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 got

She took another bite and got up, "I'll be right

her clothes

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

was booming. She

nothing to scoff at, reaching into hundreds of thousands, and this time it

the liaison mentioned that they were extremely pleased with our

pleased" brought the first smile of the day to Stella's

with all the

"Got it."

...

after leaving Silk-River Residences, Cloudia headed straight

as well, along with

Ursula in any dispute between Stella and Ursula.

aggrieved and apologetic, "Mom, I'm sorry, I