Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 7

Yorick marched straight to the sofa and plopped down, itching for a smoke.

No sooner had he fished out a cigarette from the pack than Stella swooped in, snatching it away and tossing it into the trash. Yorick's face darkened, "What the heck?"

When had he ever been treated like this? Back when he was with Ursula, she wouldn't utter a peep, no matter what he did. Stella stated, "I can't stand the smell of smoke."

Yorick was speechless.

This woman!

Fine, he wouldn't smoke.

Yorick bit back his anger, his mind drifting to the morning's trending gossip that nearly crashed his family's phone lines.

"Was it Susanna who spread today's news?"

He couldn't believe she actually wanted to call off their wedding. Was she overreacting?

Stella didn't reply, heading to the fridge instead to grab a slice of cheesecake.

Lunch had been a light affair, followed by a shopping spree with Susanna for two hours.

Seeing Stella ignore him completely drove Yorick up the wall.

"A wedding is supposed to be about us. Why turn it into a public spectacle?"

hurled some harsh lines to him, but now their news were the talk of the town. He couldn't

it really

them

if I hadn't made it public, someone else would've stirred the pot. Better I

paint Ursula in a bad

chuckled, spooning cheesecake into her mouth, "If she's not the villain, why the rush to send

fell silent. Mentioning the events from two years ago only darkened

about that incident. If Ursula hadn't left, you would've really had

of

expression grew even grimmer. Remembering those moments, he couldn't help but feel a surge of

drama had landed her in her

he felt stuck, unable to actually call off

just ill. Once she recovers, she'll

merely gave him a frigid

"Your parents won't let you get away with this forever. You're only making

the Larkin family's tactics against Stella. Her

around the apartment, "How long is the lease

Silk-River Residences wasn't cheap. Stella's unit alone would set her back one thousand at least. By bringing this up

"You

"You..."

he was about to

presence,

What was this?

in a marriage asking for help had no right to

further, he unashamedly took this call from another woman right