Chapter 8

With a swift movement, he caught Estrella’s hands just as she was about to push him away, pinning them against the headboard.

Estrella huffed, “Fine, the one who quits is a loser.”

In the end, during their tussle, Estrella discovered that Jason was intent on playing rough. Seizing the opportunity when Jason was off guard, she grabbed a decorative piece from the nightstand and, without a second thought, smashed it over his head.

“Estrella!” Jason bellowed her name and wiped his forehead, his palm coming away bloody.

Estrella, as if nothing had happened, tossed the ornament back onto the nightstand and dusted off her hands. “I warned you.”

She was clear in her message: If he wants to do it, fine. But forget about playing games

with her.

“Jason, look at you now! To think Estrella landed you in the hospital.”

In the hospital.

Thomas, who had come along to keep Jason company while he got bandaged up, couldn’t help but burst into laughter seeing his friend’s head wrapped in gauze. Estrella was badass, unlike them who had only ever been on the receiving end of a beating.

Jason threw him a cold look, and Thomas immediately made a zipping motion across hist lips, though his face was still struggling to hide a grin.

While driving Jason back, Thomas couldn’t stop chuckling every time he glanced at him.

“Is Estrella jealous?” Jason asked sideways.

“Isn’t it obvious?” Thomas replied. “Otherwise, she wouldn’t have landed you in the hospital. Jason, Estrella’s a keeper. You should treasure her.”

Jason adjusted his cufflinks and patted the dried blood on his sleeve. His face suc lost its earlier grimness, and a sly smile crept onto his lips.

“Jason, have you been knocked senseless by Estrella?” Thomas teased. “You can sti smile at a time like this? Think about how you’ll face people tomorrow, and how you’l explain this.”

Jason was unconcerned. What was there to explain? My wife hit me.

Back at the mansion, after Jason had left with an injury, Estrella didn’t wait for him to

return.

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she got ready and headed straight to Nelson International to discuss legal representation. In the reception room, the secretary politely informed her, “Ms.

from Justice Guardians LLP was here, and Jason’s response was clear: he wouldn’t see her. Estrella had the gall to come over to talk business after what she

head of legal affairs arrived and told Estrella, “Ms. Estrella, our group isn’t

wasn’t an explanation; it

times later, Jason still refused to see her,

sleek black Maybach parked

Estrella, quickly got out and

has come to take you back to the estate for

dinner.”

sitting in the back seat and said indifferently, “I’m busy.” She had tried to see him multiple times, and he hadn’t even shown his face. Now he wanted her to play house? She wasn’t

back seat, Jason remained seated, his expression unreadable. Jason remarked, “It seems you really don’t

a nerve. Estrella crossed her arms and looked down at him. “Did you

invisible speck of dust off his sleeve. “Not being able to s a failure on your

with me

once a month. Whether you tak

was off? That would be a wasted trip. And

countered, “Once

for a moment, his lips curving into a smile. “Get

on his case lately, and his grand-parents had put on the pressure. Whether or not they had a child wasn’t the issue, but he had to show

she gracefully slid

Jason’s agreement, Estrella’s

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seat beside him.

a relieved sigh and got into the driver’s seat. Negotiating even for going home to sleep? This

grandmother, Amber, bustled out. “Oh my! My little

ear against Estrella’s

“Granny,

been married for two years, why no news? Have you gone to the doctor? Is the

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