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 his disdain for her,

in front of anyone, just not in

cold. “Estrella, would it kill

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hear? I can tailor my

out, slamming the door behind him. If she

a thud. Estrella glanced over, noting that Jason had

days, Jason didn’t return, living it up with Thomas and the group, trending

Drew picked up Jason for a meeting at

the Golden Gaze diamond has arrived. When

“Who said it

for Ms. Estrella, then who? Despite the

had plenty of thoughts but dared not

colleagues arrived at the resort, they bumped into Jason in the lobby, accompanied by

with a light grey coat, sporting a

see you here,” Logan greeted him

didn’t initiate a

with a smile upon seeing

piece for the year, priced at 48 million dollars. Bryce

means. To put it bluntly, selling her house wouldn’t even fetch 8 million, so there was

that thought, 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

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glance at her necklace, Serene touched her neck

Before

them. Estrella found a

her true relationship with him. After reviewing some legal documents and sipping two cups of coffee, Estrella stood up to visit

ran into Serene. They faced each other, and Serene greeted her with a grin. “Estrella.” Each encounter with Estrella left Serene beaming,

Estrella responded

Serene touched her necklace again.

wasn’t her client or her

Jason did give me this necklace. He just felt sorry for me

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 freeze me out, okay?”

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