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 last

sweeter. She took another

her clothes

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

sector was booming. She had already landed two major projects from them

they offered were nothing to scoff at, reaching into hundreds of thousands, and this

that they were extremely pleased with our designs and would like to forward all future projects

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

meeting with all the

"Got it."

...

Cloudia

be there as well, along with Cloudia's son, Jaxon

with Ursula in any dispute between Stella and

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