30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

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.

raised his right hand to the back of her neck, pulled her close again, and reminded her while looking into her eyes,

and walked to the wardrobe, picked out a dark suit, put on his

door shut with a violent force, leaving Estrella to collapse

If she had known earlier, she would never have agreed to the marriage proposal from Jason’s father Landon, even if it meant never having

a while, Estrella got up, went to the wardrobe,

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another set of

Though

to the rejection, Estrella felt defeated as a woman each time Jason turned her away. She had

by a call from Kristin. “Hi

it go with Jason last night? Did you

helpless. For two years, Kristin’s pressure for a grandchild had driven her to the brink of insanity. She thought if Kristin had wanted grandchildren

Jason.

After a

silence, Estrella replied with resignation, “He left shortly after

had missed another chance to become a grandmother, Kristin felt a chill in her

begging Jason to take pity on her and

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 more present, or others will think

referred to were Serene, who was Jason’s secretary at the

after Kristin had called and given her advice. So, she got ready,

International.

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