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

Chapter 147

Marie intended to exchange pleasantries with the couple, but as she watched Estrella dash to the restroom with a hand clamped over her mouth, she hurried after her in a

fluster.

“What’s the matter, Ms. Estrella?” Marie asked, just as Estrella retched, suggesting, “Maybe it’s food poisoning!” No sooner had she spoken than she was bent over the toilet,

vomiting.

Jason soon appeared with a glass of warm water. After Estrella rinsed her mouth, she felt a smidgeon better.

Jason was at her side, gently rubbing her back while Marie muttered, “The grub from outside just ain’t reliable. We should have Mr. Lee deliver lunch to you guys.”

Estrella managed to nod in agreement, attempting to stand, only to be hit with another wave of nausea.

As Estrella staggered back to the toilet, Marie’s eyes sparkled with realization. Shel glanced at Jason, then back at Estrella, her mind racing. Mr. Jason had been around more often lately, and the lovebirds seemed pretty cozy, often all lovey-dovey in front of

others.

Connecting the dots, Marie asked with a hint of excitement, “Ms. Estrella, are you by any chance expecting?”

The question caught both Jason and Estrella off guard.

After a recent all-clear from the doctor and a previous bout with food poisoning, pregnancy was the last thing on Estrella’s mind. Given her relationship with Jason, it wasn’t something she had considered likely.

Jason, momentarily stunned, turned to Estrella. He had assumed it was just a stomach bug, having no prior experience and never having played the role of a dad. Watching Estrella, Jason’s grip on her arm unconsciously tightened, his gaze filled with unspoken.

concern.

you’re hurting my hand.” Upon her words, Jason

daddy,” she teased. “I’m pretty sure this is it. I’ll accompany Ms. Estrella to the clinic tomorrow to check.”

Jason blurted out, “I’ll take

smile widened. “If you can take

she said, offering her

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“Are you feeling

bit nauseous,”

confidently. Hearing this, Jason held Estrella even closer as if afraid she might fall or stumble.

do anything, even something as simple as

her.

joining her, citing his worry that

her bathe. She found it amusing that Jason had become uncharacteristically anxious since Marie’s pregnancy suggestion. She had known him for years and had never seen him so on edge, so careful with her as he was now, even while helping her

shower, Estrella sat at her computer desk, and Jason’s mood darkened. “Who

even know for sure what’s going on. Don’t be so tense. Besides, even if I am

my wife,” Jason stated

of “my wife”

with a tenderness she wasn’t accustomed to, lifted her from the chair as if she were a

reminisced about the time she fell ill in eighth grade. Jason had watched over her for 72 hours. He did not leave her side except for bathroom breaks, and he even missed school to care for her.

feel like I’ve let you down, let down the entire Nelson family ancestry.” Jason, normally so self-assured, was attending to Estrella’s

the edge of the bed, he reassured her, “If you’re not, then you’re not.

of marriage, his rare visits home, his avoidance of her touch, and his secretive contraception use had convinced

room fell into a comfortable silence as Jason stroked

didn’t want kids.”