30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

Chapter 182

Catrina sighed with a heavy heart as she watched Jason’s reserved demeanor. “Korey said coming back wasn’t good for Holly’s recovering, but we were too stubborn to listen,” she admitted, a note of guilt lacing her words. “I guess we parents do make mistakes.”

When Jason remained silent, Catrina went on, Truth be told, I shouldn’t have called you over today, especially since you and Estrella are married now. But you saw it yourself, Jason. Your presence seemed to calm Holly down.”

Her voice wavered as she continued, her eyes welling up with tears. “It’s just so cruel, isn’t it? Who could be so heartless as to want to take both your and Holly’s lives? We’re talking about two lives here.”

Jason’s silence deepened.

In the midst of Catrina’s melancholic sighs, Holly’s heart monitor suddenly started blaring an alarm. Panic-stricken, Catrina whirled towards Jason, her voice trembling, “Jason, what’s happening? Everything was fine just a moment ago-why is the machine going off?”

Jason quickly pressed the call button beside the bed.

Catrina was visibly shaken. She leapt up from her chair and dashed out, calling, “Is there a doctor around? We’ve got a situation with patient in bed 18. The monitor is going off!”

Hearing Catrina’s frantic shouts, doctors and nurses hurriedly made their way over.

At Sandalwood Oasis, Estrella had finished lunch, yet there was still no word from Jason.

He was nowhere to be seen.

Marie noticed Estrella’s reluctance to leave the living room and gently suggested, “Ms. Estrella, perhaps you should go upstairs and rest for a bit.”

Suppressing a yawn, Estrella replied, “I’ll just watch some TV.”

was still miffed at Mr. Jason and that was why she didn’t want to retife to

could still make it to the registrar’s office before it closed to finalize their divorce. Such matters

absent. Kristin called, offering to drop by, but Estrella told her not to

four, and even if Jason did return soon, they’d be too late to visit the registrar’s office. Stretching languidly, she decided it was time to head back to Waterfall Acres. If Jason had something to say, it would have to wait for another time. She had

things to leave, Marie burst in excitedly, “Ms.

were barely out when Estrella turned to peer out the window. The snowflakes were as large as feathers, blanketing the world in white. In just a short time, the garden was cloaked in a layer of frost. It had been ages since Ravenwood had seen such a heavy

Christmas Eve. The snowfall couldn’t have been more timely. Setting her bag down, Estrella

Estrella, don’t forget your scarf. You don’t want to catch a cold.”

the scarf Marie handed her and stepped out into the yard. Just as she ventured out,

directly, “Ella, has Jason returned

to

“I’ll come get

“Okay.”

was beside himself with worry whenever she

on his way, Estrella was in no rush to leave. The down jacket he had boug

missed a message from Jason on Messenger. She was about to head to Waterfall Acres, so she dialed his number, only to be greeted with a robotic message: “Sorry, the

dialed is switched off. Please

attempts and the same message, Estrella hung up emotionlessly and turned to head back inside. Suddenly, a feral cat darted out from

protected her belly, but her feet slipped on

and hissing, prepared to attack, Estrella realized it must have

again, but when her heels hit a stone on the road, she lost her balance. Unable to steady

come next. It felt as though the entire world