30 Days till I Divorce My Husband (Estrella and Jason)

Chapter 123

Estrella resisted with all her might, but in the end, she couldn’t escape Jason’s clutches. He devoured her yet again, leaving nothing untouched.

“Estrella, Jason and Holly are an item now. Holly tweeted about it, and the Ledford family has acknowledged their relationship,” Jesse informed her. Estrella was utterly

dumbfounded.

She had thought she and Jason were an item, that despite not making their relationship official, they were essentially lovers. Staring at Jesse’s phone, Estrella was frozen for what seemed like an eternity before managing a forced, casual smile. “They do seem like a good match,” she said. Her heart ached, and though she tried to hide it, her voice and body were shaking uncontrollably.

Suddenly, sitting upright in bed, Estrella’s forehead was drenched in sweat. By the light of the bedside lamp, she glanced at the pillow where Jason lay in deep slumber.

Bracing herself with her hands against the mattress, she tried to calm her racing heart. Then, wiping the sweat from her brow, she silently got out of bed.

For so long, she hadn’t dreamt about the past, about that incident.

Pouring herself a glass of water from the cabinet, Estrella noticed the wedding band on her left ring finger-a, token of her bond with Jason. Holding the glass to her lips, she stared at the ring for a long time, then drank half the water before padding barefoot into the adjoining study.

Standing before the floor-to-ceiling window, she examined the ring on her finger. It was a commitment ring, yet having just put it on that evening, it had triggered memories of the

past.

Estrella gazed at the ring for a while longer, then crossed her arms and looked o bright moon through the window. The moon was full tonight, just as it had been f

years ago.

After the Ledford family and Holly had made their relationship public, Estrella didn’t confront Jason. He hadn’t sought her out either, probably feeling no need to explain himself to her. After all, they had never really started anything. No confessions were made. They were just ‘friends.’

Estrella hadn’t wanted to attend, but with Jason and Holly’s relationship now out in the open, skipping the

lost in love but wasn’t about to

deliberately ignoring Jason and behaving like a total outsider-which, in truth, she

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on the balcony railing, she enjoyed the cool breeze of late summer. She was finishing the last sip of her canned beer when

can aside and turning around with a slight buzz, she saw Jason approaching. Back then, Jason was 23, and she was 19, a sophomore in college. Jason had been working at Nelson International for

him with

a hazy look in her eyes, chuckled and said, “Congratulations!”

darkened. “That’s it?” After half a month without contact, was that all she had to say

mood sour and, thinking of how happy Holly

were celebrating an engagement-she added, “You two

face grew even more

a girlfriend, so she decided to leave the rooftop. “I’m heading back

arm and shoved her backward with such force that her back slammed against the railing. Pain nearly brought tears to her

her breath, Jason’s icy voice hit her. “Estrella, if you have something to say, just say it. There’s no need for

incredulously. She’d only spoken a few words-a simple cong and a comment about the couple’s compatibility-and

sarcasm?

a smirk “How was I being sarcastic?

his hand back into his pocket. “If you’re unhappy

can tell me.”

Holly, and the Ledfords had made it official. There was nothing left for her to say. What right did she have to

“Please, I’m not that entitled or privileged to be unhappy. How

live