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 got last

Stella's hand tasted even sweeter. She took

her clothes in

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

booming. She had already landed two major projects from them this

reaching into hundreds of thousands, and this time it was

liaison mentioned that they were extremely pleased with our designs

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

meeting with all the

"Got it."

...

Silk-River Residences, Cloudia

happened to be there as well, along with Cloudia's son,

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

Cloudia, Ursula looked aggrieved and apologetic, "Mom, I'm sorry, I think I