30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

Chapter 91

Chapter 91

Estrella regained her composure and sat down with a smile, “Mr. Jason, you sure can hold your liquor.”

Jason followed suit, sitting down while wincing and taking a sharp breath.

Catching his expression, Estrella looked at him with a glance full of disdain, thinking to herself. “If you can’t handle your drinks, why put on a show? Who are you trying to impress?”

Her contemptuous look didn’t go unnoticed, and Jason gritted his teeth, “Not even offering me a bite to eat?”

Logan, catching the awkwardness, chimed in with a grin, “Estrella, Mr. Jason went hard on the drinks. Why don’t you serve him some veggies?”

With everyone watching, Estrella couldn’t exactly refuse, so she begrudgingly forked a few green beans onto Jason’s plate.

As the alcohol started to loosen tongues around the table, the conversation picked up again. Jason was half-listening to the chatter, his attention mostly fixed on Estrella.

Serene, seated next to Drew, hadn’t taken her eyes off Jason and Estrella the entire time. She knew Jason was into Estrella. He had intentionally downed that drink earlier, deliberately stirring up suspicion about their relationship to ward off potential suitors.

Having known Jason for years, she’d never seen him give anyone this much attention, not even Holly. Serene envied that Estrella could marry Jason, and Jason also cared about

her.

Post-dinner, Estrella nonchalantly ate the peanuts, eavesdropping on the banter, when suddenly she felt a hand on her thigh under the table.

She turned to look at the person on her right, watching him chat away as if nothing were amiss. However, his left hand was causing mischief under the table. Her face soured, and with a flick, she snapped a nut shell onto the table in front of him.

Jason looked at the shell that had flown over, his fingers deliberately brushing against her under the table as he leaned in and whispered cheekily, “Aren’t you usually quite bold and fiery?”

response, his

herself, no wonder he had pulled his chair closer

his. If she had known about tonight’s dinner

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the pain but his hand lingered, sliding towards her inner thigh, “Estrella, you dare claim you’re single in my presence?”

his wrist, “Then stand up and tell everyone that I’m your

wife.”

grabbed him where it would

as if nothing was happening. When Jason glared at her, she merely raised an eyebrow in

had been watching the whole time. Although she hadn’t seen exactly what they were doing, she had a hunch they were locked

showed such expressions and smiles when he was with

forlorn look, Estrella casually remarked,

seems upset.”

expression darkened, “Why should I care about her being upset?” He then reiterated,

retorted, “Funny how you’re always so

was flushed with a hint of drunkenness, his aristocratic nose still supporting his stylish gold-rimmed glasses –

an unshelled walnut into his mouth, “You are not important enough to make me

“Can’t you

At Jason’s outburst, the rest of the table turned to them to see him spitting out an unshelled walnut, which

know walnuts need to be shelled,

“Yeah, Mr. Jason.”

door burst open. The lead attorney from Future Vision

and saw Estrella sitting next to Jason, her smile froze on her face. Aa an old hand at social and business gatherings, she could tell at a glance that Jason and Estrella were flirting under the radar. No wonder Estrella had

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