Chapter 84

At the desk, Jason tossed the medicine Marie had given him onto the surface. “What’s

this?”

Estrella glanced at the pills Jason had flung carelessly on the table. “You don’t know? Well, if you’re clueless, I’m not exactly Sherlock Holmes here.” She had no time for beating around the bush. Straight talk was her game.

Estrella played dumb, but Jason just chuckled dryly. He didn’t snap at her. Instead, he

you this calmly met her eyes and asked, “Did you chuck the breakfast I bought for morning too?”

Estrella looked up, realizing he had seen her throw it away.

Jason didn’t mince words, and neither did Estrella. She exhaled softly, walked over to the dresser, and started putting her hair up with a hairpin. “Jason, I’ve been doing just fine all these years without yours

bouts of concern, and I sure don’t need your fleeting

kindness.”

If he had wanted to make things right, he should’ve done it long ago. Besides, he was still entangled with his past feelings and Serene, answering her calls and running to her side whenever she beckoned.

Estrella had told him once. As long as she bore his child, he could play his games, and she wouldn’t care. But he couldn’t even grant her that simple wish, claiming she didn’t deserve

Now, she was done playing.

Feelings change with the tide. She was no longer the Estrella from two years ago, nor the one who once had feelings for him.

Life was long and unpredictable.

Estrella’s sudden seriousness caught Jason off guard. His hands pocketed in his jeans, he watched her for a long while before finally saying, “About the misunderstanding on my last business trip, I was wrong to doubt you.”

Estrella gave a wry smile. “Don’t bother explaining. It’s too early to make conclusions. Who knows? Maybe Korey and I might just hit it off someday.”

to go and show his disdain for her, making it all

his indifference to her in front of anyone, just not in

“Estrella, would it kill you to speak

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would you like to hear? I can tailor

he grabbed his coat, and stormed out,

with a thud. Estrella glanced over, noting that Jason had left, not even

didn’t return, living it up with Thomas and the group, trending online more

Drew picked up Jason for a meeting at the government office, he casually a

When

“Who said

Estrella, then who? Despite the rumors of Jason’s

plenty of thoughts but dared not

afternoon, when Estrella and her colleagues arrived at the resort, they bumped into Jason in

light grey coat, sporting a pink diamond necklace

to see you here,” Logan

didn’t initiate

Serene greeted her with a smile

briefly landed on Serene’s necklace. It was Golden Gaze’s exclusive piece for the year, priced at 48 million dollars. Bryce had mentioned buying it for her,

an expensive piece was beyond Serene’s means. To put it bluntly, selling her house wouldn’t even fetch 8 million, so there was

Estrella’s gaze shifted to Jason. How ironic. She’d always teased him for being tight-fisted, yet he could be surprisingly generous. According to Thomas and the others, Jason was no miser, except when it came to Estrella.

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at her necklace, Serene touched her

Before

and the director Logan chatted with them.

reveal her true relationship with

faced each other, and Serene greeted her with a grin. “Estrella.” Each

responded coolly.

touched her necklace again.

her

as Serene nervously explained, “Estrella, Jason did give me this necklace. He just felt sorry for me because of all the

me wrong. Jason and

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