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 keep a peaceful facade so Korey wouldn’t sense the tension, but Jason had to go and show

show his indifference to her in front of anyone,

kill

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would you like to hear?

and stormed out, slamming the door behind him. If she didn’t need his concern, he certainly didn’t need to waste his

glanced over, noting that Jason had left, not

living it up with Thomas and the group, trending online more

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

Golden Gaze diamond has arrived. When will you

“Who said it

the rumors of Jason’s escapades, there wasn’t anyone serious in

had plenty of thoughts but dared not voice a

resort, they bumped

grey coat, sporting a

coincidence to see you here,” Logan greeted him as he approached.

with her two colleagues but didn’t initiate a greeting, instead

Serene greeted her with a smile

acknowledgment. Her gaze briefly landed on Serene’s necklace. It was Golden Gaze’s exclusive piece for the year, priced at 48

her house wouldn’t even fetch

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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glance at her necklace, Serene touched her neck self-consciously. Her confidence

Before

them. Estrella found a place to rest on her own.

greeted him. With her firm’s colleagues present, she couldn’t reveal her true relationship with him. After reviewing some legal documents

with a grin.

responded coolly.

touched her necklace again. “Estrella, are

it always was? Serene wasn’t her

wiped her hands with a tissue paper as Serene nervously explained, “Estrella, Jason did give me this necklace. He just felt sorry for me because of all

don’t get me wrong. Jason and I

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