meaning. "Of course! I need to find Esther now, I can't take this anymore!"

*

At two in the morning, there was a loud knock on Pearl's front door.

Irritated by the disturbance, Pearl, a light sleeper, reluctantly got up to answer it.