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Inside the small coin purse, besides a few coins that jingled out, the rest were still just

coins.

With a look of distaste, Estrella said to Isaac, “I thought you were hoarding some secret stash behind my back. Turns out it’s just a handful of nickels and dimes. You might as well save them for a kiddie ride.”

Isaac wasn’t pleased when Estrella handed back the purse. He pouted his little lips and pushed the purse back towards Estrella, his voice earnest and childishly solemn, “It’s my

treat.”

Across the table, Jason chuckled, “Let the kid show off a bit, will ya?”

Jason’s words had a playful undertone. Isaac’s stubbornness really did take after him and Estrella in that respect.

“Alright, alright,” Estrella conceded, unable to resist Isaac’s insistence. “You’re treating.”

What could that little bit of money treat anyone to, anyway? But not wanting to hurt Isaac’s feelings, Estrella pocketed the coins.

They had planned to hit the amusement park after lunch, but just as they finished eating and Jason carried Isaac onto the elevator, the child nestled into his arms and fell asleep. The two had no choice but to head home.

After the maid took Isaac inside, Jason turned to Estrella, “Estrella, I think Isaac and I

should do a DNA test.”

Isaac’s affection for him, and his eagerness to play with him – Jason saw it all.

As soon as Jason finished speaking, Estrella looked up at him, her voice laced with accusation, “Jason, I knew it. You’ve never trusted me. No matter what I say, you always doubt me.”

to reply, Estrella continued, “If you

nerve in Jason. It was precisely for this reason that he had not pursued

and Estrella saw the complexity in Jason’s gaze,

Jason reached out, tilting

I’m going back to my son.” She

considered coming clean to Jason.

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spend more time with him. But the thought of Jason getting the better end of the deal, by gaining a son so easily, made Estrella feel resentful.

on not reconciling with Jason, he might fight her for custody of their child. Isaac was her life’s work; no one could take him away from her. Back upstairs, Autumn was by Isaac’s bedside Seeing Estrella,

smiled, “Yeah, Isaac does

a while until he saw the curtains of Estrella’s bedroom close. Only then did

and Jesse finally returned from their business trip, and the trio that hadn’t been together for a while

day and putting him down for his nap, the three settled in the sunroom for tea.

“Ella, did you sort out that arson case you were helping Serene with? What did Jason

work, only meeting Estrella a couple of times, but Jason was always around, so they hadn’t

at Bryce indifferently. “Maybe started

Both Bryce and Jesse were stunned.

then Jesse was the first to speak, “I may have said something to

“Now, I wouldn’t even know how to cuss my

expose the truth, but whether he could have chosen to marry Estrella, he wasn’t

stared at Estrella, who appeared calm, and mused, “Serene is almost ruled out, and Holly nearly lost her life. So what’s the story with that

look for a breakthrough with me. Jason and I have both contacted doctors to see

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