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

it really just about

were just between them two,

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

always paint Ursula in

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

two years ago only darkened

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

another bite of

even grimmer. Remembering those moments, he couldn't help

causing drama had landed her in her current precarious

stuck, unable to actually call off their

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

gave him a

parents won't let you get away with this

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

the apartment, "How long is the lease on this

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

responded, "You

"You..."

was about to retort, his phone

avoiding Stella's presence, he answered,

What was this?

asking for help had no right to be

upset Stella further, he unashamedly took this call from another