Chapter 293
Chapter 293
Estrella cast a sidelong glance at him over her shoulder. Jason just nestled his face close to hers and closed his eyes again.
Estrella didn’t push him away. She let him embrace her in silence until she felt his weight almost slump onto her shoulder in slumber. She whispered softly, “If you’re tired, go take a shower and hit the hay.”
“Mhm,” Jason murmured with his eyes still closed, then after holding her for a moment longer and planting a kiss on her cheek, he grabbed his clothes and headed to the bathroom.
Their recent time together really did have the genuine feel of a young couple managing the daily dance of family life.
With Jason in the shower, Estrella went to check on Isaac, who was spread-eagled and sleeping soundly. She gently stroked his forehead, her face beaming with contentment.
After watching Isaac for a moment, Estrella remembered she hadn’t yet listened to the tape from her therapist Dr. Abigail. With that, she returned to the master bedroom.
“Estrella, has anything been happening lately?” Dr. Abigail’s voice was soft, but Estrella fell silent.
After a long pause, she finally spoke with a tinge of loss, admitting she thought Jason had feelings for her. Then she fell silent again after mentioning Jason hadn’t reached out to her. Her breaths were quiet, her sobs even quieter, yet she could hear her own emotions, the sound of her own weeping.
Suddenly, Estrella felt awkward. No wonder she woke up with tear-stained cheeks, and Jason’s eyes were red.
Even though she had said so little under hypnosis, those few words laid bare her old feelings for Jason, stripping herself emotionally naked for him to see.
She ran a hand through her hair in frustration. Why did she have to remember that? Now she had no secrets left.
She had never confessed her feelings to anyone, not even to Bryce or Jesse. Yet here she was, years later, with her emotions excavated by someone else.
Listening to her own soft sobs, Estrella turned off the tape recorder, pulled out the tape, just as Jason came out of the shower.
Jason paused mid-step and towel-drying, then he set the towel aside and approached her. Trying to act nonchalant, Estrella asked, “You’re done?”
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As her words hung in the air, Jason took her hand and pulled her into his embrace. Estrella didn’t resist. Time and the world seemed to stand still, as if they had been transported back seven years.
“We were too young back then,” he said.
That year, Estrella was 19, and he was 22.
Resting her chin on his shoulder, Estrella replied, “It’s all ancient history now. I hardly
remember it.”
“I never realized I was so important to you, and I never knew you liked me that much,”
Jason confessed.
Estrella looked up at him with feigned annoyance. “Cut it out, don’t flatter yourself. Like you, huh? I was just young and-”
Before she could finish her sentence, Jason’s hands cradled her face and he brought his lips down to hers. Jason’s lips were soft. He knew how to kiss, making it a comfortable experience.
With his kiss, Estrella found herself losing control, stepping back instinctively and wrapping her arms around Jason’s waist.
Jason remembered her vulnerability in the hospital earlier that day, and deepened the kiss. Estrella’s hands, which had been casually resting on his waist, now wrapped around his neck without her even realizing. As she had said, at her age, she couldn’t resist this kind of temptation.
Jason, feeling a surge of tenderness, lifted Estrella and laid her on the bed.
“Let’s not dwell on the past,” Estrella whispered softly as Jason caressed her.
Jason kissed her lips again, gently peeling her clothes away as he said, “Estrella, can you still like me the way you did back then?”
Estrella closed her eyes, embraced his neck, and surrendered to the warmth of the
moment.
Meanwhile, Holly had been mulling over things for days. After she witnessed Jason and Estrella were getting, and found out they had seen two doctors, including a psychologist, she called Serene for a meeting.
The next morning, as Serene sat across from her, Holly idly stirred her coffee and asked, “Serene, has Estrella reached out to you? Has she told you the truth about that big fire?”
Serene shook her head, “Not yet. She’s been pretty busy lately.”
Holly chuckled with a hint of sarcasm. “Maybe she’ll never uncover the truth. Perhaps
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