30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

Chapter 174

Pausing in her tracks, she tucked her hands into the deep pockets of her coat, slowly exhaled a breath, and then, with a smile playing on her lips, asked, “Something on your mind?”

Jason strode up to her, one hand casually buried in his pocket, the other playfully brushing away a stray lock of hair from her forehead. “Not heading home?”

His nonchalance was met with a chuckle from Estrella. After her laughter subsided, she gently pushed his hand away. “I’m not joking with you, Jason. I am serious about getting a divorce.”

His hand, once removed, curled into a loose fist. “I was out of line with what I said the other day.”

Following his clash with Grayson at the bar, Jason had mulled over both his words and those of his friend, admitting to himself that claiming Dorvold Group couldn’t clinch the deal if he had intervened was indeed an overstatement.

“So, are you apologizing?” Estrella, hands still pocketed, looked at him with an amused smile. “Alright, I accept your apology, but Jason, we’re really not right for each other. Let’s just go through with the proceedings, okay?”

As Estrella brushed past him, Jason caught her arm. “About the other day, seeing Holly was just-”

Before Jason could finish, Estrella cut him off. “Jason, I’m not interested in who you see or what you do. I just don’t want to be with you anymore.”

limits. Once exhausted, she had no intention of playing

it you want, Jason? Don’t tell me you’re not ready for divorce. Nearly three years of marriage and

fierce glare from Jason. “Are, you

I’m adamant about the

approached her father at the Dorvold Group. If she didn’t end

insistence on divorce evident, Jason’s grip tightened, veins on the back of his

the bandage on her ring finger still intact, the wound beneath not yet healed. As she reclaimed her hand, Jason bit back,

entered her apartment, closing the door gently behind her. She stood still for

never visited her after that. Estrella didn’t return to Sandalwood Oasis, and he

empty house, devoid of warmth or liveliness, left him feeling hollow inside.

Estrella smiling in greeting, but as

the past, she would never leave Sandalwood Oasis, no matter what. Even if Jason didn’t come home at night, she would wait for him. No matter what he did outside, she

eventually turned and

about to leave, Marie stopped him. Mr. Jason,

charm Ms. Estrella a bit, and she’ll come back. In Marie’s eyes, Estrella was a woman of great patience, always cheerful and forgiving of Mr. Jason’s faults Marie believed a little affection from him would surely win