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?"

lines to him, but now their news were the talk

it

just between them two, things

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

Ursula in a bad

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

from two years ago only

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

another bite of

expression grew even grimmer. Remembering those moments, he couldn't help but feel

landed her in her current precarious

stuck, unable to actually call off their

softened his tone a bit, "Ursula is just

a frigid glance and

you get away with this forever. You're only

family's tactics against Stella. Her financial

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

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

"You should

"You..."

as he was about to

presence, he answered,

What was this?

asking for

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