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

Chapter 79

Marie replied, “Not yet. But seriously, Ms. Estrella’s business trip is stretching out longer than a Thanksgiving turkey’s legs. She said she’d be back in two or three days tops, and here we are at day five.”

Listening to Marie’s words, Jason fished his phone out of his pocket and headed upstairs. He went into the bedroom, and the call to Drew connected just in time. “Drew, can you look into what’s up with Estrella?” Jason instructed.

“Right away, Sir,” came Drew’s response on the other end.

With his order acknowledged, Jason ended the call and casually tossed his phone onto the nightstand.

He had indeed gone to Silverbrook to confront Estrella. Seeing Korey had soured his mood even further, but Estrella’s barbed words, devoid of explanation, had left him feeling even more out of sorts. So when Serene had called crying, he glanced at the bathroom, grabbed his car keys, and left without a second thought.

Jason was too used to Estrella’s sunny disposition to accept her indifference. Opening wardrobe to grab some clean clothes, he was frozen in place by the sight of Estrella’s colorful pajamas.

“Let’s have a kid, Jason!”

“Which do you prefer, this one or that one?”

“You like the black set? Your wish is my command.”

“If Korey comes back, why am I still wasting my time with you?”

the

“I’d rather marry anyone but you, Jason. Get this marriage over with and stop holding me back from happiness.”

Memories of Estrella’s kindness, her laughter, and her coldness swirled in Jason’s head, darkening his expression as he shut the wardrobe with a definitive click.

After he finished his shower, the bedroom was still empty, and he felt something was missing in his heart.

was very quiet, so quiet that only the sound of his breathing was left. For

years

four months, over a thousand days and

this room.

ornaments, there were no photos of him, or of Estrella, and certainly no couple’s pictures. Nothing about the room screamed “married for

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street always belonged to someone else. Estrella didn’t return to

SanOasis.

to the end, the sting jolted him back to reality. He

been countless nights when Estrella stationed herself by the floor-to-ceiling windows, tallying the cars that passed by. The first one wasn’t

of a time before “that incident,” back when they were both students. Estrella, ever the free spirit, would

delivered, and

with Jesse and Bryce, crashing on the living room couch till dawn, with no dreams or thoughts of

office, as Jason stepped in, Drew was right on his heels. “Sir,”

glanced at Drew, who continued, “I’ve got an update on Ms. Estrella. She returned last

voice dropped when he mentioned Estrella’s

However, Bryce went to see Ms. Estrella the night you returned to Ravenwood. Turns out she fell

reach out, but it seems she didn’t mention her illness to him; otherwise, he wouldn’t

expression shifted through several shades as Drew reported but it was only when he

slightly.

noticing the change, hesitated before speaking, “Sir, there are a couple of things

think Ms. Estrella doesn’t have any feelings for Korey, and she’s been quite clear about her boundaries with him. Ms. Estrella is straightforward. Once

silence. Drew, sensing the mood, added more softly, “Maybe I’ve

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two years, Drew felt he had a clear view from the sidelines. It was hard to tell if Estrella truly liked Jason, but she was not the kind of person who would sneak around. She had been tolerant of Jason, never fussing over his romantic scandals. Each time she met him, she

truly