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?"

their news were the talk of the

it really

were just between them

adding, "Either way, if I hadn't made it public, someone else would've

Ursula in a bad

into her mouth, "If she's not the villain, why the rush to send her packing two years

events from two years ago

time, you were so aggressive about that incident. If Ursula hadn't left, you would've really had her

bite of

he couldn't help but feel a surge of disdain

landed her in her

unable to

just ill. Once

a frigid glance and

you get away with

too well the Larkin family's tactics against Stella. Her financial support

apartment, "How long is the lease on this place? When's the rent due

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

responded, "You

"You..."

was about to retort, his

Stella's presence, he answered,

What was this?

in a marriage asking for help had no right to be

to upset Stella further, he unashamedly took this call from another woman