Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 12

Upstairs.

Ursula was standing at the top of the stairs, her ankle swollen visibly. The fleeting glimpse of disappointment in her eyes was unmistakable as she overheard Blaise's care for Stella. Blood was thicker than water after all...

...

An hour later, Blaise showed up at Silk-River Residences.

He took a seat on the sofa, his gaze landing on Stella. He didn't berate her for not answering her phone earlier.

Stella, expressionless, poured him a glass of water.

Blaise invited, "Stop fussing around, come sit."

Interacting with this daughter of his was somewhat a puzzle. She hadn't grown up by his side, and he didn't really know her.

Stella directly took a seat across from him.

Blaise, sitting upright with his hands clasped over his knees, broached the topic, "Had a spat with Ursula again?"

Stella asked, "Are you here to scold me too?"

Scolding seemed to be a norm ever since she became part of the Larkin family.

Hearing her icy tone, Blaise sighed, "Because of her, you're calling off the wedding with Yorick?"

Stella remained silent, merely taking a sip from her glass.

of the Larkin family weren't exactly those she'd open her heart to. If not close, Stella preferred not

angry

see a doctor this time. Yorick accompanied her to the hospital. I've even spoken to your mother about it; this won't happen next time." Stella set her glass down, looking

with me anymore. You don't have to come all the way here at night to tell

marriage isn't

A jest at the expense of the entire

"Exactly because it's not child's play, I see no point in delving deeper into a

words seemed to

"But you and Yorick..."

family's reputation, right? This is

him

feeling exposed, looked a

about the embarrassment all

morning, and he had been

"Just announce that you mistook me for someone else and that I'm not really a part of your family.

"You...this is absurd!"

solving an embarrassment; it was inviting a greater

wedding with Yorick, but she also wanted to sever ties with

Blaise's expression darkened.

"Anyway, what's between Yorick

who would you marry then? In a week, you and he are about to get married. Making such a scene with the Quarries, no one would marry you in the future. Remember the affection between you and Yorick." Hearing the one-week-after marriage, Stella

probably don't know. This morning, Yorick told me that Ursula's back and that our

"What?"

clearly he wasn't aware of the news through

because the Larkins need depend on the Quarry family, you acting