30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

Chapter 123

Estrella resisted with all her might, but in the end, she couldn’t escape Jason’s clutches. He devoured her yet again, leaving nothing untouched.

“Estrella, Jason and Holly are an item now. Holly tweeted about it, and the Ledford family has acknowledged their relationship,” Jesse informed her. Estrella was utterly

dumbfounded.

She had thought she and Jason were an item, that despite not making their relationship official, they were essentially lovers. Staring at Jesse’s phone, Estrella was frozen for what seemed like an eternity before managing a forced, casual smile. “They do seem like a good match,” she said. Her heart ached, and though she tried to hide it, her voice and body were shaking uncontrollably.

Suddenly, sitting upright in bed, Estrella’s forehead was drenched in sweat. By the light of the bedside lamp, she glanced at the pillow where Jason lay in deep slumber.

Bracing herself with her hands against the mattress, she tried to calm her racing heart. Then, wiping the sweat from her brow, she silently got out of bed.

For so long, she hadn’t dreamt about the past, about that incident.

Pouring herself a glass of water from the cabinet, Estrella noticed the wedding band on her left ring finger-a, token of her bond with Jason. Holding the glass to her lips, she stared at the ring for a long time, then drank half the water before padding barefoot into the adjoining study.

Standing before the floor-to-ceiling window, she examined the ring on her finger. It was a commitment ring, yet having just put it on that evening, it had triggered memories of the

past.

Estrella gazed at the ring for a while longer, then crossed her arms and looked o bright moon through the window. The moon was full tonight, just as it had been f

years ago.

After the Ledford family and Holly had made their relationship public, Estrella didn’t confront Jason. He hadn’t sought her out either, probably feeling no need to explain himself to her. After all, they had never really started anything. No confessions were made. They were just ‘friends.’

dinner party, they crossed paths again. Estrella hadn’t wanted to attend, but with Jason

love but wasn’t about to embarrass herself.

Jesse and Bryce, deliberately ignoring Jason and behaving like a total outsider-which, in truth, she

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the balcony railing, she enjoyed the cool breeze of late summer. She was finishing the last sip of her canned beer when

turning around with a slight buzz, she saw Jason approaching. Back then, Jason was 23, and she was 19, a sophomore in college. Jason had been working at Nelson International

with

with a hazy look in

without contact, was that all

thinking of how happy

celebrating an engagement-she added, “You two really

fell, Jason’s face grew even more

had a girlfriend, so she decided to leave the rooftop.

he grabbed her arm and shoved her backward with such force that her back slammed against the railing. Pain nearly brought tears to her eyes, and her light buzz dissipated instantly. Had the railing been any lower, she might have fallen off the rooftop to

could catch her breath, Jason’s icy voice hit her. “Estrella, if you have something to say, just say it. There’s no need for

and a comment about the couple’s compatibility-and yet she was being accuse

sarcasm?

asked with a smirk “How was I

his hand back into his pocket. “If you’re

can tell me.”

made it official.

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