Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 9

She was relentless in her verbal assault, leaving Cloudia fuming, "You, you're driving me insane."

Their conversation had hit a dead end.

Cloudia stood up decisively, "You better do some serious thinking. When you stop targeting Ursula, that's when I'll consider reinstating your card."

It seemed the only way Cloudia could think of to punish Stella was by cutting her off financially.

With those harsh words, Cloudia stormed out. She believed that by cutting off Stella's financial support, Stella would eventually come crawling back. And when that happened, she'd like to see Stella try to cause any more trouble.

...

After Cloudia left, Stella, unfazed, washed an apple for herself to eat, showing no signs of introspection whatsoever.

Her phone rang, and Stella answered, "Hello?"

"Boss, we've got a big one, a really big one."

"How big?" Stella asked.

times the fee we

this, the apple in Stella's hand tasted even sweeter. She took another bite and got up, "I'll

clothes

where her assistant Tabitha greeted her with an excited face while handing over the project file

booming. She

reaching into hundreds of thousands, and this time it

"Yeah, the liaison mentioned that they were extremely pleased with our designs and would like to forward all

"extremely pleased" brought the first smile of the day to

meeting with all

"Got it."

...

leaving Silk-River Residences, Cloudia headed straight

to be there as well, along with

Cloudia's arrival, Jaxon had been consoling Ursula. Having grown up together, Jaxon had always naturally sided with Ursula in any dispute between Stella and Ursula. Today, after Ursula had been hit by Stella,

aggrieved and apologetic, "Mom, I'm sorry, I think I made Star