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. If not close, Stella preferred not to divulge

No wonder Cloudia got angry all the time. This child hardly seemed willing to connect with

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

with you'? Star, marriage isn't child's play. You and

be a joke! A jest at the expense of the

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

words seemed to hold some

"But you and Yorick..."

reputation, right?

him

a bit sour,

if it were about the

that morning, and he had been in

someone else and that I'm not really a

"You...this is absurd!"

wasn't solving an embarrassment; it was inviting a greater

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

Blaise's expression darkened.

"Anyway, what's between Yorick and

Quarries, no one would marry you in the future. Remember the

Yorick told me that Ursula's back and

"What?"

clearly he wasn't aware of the news through

"Just because the Larkins need depend on the Quarry family, you acting so self-abased, and you want me to behave