Chapter 12

Serene’s sobs were soft and sorrowful. Jason remained stoic, his voice calm as he said, “I’ll send Drew over to help you out.” With that, he ended the call and promptly dialed Drew, instructing him to make a trip over.

Meanwhile, Estrella’s breathing had settled into a quieter rhythm. Estrella had thought for sure that Jason would leave her side that evening.

After hanging up, Jason glanced over at Estrella with an expression that didn’t betray thoughts, “If you’re up, you can get out of the car yourself. I’m not carrying you.”

his

Estrella, however, didn’t open her eyes.

Seeing this, Jason unbuckled his seat belt, opened the car door, and walked toward the house without looking back.

looped her arms through Jason’s. He glanced down at her

kept up, her voice light, “Jason, let’s

to the point, “No.” Despite his

the garden flowers, bustling off to have the kitchen prepare Estrella seemed in unusually high spirits that

not to get her hopes up, “Estrella, don’t get too

his remark, “I’m off to

on the bed, deeply engrossed in a book, his nose still framed by those gold-rimmed glasses.

his hand, pressing a

lifted, about to speak, her phone rang

glanced at Jason, stood up from the bed, and

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