Chapter 290

Jason was in a huff. Estrella laughed and teased, “Can’t charm my way out of this one?”

Jason turned around and pinched her chin, saying, “If you really wanna make it up to me, let’s go get our marriage license tomorrow.”

Estrella’s laughter filled the room. She knew it. There he was, making a mountain out of a molehill again, trying to talk her into making it official.

Eyeing Jason for a moment, Estrella said, “Let’s do it. Let’s go get that license right now.”

Jason’s eyes lit up like Christmas lights. “For real?”

Noticing his little schemes, Estrella couldn’t help but laugh and pinch his cheek. Jason, your little plots are written all over your face. You can keep dreaming about that license.”

With that, she withdrew her hand and flopped down on the bed. “Stay mad if you want to. I’m taking a nap.” Yawning widely, Estrella pulled up the duvet and covered herself.

When her drifted off without a fuss over him, Jason couldn’t resist. He lay down beside her and enveloped her in his arms. “You heartless thing, how can you be sleepy at a time like this?”

His words from this morning weren’t exaggerated at all. He did get sick and receive injections for six days during his business trip. He did go straight to the Dorvold family’s place after getting off the plane. It’s true that upon hearing she was at Waterfall Acres, he immediately went to the supermarket to buy groceries.

Jason pressed down on her, and Estrella turned to face him. Just as she was about to wrap her arms around his neck, her phone rang by the pillow. It was her mom, Autumn.

Estrella answered, “Hey, Mom.”

added, “By the way, Jason was looking for you and Isaac at the house this morning. Did he make it to Waterfall Acres? And tell him to buy less stuff for Isaac; we’re running out of space.”

whereabouts during his trip, how he video-called Isaac every day, keeping the little guy company with chats and

couldn’t suppress a smile. So, she was

and said with a hint of pride, “Thought you were mad at me? Thought you weren’t speaking to me? So why were you hitting up my

wondered how Isaac seemed so unaffected by Jason’s week-long absence. She thought Isaac had just gotten over it, but it turned out Jason had kept

was upset with her, he

straight into Estrella’s eyes, Jason

back of her head, he deepened the kiss. This was the first time she had coddled him since her return, and the first time she had kissed him

other can come

no one

lay motionless in Jason’s embrace, he kissed her cheek and whispered, “Darlin’, I shouldn’t get so worked up this time.

I came around. We’re young, and as long as I treat you right and you’re

me and I got sick, my heart was heavy. Still, I couldn’t stand not seeing

her heart at his words. She looked up at

palpable, and

Jason. He was more patient than he’d been back in their school days, back when he was more carefree

for her. Whether someone cares about you or not depends on whether they are attentive to your emotions, thoughts, and their willingness to communicate or explain. If they neglect these aspects,

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