Chapter 3

At that moment, he was clad in a pale gray pajama set, hand brushing through his hair that was neither dry nor wet, leaving the collar casually open to bare his chiseled chest.

Jason rubbed his hair nonchalantly as he said with a poker face, “Don’t bother, even in your birthday suit, it’s pointless.”

Jason’s dismissive tone slightly dimmed the sparkle in Estrella’s eyes. She slowly lifted the sheer fabric, her voice steady as she said, “Jason, just cooperate and let’s get this task done. After that, you can do whatever you want. I won’t intrude on your life.”

Then she added, with a twist in her tone, “If you’re really not into it, we could consider artificial insemination.”

After Estrella finished, Jason tossed the towel angrily onto the floor, held her chin with a smirk, and asked, “Estrella, what do you take me for, a sperm bank on legs?”

Sperm bank on legs?

Forced to meet Jason’s gaze, Estrella was at a loss for words.

Their eyes locked, and as she saw her reflection in his eyes, Jason suddenly leaned closer, so close their lips were almost touching.

At Jason’s advance, Estrella instinctively struggled. That was when Jason seemed to snap out of it and straightened up, his voice icy as he said, “Estrella, dreaming of climbing the social ladder through having my child?”

He paused before adding, “You’re hardly qualified.”

Estrella felt the sting of those words.

He didn’t like her, their marriage was arranged by their parents, and their two families wanted to join forces, so Jason didn’t like her in any way.

her neck, pulled her close again, and reminded her while looking into her eyes, “Estrella, you

wardrobe, picked out a dark suit, put on his gold-rimmed

Estrella to collapse weakly onto the bed, her

known earlier, she would never have agreed to the marriage proposal from Jason’s father Landon,

sitting on the edge of the bed for a while, Estrella got

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out another set

Though

Jason turned her away. She had done everything, yet Jason never touched her. There was

next morning, she was awakened by a call from

how did it go with Jason last

insanity. She thought if Kristin had wanted grandchildren so badly,

Jason.

After a

Estrella replied with resignation, “He left shortly after he came back.”

that she had missed another chance to become a grandmother, Kristin felt a chill in her heart. She advised, “Estrella, you still need to be more proactive with Jason.”

Jason to take pity on her

what to say, Kristin added from the other end, “You see, you just don’t take enough initiative with Jason. Go to the office and bring him lunch. You need to be

to were Serene, who was Jason’s

her advice. So, she got ready, grabbed

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