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.’

week later, when Korey threw a dinner party, they crossed paths again. Estrella hadn’t wanted to attend, but with Jason and Holly’s relationship now out in the open, skipping the event would have seemed petty.

in love but wasn’t

evening chatting with Jesse and Bryce, deliberately ignoring Jason and behaving

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escaped to the rooftop for some air. Resting her elbows on the balcony railing, she enjoyed the cool breeze of late

Jason was 23, and she was 19, a sophomore in college. Jason had been working at Nelson International for nearly two years.

she greeted him with a tipsy smile upon

up leisurely. Estrella, with a hazy look in her eyes, chuckled and said,

without contact, was that all she had to say

sour and, thinking of how happy Holly had been that

if they were celebrating an engagement-she

Jason’s face grew

so she decided to leave the rooftop. “I’m heading back in then.”

shoved her backward with such force that her back slammed against the railing. Pain nearly brought tears to her eyes, and her light

“Estrella, if you have something to say, just say it. There’s

incredulously. She’d only spoken a few words-a simple cong and a comment about the couple’s compatibility-and

sarcasm?

was I being sarcastic?

into his pocket. “If you’re unhappy about

can tell me.”

the Ledfords had made it official. There was nothing

not that entitled or privileged to be unhappy. How you want