Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 10

The moment they mentioned blocking Stella's credit card, a smug satisfaction flickered in Ursula's eyes.

"Stella," she thought, "not a dime of the Larkin fortune belongs to you. There can only be one daughter in the Larkin family, and that's me."

While she reveled in her thoughts, her façade of concern was impeccable, "But blocking her card, how will she survive? She's been living off the Larkin's for the past two years without a job."

Jaxon chimed in, "Ursula, stop making excuses for her. It's time we taught her a lesson."

Ursula looked hesitated, glancing towards Cloudia, who nodded in agreement, "Listen to your brother. It's about time she learned to be a proper lady."

Just the thought of Stella's fiery temperament gave Cloudia a headache. She couldn't believe Stella would let go of her feelings for Yorick so easily. To her, the debacle two years ago was all because of Yorick. Accusations flew that the car accident was orchestrated by Ursula, all because of her obsession with Yorick.

Ursula's gaze then shifted to Yorick, who frowned but remained silent, evidently agreeing with Cloudia and Jaxon's approach.

Cloudia then turned her attention to Ursula's ankle, "How's the injury? Is it serious?"

Ursula shook her head, "It's nothing serious. Rick insisted on bringing me to the hospital."

Cloudia reassured, "It's better to be cautious. Your dad arranged the best specialist to re-examine you."

"Thank you, Mom."

"Silly child, there's no need to thank me."

Cloudia heard Ursula's gratitude, her heart

discussions on how to discipline Stella. They unanimously decided to cut off her two thousand monthly allowance, hoping this

confidence stemmed from believing that Stella's love for Yorick was intense, that she was just acting out. This time, they wouldn't even give

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entire afternoon in a meeting at

the design industry, and Stella was giving it her all. Securing the

left the studio, it

nearby, sounding a bit astonished, almost as if she couldn't believe she'd

area was bustling with people

are you doing here? Looking

buildings around were all office spaces, home

you money, and you refused. Now you're here

dinner, and I'll

it wasn't something she could explain

an hour into their meal, Susanna was taken aback to learn about Stella's studio, "You've kept this under wraps pretty well. I had no idea." If Susanna was in the dark, then the

shrugged, "It's not something I felt the need to bring up every

sense to Susanna. They had met abroad and usually discussed girl stuff. Even when Susanna talked with Stella about her work, the conversations

"Yeah,

"And it's profitable?"

Stella was financially independent,

few hundreds of thousands in

scale of "a few" was

making that much in its first