Chapter 182

Catrina sighed with a heavy heart as she watched Jason’s reserved demeanor. “Korey said coming back wasn’t good for Holly’s recovering, but we were too stubborn to listen,” she admitted, a note of guilt lacing her words. “I guess we parents do make mistakes.”

When Jason remained silent, Catrina went on, Truth be told, I shouldn’t have called you over today, especially since you and Estrella are married now. But you saw it yourself, Jason. Your presence seemed to calm Holly down.”

Her voice wavered as she continued, her eyes welling up with tears. “It’s just so cruel, isn’t it? Who could be so heartless as to want to take both your and Holly’s lives? We’re talking

about two lives here.”

Jason’s silence deepened.

In the midst of Catrina’s melancholic sighs, Holly’s heart monitor suddenly started blaring an alarm. Panic-stricken, Catrina whirled towards Jason, her voice trembling, “Jason, what’s happening? Everything was fine just a moment ago-why is the machine going off?”

Jason quickly pressed the call button beside the bed.

Catrina was visibly shaken. She leapt up from her chair and dashed out, calling, “Is there a doctor around? We’ve got a situation with patient in bed 18. The monitor is going off!”

Hearing Catrina’s frantic shouts, doctors and nurses hurriedly made their way over.

At Sandalwood Oasis, Estrella had finished lunch, yet there was still no word from Jason.

He was nowhere to be seen.

Marie noticed Estrella’s reluctance to leave the living room and gently suggested, “Ms. Estrella, perhaps you should go upstairs and rest for a bit.”

Suppressing a yawn, Estrella replied, “I’ll just watch some TV.”

Marie let out a resigned sigh and left, understanding that Estrella was still miffed at Mr. Jason and that was why she didn’t want to retife to her room.

could still make it to the registrar’s office before it

by, but Estrella told her not to brave the cold, promising to

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return soon, they’d be too late to visit the registrar’s office. Stretching languidly, she decided it was time to head back to Waterfall Acres. If Jason had something to say, it would

her things to leave, Marie burst in excitedly, “Ms. Estrella, it’s snowing outside, and it’s coming down thick

to peer out the window. The snowflakes were as large as feathers, blanketing the world in white. In just a short time, the garden was cloaked in a layer of frost. It had been ages since Ravenwood had

The snowfall couldn’t have been more timely. Setting her bag down, Estrella rose

“Ms. Estrella, don’t forget your scarf. You don’t

catch a cold.”

out,

“Ella, has Jason returned yet?”

yet, I’m about to head

“I’ll come get you.”

“Okay.”

worry whenever she wa sight, acting every bit

down jacket

Jesse, Estrella noticed she’d missed a message from Jason on Messenger. She was about to head to Waterfall Acres, so she dialed his number, only to be greeted with a robotic message: “Sorry, the number you have

the number you have dialed is switched off. Please

and turned to head

towards her.

her feet slipped on

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stumbled backward, and as the cat, back arched and hissing, prepared to attack, Estrella realized it must have just lost

her heels hit a stone on the road, she lost her balance. Unable to steady herself,

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