30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband (Estrella and Jason) novel Chapter 123

Chapter 123 

Estrella resisted with all her might, but in the end, she couldn’t escape Jason’s clutches. He devoured her yet again, leaving nothing untouched. 

“Estrella, Jason and Holly are an item now. Holly tweeted about it, and the Ledford family has acknowledged their relationship,” Jesse informed her. Estrella was utterly 

dumbfounded. 

She had thought she and Jason were an item, that despite not making their relationship official, they were essentially lovers. Staring at Jesse’s phone, Estrella was frozen for what seemed like an eternity before managing a forced, casual smile. “They do seem like a good match,” she said. Her heart ached, and though she tried to hide it, her voice and body were shaking uncontrollably. 

Suddenly, sitting upright in bed, Estrella’s forehead was drenched in sweat. By the light of the bedside lamp, she glanced at the pillow where Jason lay in deep slumber. 

Bracing herself with her hands against the mattress, she tried to calm her racing heart. Then, wiping the sweat from her brow, she silently got out of bed. 

For so long, she hadn’t dreamt about the past, about that incident. 

Pouring herself a glass of water from the cabinet, Estrella noticed the wedding band on her left ring finger-a, token of her bond with Jason. Holding the glass to her lips, she stared at the ring for a long time, then drank half the water before padding barefoot into the adjoining study. 

Standing before the floor-to-ceiling window, she examined the ring on her finger. It was a commitment ring, yet having just put it on that evening, it had triggered memories of the 

past. 

Estrella gazed at the ring for a while longer, then crossed her arms and looked o bright moon through the window. The moon was full tonight, just as it had been f 

years ago. 

After the Ledford family and Holly had made their relationship public, Estrella didn’t confront Jason. He hadn’t sought her out either, probably feeling no need to explain himself to her. After all, they had never really started anything. No confessions were made. They were just ‘friends.’ 

A week later, when Korey threw a dinner party, they crossed paths again. Estrella hadn’t wanted to attend, but with Jason and Holly’s relationship now out in the open, skipping the event would have seemed petty. 

She might have lost in love but wasn’t about to embarrass herself. So she went. 

She spent the evening chatting with Jesse and Bryce, deliberately ignoring Jason and behaving like a total outsider-which, in truth, she was 

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Later, overwhelmed by the noise, she escaped to the rooftop for some air. Resting her elbows on the balcony railing, she enjoyed the cool breeze of late summer. She was finishing the last sip of her canned beer when she heard footsteps. 

Tossing the empty can aside and turning around with a slight buzz, she saw Jason approaching. Back then, Jason was 23, and she was 19, a sophomore in college. Jason had been working at Nelson International for nearly two years. 

“Hey, it’s you!” she greeted him with a tipsy smile upon seeing Jason. 

Jason walked up leisurely. Estrella, with a hazy look in her eyes, chuckled and said, “Congratulations!” 

Jason’s expression darkened. “That’s it?” After half a month without contact, was that all she had to say to him? 

Estrella saw his mood sour and, thinking of how happy Holly had been that 

night-parading Jason around as if they were celebrating an engagement-she added, “You two really seem well-suited.” 

As her words fell, Jason’s face grew even more unapproachable. 

Estrella watched him silently stand there. She knew he had a girlfriend, so she decided to leave the rooftop. “I’m heading back in then.” 

But as she brushed past Jason, he grabbed her arm and shoved her backward with such force that her back slammed against the railing. Pain nearly brought tears to her eyes, and her light buzz dissipated instantly. Had the railing been any lower, she might have fallen off the rooftop to her death. 

Before she could catch her breath, Jason’s icy voice hit her. “Estrella, if you have something to say, just say it. There’s no need for sarcasm.” 

Estrella laughed incredulously. She’d only spoken a few words-a simple cong and a comment about the couple’s compatibility-and yet she was being accuse 

sarcasm? 

Suppressing her anger, she asked with a smirk “How was I being sarcastic? Tell me, am I supposed to say?” 

Jason shoved his hand back into his pocket. “If you’re unhappy about Holly and me, you 

can tell me.” 

Estrella found this really funny. Jason was publicly with Holly, and the Ledfords had made it official. There was nothing left for her to say. What right did she have to be unhappy? 

She snorted, “Please, I’m not that entitled or privileged to be unhappy. How you want to 

live 

your life is entirely up to you. If my presence bothers you, I’ll just disappear.” 

They were good friends once, but now that he had a girlfriend, it was only right to keep 

their distance. 

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