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.”

sense the tension, but Jason had to go and show his disdain for her, making it all too clear. If that

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

would it kill you to speak to me without

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smirked. “Mr. Jason, what would you like to hear? I can tailor

going nowhere. If they continued, Jason knew he’d be left fuming. Suddenly, he grabbed his coat, and stormed out, slamming the door behind him. If she didn’t need his concern, he certainly didn’t need to waste his energy on

Estrella glanced over, noting that Jason had left, not even

days, Jason didn’t return, living it up with Thomas and the group, trending online more than a few times..

a meeting at the government

the Golden Gaze diamond has arrived. When will you be giving

“Who said it was for

remained silent. If not for Ms. Estrella, then who? Despite the rumors of Jason’s escapades, there wasn’t anyone serious

of thoughts but dared not

resort, they bumped into Jason in the lobby, accompanied

a pink diamond necklace that added a touch of elegance

to see you here,” Logan

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

a smile upon

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

an expensive piece was beyond Serene’s means. To put it bluntly, selling her house wouldn’t even fetch 8 million, so there was no way she could afford such

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

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

Before

executives arrived and the director Logan chatted with them. Estrella found a place to rest on her

greeted her, and she hadn’t greeted him. With her firm’s colleagues present, she couldn’t reveal her true relationship with him. After reviewing some legal documents and sipping two cups of coffee, Estrella stood

her with a grin. “Estrella.” Each encounter with Estrella left Serene beaming, as if

responded

Estrella’s reaction, Serene touched her necklace again. “Estrella, are you

it always was? Serene wasn’t her client or her benefactor. Why should

Serene nervously explained, “Estrella, Jason did give me this

herself, her voice faltered, but then she pressed on, “Estrella, please don’t get me wrong. Jason and I are just friends, like you and Bryce are. I hope you won’t

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