30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

Chapter 127

Tori’s shares in the family company were a hair’s breadth less than his daughter’s. But since blood ties ran deep, the two were practically one entity to the outside world.

If Jesse and Tori ever fell out or her shares fell into the hands of another, Tori’s stronghold as CEO could crumble like a house of cards.

Estrella was a sharp lawyer with a streak of victories under her belt. As Estrella’s friend, Jesse wasn’t about to play this high-stakes game without an ace up her sleeve. After all, she wasn’t one to leave her fate to chance.

Jesse’s warning had sent Tori’s face through a palette of pallor and fury, and even Damita and Melinda seemed rattled. They never expected Jesse, often the butt of their mother-daughter jokes, to show such backbone in the clutch.

Her words had the staff skittering like startled hens, all eyes on Tori, waiting for his verdict.

Tori was unable to discern truth from bluff in Jesse’s statement. He was also mindful of Estrella, the legal field’s rising star, and begrudgingly conceded, “Let her go. I’d like to see what kind of waves she can make on her own!

The staff retreated. Jesse sauntered up to Damita with her hands buried in her pockets and a look that could freeze over a summer’s day.

“What are you staring at?” Damita’s voice was ice. “Your love life’s your own mess to sort out, not mine.”

Jesse let out a cold chuckle. “If Hanson was such a catch, would you let him marry me instead of saving him for your darling Melinda?”

snapped back. “Your grandparents handpicked him.

“Damita, the incident that happened nine years ago…

as day. Jesse’s smirk widened. This was a lead

insolence from the younger generation. Jesse’s defiance was too much to bear. “If you won’t participate in the family’s arrangements, get out of the Manning estate!”

the echoes of her departure to fill the Manning mansion. She felt

the Manning estate, Jesse dialed her driver. Within minutes, her ride was there.

the air with Tori about the matchmaking debacle, Jesse felt a weight lift off her

her heroic stand to Estrella and Bryce, who lavished her with praise.

from a courtroom victory representing an employee against a corporate Goliath, Estrella considered the timing of her

in the waiting area, pondering the implications of

doctor’s office. The doctor was seated, reviewing the results. “You’re in excellent health. While you

pregnant?” Estrella’s brow knitted in confusion.

the confirmation brought a tinge of

.days.” Noting Estrella’s despondency, the doctor scrutinized her report and asked, “Are you absolutely certain you haven’t been using birth control? It seems to me that with you fertility, conception should happen pretty easily

used any birth control,” Estrella replied confidently. She recalled her intimate moments with Jason. Besides the first two times which happened during her safe period just after menstruation, they had been having sex almost daily. It was precisely because of this regularity and the fact that she was highly fertile, that she thought of taking these tests in the hospital.