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.”

day, she had tried to keep a peaceful facade so Korey wouldn’t sense the tension, but Jason had to go and show his disdain for her, making it all too clear. If that

her in front of anyone, just not in front of

would it kill

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“Mr. Jason, what would you like to hear? I can tailor my words to

stormed out, slamming the door behind him. If

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

with Thomas and

up Jason for a meeting

When will you be giving it to Ms.

expression darkened. “Who said it

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 one.

afternoon, when Estrella and her colleagues arrived at the resort, they bumped into Jason in the lobby, accompanied

dress with a light grey coat, sporting a pink diamond

coincidence to see you here,” Logan greeted

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

greeted her with a

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

her house wouldn’t even fetch 8 million, so there was no way she could

Estrella’s gaze shifted to Jason. How ironic. She’d always teased him for being tight-fisted, yet he could be surprisingly generous. According to Thomas and the others, Jason was no miser, except when it came

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at her necklace, Serene touched her neck self-consciously. Her confidence

Before

chatted with them. Estrella

and she hadn’t 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 cups

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

Estrella responded

necklace again.

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