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?"

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

countered, "Is it really just about

between them two, things

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

always paint Ursula

spooning cheesecake into her mouth, "If she's not the villain,

fell silent. Mentioning the events from two years ago

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

another bite of

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

had landed her in her current precarious

unable to actually call off their

a bit, "Ursula is just ill. Once

gave him a

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

family's tactics against Stella. Her financial support had likely already been

apartment, "How long is the lease on this

Stella's unit alone would set her back one thousand at least. By bringing this up at the moment,

"You should

"You..."

Just as he was about to retort,

avoiding Stella's presence, he answered,

What was this?

a marriage asking for

further, he unashamedly took this call from another woman right in front of