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?"

was tolerable if she hurled some harsh lines to him, but now their news were the talk of the town.

"Is it

it were just between them two, things would

made it public, someone else would've stirred the pot. Better I take

Ursula in a bad

the

fell silent. Mentioning the events from two

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

of cheesecake,

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

in her

he felt stuck, unable to actually call off

tone a bit, "Ursula is just ill. Once she

gave him a frigid glance and

you get away with this forever.

knew all too well the Larkin family's tactics against Stella. Her financial support had likely

is the

family's estate, he knew the rent at Silk-River Residences wasn't cheap. Stella's unit alone would set her back one thousand

"You

"You..."

he was about to retort, his phone

Stella's presence, he answered,

What was this?

asking for help had no

upset Stella further, he unashamedly took this call from another