Chapter 263

Jason’s warm hand snaked in, causing a tingle to dance across Estrella’s scalp.

As she reached out to push him away, Jason caught her wrist, leaned in close, and planted a kiss on her lips.

Isaac was strapped into the booster seat beside them, and there Estrella was, sandwiched between the two, the atmosphere charged with an ambiguous blend of warmth and intimacy.

After a fervent kiss, Estrella’s blouse had come undone, revealing her shoulders.

Watching Jason unabashedly take his liberties, Estrella, with an icy reminder, said, “Jason, if you wake my son, all your recent efforts will have been for nothing.”

Jason’s hand, which had been roaming her waist, paused. He recalled the time he had stolen a kiss from Estrella, the fierce battle Isaac put up, and how the little guy still hadn’t called him ‘Dad’.

Their eyes met, and upon seeing Jason withdraw his hand, Estrella couldn’t resist goading him, “Don’t be scared. Keep going”

At Estrella’s sarcastic remark, Jason, unhurried, straightened her clothes, “Just looking out for you, to satisfy your needs.”

Estrella snorted.

Once Estrella was decent again, Jason pulled her into his embrace. He kissed her forehead and said, “I’ve been living quite a full life lately. Mom and Grandpa, they all adoré

Isaac.”

Estrella softly closed her eyes to rest. She had been running herself ragged between the police station, the courthouse, and Glimmering Lake, slimming down considerably. With her eyes closed and nestled in Jason’s arms, he felt a surge of contentment and began to gently knead her hand, helping her unwind.

Isaac in the booster seat, Jason, stroking her shoulder, whispered, “Back then, I didn’t want to rush

When Jason mentioned the past, Estrella said without opening her eyes, “Once the Glimmering Lake case wraps up, make an appointment with the doctor.”

Lake recently that the fire incident had been put on hold, and she hadn’t even discussed any progress with Serene.

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murmured, continuing his gentle

your

out, Jason’s expression darkened, his hands ceasing their movement. Then he reached for

that day, he had told Keith to stay away from Estrella, insisting it was

As he was about to make a call, visibly upset, Estrella stopped him, asking, “What are you doing?”

he put his phone aside. Estrella gave him a disdainful

her lips once more. This time, he wasn’t so quick to let go,

Lake

She wasn’t going to

“Don’t you want it, even a

brushed him off, “I never shortchange myself. When I

of it.”

choked, his mood shifting again. But recalling Estrella’s response, he perked up, pinching her chin, “You’re something else, always talking

in a very long time. And during those years apart, he had seldom thought of such matters. Mostly, he was consumed by guilt when

Isaac home.” Jason got out of the car first, and as Estrella

hard, “Just get Isaac out of the

Isaac from the car, Estrella reached out to take him, but Jason said,

considering how well he had

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