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.”

she had tried to keep a peaceful facade so Korey wouldn’t sense the tension, but Jason had to go and show his

anyone, just not in front of Korey. After all,

voice was cold. “Estrella, would it kill you to speak to me without sarcasm?”

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would you like to hear? I can tailor my words to

out, slamming the door behind him. If she didn’t need his concern, he

over, noting that Jason had left, not even

up with Thomas and

up Jason for a meeting at the government

When will you be giving it to Ms. Estrella?”

said it

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

plenty of thoughts but dared not

arrived at the resort, they bumped into Jason in

with a light grey coat, sporting a pink diamond necklace that added a touch of elegance to her usual look.

see you here,” Logan greeted him as

her two colleagues but didn’t initiate a greeting, instead standing idly by.

greeted her with a smile

acknowledgment. Her gaze briefly landed on Serene’s necklace. It was Golden Gaze’s exclusive piece for the year, priced at 48 million dollars. Bryce had mentioned buying it for her, but it

piece was beyond Serene’s means. To put it bluntly, selling her house wouldn’t even fetch 8 million, so

tight-fisted, yet he could be surprisingly generous. According to Thomas and the others, Jason

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Estrella’s glance at her necklace, Serene touched her neck self-consciously.

Before

the director Logan chatted with them. Estrella found a place to rest on her

greeted him. With her firm’s colleagues present, she couldn’t reveal her true relationship with him. After reviewing some legal documents and sipping two

restroom, she ran into Serene. They faced each other, and Serene greeted her with a grin. “Estrella.” Each encounter with Estrella

responded coolly.

reaction, Serene touched her necklace again. “Estrella, are you

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