30 Days till I Divorce My Husband (Estrella and Jason)

Chapter 69

“Ms. Estrella, please take a seat,” the man gestured to Estrella, then commanded the servant, “Make Ms. Estrella a cup of coffee.”

Estrella settled into her chair with an air of indifference, and the servant soon brought over the coffee. “Ms. Estrella, your

coffee.”

The man then lit a cigar, and smoke began to curl around them. Estrella frowned at the haze, but the man didn’t snuff out his cigar. He looked at Estrella with a smirk. “Ms. Estrella, you take your work quite seriously, don’t you?”

Taking a sip of her coffee, Estrella replied with a nonchalant smile, “So does that mean. you have a case for me?”

The man’s smile slowly faded as he tapped ash from his cigar. “How much do you make. as a lawyer?”

“Just enough to get by,” Estrella responded simply.

As her words hung in the air, the man’s expression darkened, and he crushed the cigar in the ashtray before looking up at Estrella, “Just getting by, huh? I offer you eight million to play ball and you still won’t cooperate?”

His sudden anger was palpable, but Estrella remained cool and composed. She had known what was unt

moment those beefy guys stopped her in the parking lot.

Estrella’s calm demeanor only fueled his rage, and he glared at her, “Young lady, do your have any idea how hard it is to earn three hundred million? Do you know how much time I’ve spent, how many smiles I’ve faked, and how much crap I’ve taken? You just flap your lips, and I’m supposed to hand over half my fortune to Jo? I’ve been supporting her for

thirty years.”

Speaking of his financial loss, veins on the man’s neck stood out in anger. He hadn’t slept well for days, haunted by thoughts of the wealth he’d lost in the breakup.

leaned forward slightly, calmly setting down her coffee cup, “Richie, if the law has this provision, then it must be there for

is often thanks to a well-managed home. Richie understood

that by giving you a bite to eat, you

more selfish and calculating, and once they’ve squeezed every

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than anyone else. If his life isn’t going well, he clings to you, unable to bear the hardship alone. He needs a woman to accompany

had seen too many of these selfish types through her divorce cases, so she didn’t waste her breath on those who tried to outsmart the

do her job with

like Estrella, who was impervious to his charms and wealth. After a long stare, he

but laugh, “Are you asking me to spit out my commission, Richie?”

inexplicable fury in him. He’d been around the block, but Estrella was the first woman who didn’t fear him, and few men dared to do so- unless they

his belt with a blank face, and said, “You’ve just taken over three hundred million from me, Ms. Estrella. I haven’t slept a wink for

much to ask for you to spend a night with me, to

from the truth. The moment his transferred and hidden

concluded that Estrella had set him up. Considering Estrella’s youth and beauty, he eventually had someone ‘invite Estrella

thought, might alleviate

with me, and I’m afraid you’re not even on the list. Think you can sleep with me? Wishful

your eight million, so what

a lawyer, and I won’t believe a damn word you say. Since I’ve invited’ you here today, you’re not leaving without giving me something

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Estrella tensed, her voice sharp, “Richie, I’m

to lay a finger on her, regardless of whether Jason would let it slide or not, the influence

Richie scoffed and said, “Ms. Estrella, do you want to go upstairs willingly,