30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband novel Chapter 381

Estrella flicked open her laptop and sighed, "If he wants to stay, just let him."

But Autumn wasn't having any of it, her voice rising, "That's not okay! You're already busting your butts during the day. If you can't get a good night's sleep, how are you supposed to keep going?"

"Estrella, you should talk to Jason. See if he'd reconsider going home to rest. Maybe ask him if he'd mind bunking with Isaac."

Autumn's concern for Jason had Estrella turning to her, saying, "Mom, why don't you try talking to him? He'll listen to you since you're the elder here."

Autumn frowned, "How does that work? He came for you and Isaac. What am I supposed to say?"

While tidying up Estrella's desk and tossing unnecessary stuff into the trash, Autumn thought, if I go down to talk, what's left for you two to do?

That thought made Autumn blame herself, "All this is on me. If I hadn't misspoken, things between you and Jason wouldn't have escalated like this."

With a heavy sigh, Autumn's eyes welled up, and she reached to wipe them.

Seeing Autumn getting emotional, Estrella instantly became alert and quickly agreed, "Okay, okay, I'll go."

If her mom started crying, Estrella knew her night was shot - she'd be up comforting her till dawn.

Promising to talk to Jason, Autumn looked at her, "Estrella, you're not just saying that, right? You will talk to him?"

Estrella felt a headache coming on. Autumn was getting too good at this, manipulating her with ease.

With no choice left, Estrella placated her, "Yes, I'll talk to him." She then gently pushed her mom towards the door, "Mom, go back to your room and rest. I'll handle it."

As Autumn left, turning back to make sure Estrella was really going, Estrella couldn't help but chuckle. Who was Autumn trying to threaten?

After seeing Autumn off, Estrella walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and pulled the curtains aside.

Jason's Maybach was still there, with him leaning against it, smoking.

His figure was slender and somehow forlorn in the dim light.

Gazing at the silhouette below, Estrella let out a long sigh.

Why does everything have to be so complicated?

After a moment, she fished out her phone and dialed his number.

On the other end, Jason's voice came through, cool and distant, "You're still up?"

Estrella, looking down at him, explained wearily, "I wasn't hanging out with Korey. I just went to get his signature around dinner time, and we ended up eating together. You should head back and rest."

Her tone was soft, showing her exhaustion.

Below, Jason's expression darkened as he snuffed out his cigarette in a nearby trash can, "Korey?"

That evening, they had been formally addressing each other as Mr. Jason and Ms. Estrella.

The night was still, and by the window, Estrella's patience snapped, her voice rising, "Jason, enough! I'm giving you an inch, don't take a mile. Just go home."

She had already swallowed her pride, called to explain, and he still couldn't read the room.

It seemed he really thought she was too soft on him.

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