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?"

to him, but now their news were the talk of the town. He couldn't forgive her for

countered, "Is it really

between them two, things would be

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

Ursula in

her mouth, "If she's not the villain, why the rush

events from two years ago only darkened his

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

another bite of cheesecake,

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

her in her current precarious

felt stuck, unable to actually call off their

bit, "Ursula is just ill. Once she recovers,

him a

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

against

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

had rented this apartment after moving out from the Larkin family's estate, he knew the rent at Silk-River Residences wasn't cheap. Stella's unit alone would set her back one thousand at least. By bringing this up at the moment, Yorick was reminding Stella that she wasn't in a position

responded, "You should

"You..."

as he was about to retort, his phone vibrated. Ursula

Stella's presence,

What was this?

asking for help

he unashamedly took this call from another woman right