Chapter 117

Jason chuckled, “My wife’s been touched by someone else. What victory is there for me?”

Estrella rolled her eyes. “It was just a pat on the shoulder over my shirt, and I didn’t even get to my legs and feet yet.”

“Ha!” Jason let out a cold laugh and fell silent. She had already been touched; she might as well spin it however she wanted.

Jason had no desire to engage, remaining mute. Estrella followed suit, simply scrolling through her phone.

Seeing this, Jason sneered sarcastically, “You’re still in the mood to play on your phone?”

Estrella was speechless. “All right, all right, no phone for me. Happy now?” she retorted. She hadn’t realized how tricky he could be, how difficult to talk to. But seeing him all puffed up and avoiding her gaze, Estrella found it rather endearing. She reached out and touched his face playfully. “Jason, I’ve got to say, you’re quite adorable when you’re jealous, all puffed up like a blowfish.”

Jason’s voice was frosty, “Mo

your hand.”

Estrella withdrew her hand, smacking th

Estrella withdrew her hand, smacking the back of it. “That’s for not being proper, for touching others recklessly. You think

as loose as you, letting themselves be

touched indiscriminately?”

Jason glanced at her coldly but said

thing.

Estrella scooted closer to him in the driver’s seat and probed, “Are you disgusted with me now? Won’t touch me anymore? If that’s the case, I’m doomed without a man, right? What about what just happened…”

Interrupted by Jason’s icy glare, Estrella mimed zipping her lips. “I’ll shut up, shutting up

now.”

quiet, resting her chin on her hands as she watched Jason, admiring him as one would a work

she adored.

more she stared, the more self-conscious he became. Finally, he diverted her face

I can’t touch you or stare at you, why do I need a

stayed silent, refusing to give in to the urge to speak. He knew

Oasis. Seeing that Jason had exited the car without

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she turned toward the gate, a chilly breeze swept through. She was dressed only in a

walking away, and with a swift stretch of his arm,

burst into laughter, bumping against him playfully. “Not angry anymore?”

accelerated his pace, dragging her back

her legs were bare in those shorts. At the doorstep, he couldn’t very well strip off his own

stern expression, and she

NO

by their arrival Jason’s grim face and Estrella in her summery shorts. “Ms.

in a teasing tone, exclaimed, “Caught red-handed by Mr. Jason there, and he ripped

Marie was flabbergasted.

light smack on the back of

laughed again, leaning towards Jason. “You

pushed her face away and

smiled and said reassuringly, “No worries. He just needs some comforting.”

Jason, with her hands in her pockets.

the bedroom, with Jason still ignoring her, Estrella taunted, “Seems you really do despise me. I should’ve

intensely. Estrella, about to throw out another snide comment, was silenced by Jason’s sudden kiss – more of a seal over her lips, really, to stop the endless stream of

move made Estrella smile, and she wrapped her

Jason. Estrella suddenly looked up.

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