Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 6

Susanna watched as Stella's phone lit up, then dimmed, only to light up again in a relentless cycle.

It was non-stop!

Unable to hold back, Susanna suggested, "Why don't you just turn it off?"

By now, blocking numbers was futile; they were all unfamiliar numbers calling. It didn't take a genius to figure out it was Cloudia using the household staff's phones to reach Stella. Taking the advice, Stella promptly shut her phone off.

However, Cloudia's retaliation was swift.

As paying the bill, Stella rebooted her phone for payment, and a message flashed, "Your bank card has been disabled, please select another payment method."

The payment card linked to her phone was one Cloudia insisted on binding for her a few years back, shortly after Stella had returned to the Larkins.

Now, the card was useless.

Seeing Stella's payment fail, Susanna glanced at her phone, "What's that supposed to mean?"

Stella replied, "They've blocked the card."

Susanna's mouth twitched, "Over Ursula? What kind of family does that?"

The news that the Larkins had directly blocked Stella's credit card left Susanna feeling as if she had swallowed a fly. How could they treat their own daughter this way, just for the sake of a foster child? Stella just shrugged it off with a smile, "It's not the first time."

Susanna insisted, "Let me take care of it."

She pulled out her phone from her purse.

protested, "Don't, I

had already paid

the restaurant, they got into the car, and Susanna said, "I'm transferring twenty grand to you. Don't let them intimidate

tactics just because their own daughter was spending some money was infuriating.

really

what money could you possibly have?

"I have money, seriously. Well, it's a

Although she was with Yorick these years,

waved her hands nonchalantly, "Alright, you have money. But take this twenty

centered around Yorick, receiving financial support from the Larkin family, how could she possibly own money? Susanna didn't buy

"Why

what, Susanna wouldn't believe

a shopping spree at the mall, spending

lighting up at the sight of Stella's black card,

logical source of such an

moment of urgency when she had to use the card,

her access to such

pressed, "Then who exactly

Yorick, or

you know some

Stella's eyes at the mention of the

further questions as they left the

...

to Silk-River Residences, only to be confronted by Yorick, who had been waiting to ambush her. Yorick, visibly

was your phone

replied, "Too

urgency in a month, yet today, for Ursula, the calls