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.

she'd open her heart to.

got angry all the time. This child hardly seemed

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 won't happen next time." Stella set her glass down,

to do with me anymore. You don't have to come all the way here

mean, 'nothing to do with you'? Star, marriage isn't child's play. You and Yorick have come this far; there's no turning

back would be a joke! A jest at the expense of the

not child's play, I see no point in

seemed to

"But you and Yorick..."

the family's reputation, right? This

him

exposed, looked a bit sour,

it were about the embarrassment

out that morning, and he

"Just announce that you mistook me for someone else and that I'm

"You...this is absurd!"

it was inviting a greater

want to cancel the wedding with Yorick, but she also wanted to

Blaise's expression darkened.

stood her ground, "Anyway, what's between Yorick and

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 laughed,

told me that Ursula's back and that our

"What?"

looked shocked, clearly he wasn't aware of the news through

family, you acting so self-abased, and you want me