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.”

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

his indifference to her in front of anyone,

“Estrella, would it kill you to speak to me

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would you like to hear? I can

knew he’d be left fuming. Suddenly, he grabbed his coat, and stormed out, slamming the door behind him. If

over, noting that Jason had left, not even

the next couple of days, Jason didn’t return, living it up with Thomas and

a

Gaze diamond has arrived. When will you be

expression darkened. “Who said it was for her?”

who? Despite the rumors of Jason’s escapades, there wasn’t anyone serious in the picture.

plenty of thoughts but dared not voice a single one.

her colleagues arrived at the resort, they bumped into Jason in

sporting a

see you here,”

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

her with a smile

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

To put it bluntly, selling her house wouldn’t even fetch 8

She’d always teased him for being tight-fisted, yet he could be surprisingly generous. According to Thomas and the others,

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

Before

chatted with them. Estrella found a place

hadn’t 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

faced each other, and Serene greeted her with a grin. “Estrella.” Each encounter with Estrella left Serene beaming, as if they were old

Estrella responded

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

wasn’t her client or her benefactor. Why should

Serene nervously explained, “Estrella, Jason did give me this necklace. He just felt sorry for me

Jason and I are just friends, like you and Bryce are. I hope you won’t freeze me

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