30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

Chapter 184

Estrella didn’t know what Jason was up to yesterday, but Bryce knew all too well. Jason was at the hospital accompanying Holly.

Jason’s own wife had taken a nasty fall and ended up in the hospital, and he was impossible to reach by phone.

Lying in the hospital bed, Estrella saw Bryce’s complexion sour as he smashed his cellphone to bits. She tried to console him, “Let it go, having you and Jesse by my side is all I need.”

Bryce shoved his hands into his pockets and plopped down onto the chair beside the bed with a stony face.

Catching Bryce’s mood, Estrella chuckled, “Just yesterday, you were telling me to keep my cool, saying men are the least of our worries. So, why are you the one losing your temper now?”

Her face was still pale, and her voice lacked its usual strength. That tumble she took really did a number on her.

Bryce remained silent. Estrella grabbed a pillow and playfully tossed it at him. “What, you think just because I’m laid up today I can’t handle you? You’re gonna ignore me now?”

Bryce moved closer, shimmying onto the edge of the bed. “I brought myself over so you could hit me.”

Estrella smiled. “It’s nothing serious.” She paused, then added, “It’s actually better he didn’t

know?” show up. Gives me more reason to convince myself, you

Bryce ruffled her hair with a bit more force than necessary. “Damn, not worth it.”

said. “So why

you up a decent guy, make Jason,

“Deal,” Estrella agreed.

not be hurting inside? Yesterday, she had cried out in the yard yesterday to no avail, her heart colder than the snow outside. But maybe it was for the best. Now she could let go

hadn’t subsided, so Estrella said, “Bryce, don’t tell my Dad about this, okay? I’ll probably be discharged

won’t agree to a divorce?”

agreement

her response, Bryce relaxed a

Bryce stepped out to take care of some paperwork and make payments, Estrella picked up the new phone Jesse had given her that morning. It

a sardonic laugh. Her

why are you coming to me? You didn’t handle it well from the beginning, and you stood her up, making her wait for so long. If I were her, I’d be furious and wouldn’t stick around

in, Marie continued, “Mr. Jason, if you keep this up, you just

powering it on, he saw that Estrella had called him the previous afternoon. He dialed her number

at the office. Jason decided to deal with work first. He’d sort things out

following days, Jason was swamped with work. He even accepted Holly’s invitation to visit her new library, where he sipped on a

become routine for him and Estrella to go long periods without contact. Early i their marriage, they once went three

a business engagement with Grayson, the topic of his relationship wi Estrella came up. Jason realized it had been a week since Estrella returned

week with no contact, and she hadn’t come looking for

his cigarette in a nearby trash can, Jason simply said, “Same old,

sooner rather than later. If you can’t let go of Holly, then let Estrella