Chapter 21

Estelle lived in that town for three years. Over the course of these three years, she had managed to come up with all sorts of impressive inventions of her own. She'd even started up her own company. However, since she didn't want to show herself to the public, she used Cassie's name for the company instead. Asher would send her gifts from time to time. Sometimes, it would be precious jewels, or a fallen leaf, or an array of multi-colored feathers. During celebrations and festivities, Asher would also come back to celebrate it with Estelle, even though he knew that she hated it. He liked her. Anyone could tell it, especially Estelle herself. However, she just wasn't interested in risking everything she had to get into another relationship. She thought that it was just as fine moving forward as a single person too. She didn't need to have another man beside her to move forward. In the third year, while celebrating the new year, Estelle firmly rejected Asher again. And just before