Chapter 40

Autumn frowned, pondering what nonsense the kid was spouting this time.

Jason was shamelessly grinning, and quipped) “Full service tonight. Let’s settle it all in one go.”

Estrella chuckled dismissively, “Sure, if you think you can handle it.”

Their shameless banter left Kristin and Autumn exchanging embarrassed glances, feeling awkward beyond words. Estrella and Jason had turned their cheeks crimson with their talk, yet those two acted as if it was nothing at all.

Autumn gave Estrella another poke in the waist. “Estrella, did I raise you to talk like this?”

Estrella furrowed her brows, turning to Autumn. “Mom, if you keep poking my sides, I’ll never be able to have kids.”

“God forbid!” Autumn spat out the words thrice, dismissing the jinx.

Kristín, caught between amusement and dismay, quickly tried to smooth things over, “Look, since the kids have agreed to make a go of it, let’s leave them to it and head back.”

Autumn nodded in agreement with Kristin, and the two women made their exit.

Once they had gone, Estrella gathered herself and headed straight for the Dorvold Group headquarters.

In the chairman’s office, Cole was on the phone. Estrella pulled up a chair and took a seat across from him. After Cole hung up, he looked up at her. “Aren’t you working today? Don’t you have the law firm to attend to?”

Estrella, with her legs crossed, probed, “Mom mentioned you were troubled by some company issue involving the Lamont family.”

Cole sighed, “You don’t need to worry about the company. You and Jason just focus on building a good life and having a baby.”

was insistent. “I’ll live well and the baby will come, but the company is

We had a solid grasp on it, but somehow, the Lamont family got a hold of our project

Estrella scoffed. “The Lamont family not

trying to best us, to win the project and

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go any lower, we’d be shooting ourselves in

took a breath, “If we lose the project, Dorvold Group could be relegated

hearing him out, Estrella said, “Send me the project proposal and the bid to my email. I want to take a look.”

interned at the company. She was familiar with proposals and bid documents.

this? Can

heading for the door. “Just remember

rising

to the Urban Planning Bureau. She wanted to get a firsthand look at

here today!” Estrella replied with a grin. “Just checking out the city’s future developments. I want

inheritance cases, and some minor cases, it was because of these cases that she met influential people. After all, ordinary people rarely went through

you know of any good spots, I might just buy a

“Come on, let’s chat in my office. I’ll show you some promising developments.”

their meeting, Estrella had gleaned some useful information from their conversation. As she hummed to herself, ready to leave the planning office, someone called her name. She

Here on

smile, “Give up on divorce cases

quipped back, “Thanks to your family,

guts, challenging the

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