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

"Is it really just about

it were just between them two, things

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

paint Ursula in a

her mouth, "If she's not the

from two years

time, you were so aggressive about that incident. If Ursula hadn't left,

another bite of

grimmer. Remembering those moments, he couldn't help

drama had landed her in her current

he felt stuck, unable to actually

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

him a frigid glance

let you get away with this forever. You're

against Stella.

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

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 to be

responded, "You should

"You..."

he was about to retort, his phone

presence, he answered,

What was this?

for help had no right to be

to upset Stella further, he unashamedly took this call from