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.

the fee we

hand tasted even sweeter. She

clothes

with an excited face while handing over the project file with eagerness, "Boss, it's a huge project." Stella flipped through it, "Another one from

seemed like StarRiver Corp.'s tourism sector was booming. She had already landed two major

to scoff at, reaching into hundreds of thousands,

they were extremely pleased with our designs

words "extremely pleased" brought the first smile of

with

"Got it."

...

Residences, Cloudia headed straight to

happened 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

"Mom, I'm sorry, I think I made