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.”

a resigned sigh and left, understanding that Estrella was still miffed at Mr. Jason and that was why she didn’t want to retife to her

to return, hoping they could still make it to the registrar’s office before it closed to finalize their

offering to drop by, but Estrella told her not to brave the cold, promising to visit her

be too late to visit the registrar’s office. Stretching languidly, she decided it was time to

in excitedly, “Ms. Estrella, it’s

as feathers, blanketing the world in white. In just a short time, the garden was cloaked in a layer of frost. It

the view outside, Estrella suddenly realized it was Christmas Eve. The snowfall couldn’t have been more timely. Setting her bag down, Estrella rose and walked leisurely

followed, reminding her, “Ms. Estrella, don’t forget your scarf. You don’t want

as she ventured out, Jesse posted photos in the group chat of the snow and mentioned coming

directly, “Ella, has Jason returned

“Not yet, I’m about to head

“I’ll come get

“Okay.”

worry whenever she wa sight, acting every

The down jacket he had boug her was indeed warm, like being wrapped in a thick quilt.

snowy pictures to Jesse, Estrella noticed she’d missed a message from Jason on Messenger. She was about to head to Waterfall Acres, so she dialed his number, only

number you have dialed is switched

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

protected her belly, but her feet slipped on the icy

stumbled backward, and as the cat, back arched and hissing, prepared to attack, Estrella realized it must have just lost a fight and

alarm as the cat lunged at her. She took several steps backward again, but when her heels hit a stone on the road, she lost her balance. Unable to steady herself, she fell hard to

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