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.”

keep a peaceful facade so Korey wouldn’t sense the tension, but Jason had to go and show his disdain for her, making it all too

in front of anyone, just not

“Estrella, would it kill you to speak to me without sarcasm?”

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Jason, what would you like to hear? I

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

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

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

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

arrived. When will you

darkened. “Who said

Estrella, then who? Despite the

but dared not voice a

at the resort, they bumped into Jason in the lobby, accompanied by Drew and

with a light grey coat, sporting a pink diamond necklace that added

you here,” Logan

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

Serene greeted her with a smile upon seeing

for the year, priced at 48 million dollars. Bryce had mentioned buying it for

wouldn’t even fetch 8 million,

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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Estrella’s glance at her necklace, Serene touched

Before

and the director Logan chatted with 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 and

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

responded

reaction, Serene touched her necklace

it always was? Serene wasn’t her client or her benefactor. Why should she be overly cheerful?

Jason did give me this necklace. He just felt sorry for me because of all the troubles at home

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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