Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 2

Yorick's face turned drastically. He couldn't believe what he was hearing from Stella. Her stance took him by surprise.

Call off the wedding? Had she...lost her mind?

Yorick's voice wavered with emotion, "She's sick, once she recovers, she'll leave again, and then I'll give you the grander wedding you deserve."

"Is it sickness, or is she pregnant?"

The moment those words were uttered, the air around them seemed to still.

Yorick stared at her, his eyes cold, "What have you found out?"

Stella didn't respond directly; instead, she said, "You and her, showing up unashamed at the hospital, at the gynaecology and obstetrics of all places. Talking about giving me a grander wedding, don't you find it ironic?"

Their wedding was just a week away. He and Ursula were seen at a gynaecology and obstetrics, and another second he was here to talk about the scale of their wedding?

Did he really think she wouldn't have the guts to leave him if he was playing both sides?

As Yorick heard her words, his expression grew even more grim, "She's not pregnant, she's ill."

"Ill enough to need you accompanying her to the hospital? What exactly is your relationship with her now?"

Her sharp counter-question made Yorick's face darken further.

Stella didn't want to see his face anymore, standing up to walk towards the office door.

As she walked, she said, "Since she's back, she might as well stay. After all, she won't be able to repay her debts to Portis City overnight."

of calm and now, turmoil. Yorick, because of Ursula, had torn a rift, and Stella, following suit, had made

after all, were about mutual effort, not one person striving

face darkened, "Don't

laugh,

you think you can just call it off? Or do you think you have a way

the mention made Stella's gaze grow

out, so be

She didn't care.

blood relatives, who also raised Ursula. Years ago, Ursula's biological mother, a maid of the Larkins, was pregnant at the same time as Stella's mother. Desperate for her girl to grow up in affluence due to her unreliable, gambler husband, Ursula's mother switched the babies

wasn't exactly conscience-stricken; after taking Stella, she

her biological daughter enjoy a better life and staying

three years ago that it was revealed Ursula

A shocking secret unveiled.

followed was a dramatic

always favored Ursula, the one they

Yorick was right...

had no way out, as the Larkin family had no place for

stepped forward, grabbing her delicate wrist, "Once she recovers, I'll

tried to lower his voice, as if to

at him, her eyes icy, slowly pulling her hand

Yorick's expression

word, turning to leave

heels clicked away, proud and aloof,

after, was left fuming, unbelieving that Stella would

had seen her devotion to him over the past two