Chapter 84

At the desk, Jason tossed the medicine Marie had given him onto the surface. “What’s

this?”

Estrella glanced at the pills Jason had flung carelessly on the table. “You don’t know? Well, if you’re clueless, I’m not exactly Sherlock Holmes here.” She had no time for beating around the bush. Straight talk was her game.

Estrella played dumb, but Jason just chuckled dryly. He didn’t snap at her. Instead, he

you this calmly met her eyes and asked, “Did you chuck the breakfast I bought for morning too?”

Estrella looked up, realizing he had seen her throw it away.

Jason didn’t mince words, and neither did Estrella. She exhaled softly, walked over to the dresser, and started putting her hair up with a hairpin. “Jason, I’ve been doing just fine all these years without yours

bouts of concern, and I sure don’t need your fleeting

kindness.”

If he had wanted to make things right, he should’ve done it long ago. Besides, he was still entangled with his past feelings and Serene, answering her calls and running to her side whenever she beckoned.

Estrella had told him once. As long as she bore his child, he could play his games, and she wouldn’t care. But he couldn’t even grant her that simple wish, claiming she didn’t deserve

Now, she was done playing.

Feelings change with the tide. She was no longer the Estrella from two years ago, nor the one who once had feelings for him.

Life was long and unpredictable.

Estrella’s sudden seriousness caught Jason off guard. His hands pocketed in his jeans, he watched her for a long while before finally saying, “About the misunderstanding on my last business trip, I was wrong to doubt you.”

Estrella gave a wry smile. “Don’t bother explaining. It’s too early to make conclusions. Who knows? Maybe Korey and I might just hit it off someday.”

sense the tension, but Jason had to go and show his disdain for her, making

indifference to her in front of anyone, just not in front of Korey. After all, they

kill you to speak

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what would you like to hear?

nowhere. If they continued, Jason knew he’d be left fuming. Suddenly, he grabbed his coat, and stormed out, slamming the door behind him. If she didn’t need his concern, he certainly didn’t need to waste

door closed with a thud. Estrella glanced over, noting that Jason had left,

next couple of days, Jason didn’t return, living it up with Thomas and the group,

morning, as Drew picked up Jason for a meeting at the government

the Golden Gaze diamond has arrived. When

darkened. “Who said it was for

for Ms. Estrella, then who? Despite the rumors of Jason’s escapades, there wasn’t anyone

had plenty of thoughts but dared not voice a single

arrived at the resort, they

light grey coat, sporting a pink diamond necklace

what a coincidence to see you here,” Logan greeted him as

colleagues but didn’t initiate a greeting, instead standing

with a smile upon seeing

It was Golden Gaze’s exclusive piece for the

an expensive piece was beyond Serene’s means. To put it bluntly, selling her house wouldn’t even fetch 8 million, so there was no way she could afford such a necklace.

tight-fisted, yet he could be surprisingly generous. According to Thomas and the others, Jason was no miser,

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touched her neck self-consciously. Her confidence was waning.

Before

them. Estrella found a place to rest on

her true relationship with him. After reviewing some legal documents and sipping two cups of coffee,

each other, and Serene greeted her with a grin. “Estrella.” Each encounter with Estrella

responded

her necklace again. “Estrella,

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