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.

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

got angry all the time. This child hardly

let her get to you. She's just here to see a doctor this time. Yorick accompanied her to the hospital. I've even spoken to your mother about it; this

You don't have to come all the way here at

Star, marriage isn't child's play. You and Yorick have come this

a joke! A jest at the expense of the entire

not child's play, I see

seemed to hold

"But you and Yorick..."

worried about the family's reputation, right? This is

him off

exposed, looked a bit sour, "How

if it were about the embarrassment all

news had barely broken out that morning, and he had

"Just announce that you mistook me for someone else and

"You...this is absurd!"

an embarrassment; it was inviting a greater

Yorick, but she also wanted to sever ties with

Blaise's expression darkened.

her ground, "Anyway, what's

with the Quarries, no one would marry you in the future. Remember the affection between you and Yorick." Hearing the one-week-after

morning, Yorick told me that Ursula's back and that

"What?"

aware of the news through his

the Quarry family, you acting so self-abased, and you want me to behave