Chapter 213

That evening, Keith remarked that it had been ages since the family had last gathered at home, so Kristin was roped in to round everyone up.

Jason had no desire to return, but Kristin played the guilt card, reminding him that Keith and Amber weren’t getting any younger, and that each visit could very well be the last. Reluctantly, Jason made his way back.

With a noncommittal grunt, Jason acknowledged the group, his response as muted as his enthusiasm for the reunion.

The looks he received made him uncomfortable. Past or present, he never took kindly to pity, and it was abundantly clear that the news about Estrella’s child had already made the rounds within the family.

“Jason, if things are truly unbearable, just get a divorce,” his aunt blurted out.

“Exactly, there are plenty of fish in the sea. Why fixate on one?” another chimed in.

Estrella should have at least finalized things before moving on with c downright disrespectful to sneak off, have a kid abroad, and drag the Nelson family name through the mud,” a cousin added indignantly.

“I used to like your wife, but she really crossed the line this time, bro. Let her go. Besides, there’s no way you can swallow your pride after this.”

Jason had specifically avoided coming home to sidestep these very confrontations, y here he was, unable to escape.

are my own fault. She’s done nothing wrong, and I’d appreciate it if you all stayed out

were at fault before, it’s not like you committed murder or anything. You haven’t brought the child home. Look what Estrella

favorite until she returned with a child, tarnishing the family’s reputation in everyone’s

Young’s daughter has taken quite a liking to you. She’s a decent girl, quiet and

Estrella just aren’t right for each other. It’s

after all these years. It’ll be a clean

echoed through the room. “I don’t need your advice on my relationship. Nobody knows better than I

my boy, why won’t you listen? Do you think we’re

right, and since there’s no children involved, the divorce will be

moment, almost everyone in the Nelson family was on one side, overwhelmingly not supporting Jason and

would come to this. However, she couldn’t stand to hear

retaliated against Jason. As a woman, I understand her. Estrella has been more than enough all these years, and

as the

world, not all is black and white. Many things are not a matter of right or wrong. The marriage between Estrella and Jason was a matter of

you

so sensible, how can you…”

parents were the only elders who hadn’t commented, knowing well of Bryces close relationship with Estrella and not wishing to cause their

sometimes share bits and pieces-like the times Jason stood trella up, or

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