30 Days till I Divorce My Husband (Estrella and Jason)

Chapter 3

At that moment, he was clad in a pale gray pajama set, hand brushing through his hair that was neither dry nor wet, leaving the collar casually open to bare his chiseled chest.

Jason rubbed his hair nonchalantly as he said with a poker face, “Don’t bother, even in your birthday suit, it’s pointless.”

Jason’s dismissive tone slightly dimmed the sparkle in Estrella’s eyes. She slowly lifted the sheer fabric, her voice steady as she said, “Jason, just cooperate and let’s get this task done. After that, you can do whatever you want. I won’t intrude on your life.”

Then she added, with a twist in her tone, “If you’re really not into it, we could consider artificial insemination.”

After Estrella finished, Jason tossed the towel angrily onto the floor, held her chin with a smirk, and asked, “Estrella, what do you take me for, a sperm bank on legs?”

Sperm bank on legs?

Forced to meet Jason’s gaze, Estrella was at a loss for words.

Their eyes locked, and as she saw her reflection in his eyes, Jason suddenly leaned closer, so close their lips were almost touching.

At Jason’s advance, Estrella instinctively struggled. That was when Jason seemed to snap out of it and straightened up, his voice icy as he said, “Estrella, dreaming of climbing the social ladder through having my child?”

He paused before adding, “You’re hardly qualified.”

Estrella felt the sting of those words.

He didn’t like her, their marriage was arranged by their parents, and their two families wanted to join forces, so Jason didn’t like her in any way.

again, and reminded her while looking into her eyes, “Estrella, you have one year. If you can’t make me father a child with you in

and walked to the wardrobe, picked out a dark suit, put on his gold-rimmed glasses, and slammed the door

door shut with a violent force, leaving Estrella to collapse weakly onto the bed, her right hand cradling

Jason’s affection for Serene. If she had known earlier, she would never have agreed to the marriage proposal from Jason’s father Landon, even if it meant never having children and never becoming a mother.

a while, Estrella got up, went to the wardrobe,

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Though

felt defeated as a woman each time Jason turned her away. She had done everything, yet Jason never

morning, she was awakened by a call from Kristin. “Hi

go with Jason last night? Did

feeling helpless. For two years, Kristin’s pressure for a grandchild had driven her to the brink of insanity. She thought if Kristin had wanted grandchildren so badly, she should

Jason.

After a

silence, Estrella replied with resignation, “He left shortly

grandmother, Kristin felt a chill in her heart. She advised, “Estrella, you

to herself that she was almost begging Jason to take pity on her and sleep with her.

see, you just don’t take enough initiative with Jason. Go to the office and

Kristin referred to were Serene, who was Jason’s secretary at the

advice. So, she got

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voice inside.