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

felt a tad helpless. No wonder Cloudia got angry

accompanied her to the hospital. I've even spoken to your

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

to do with you'? Star, marriage isn't child's play. You and Yorick have

a joke! A jest at the expense

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

words seemed to hold some

"But you and Yorick..."

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

cut him

feeling exposed, looked a

were about the embarrassment

barely broken out that morning, and he

someone else and that I'm not

"You...this is absurd!"

an embarrassment; it was inviting a

want to cancel the wedding with Yorick, but she

Blaise's expression darkened.

her ground, "Anyway, what's between

Quarries, no one would marry you in the future. Remember the affection between you and Yorick." Hearing the one-week-after marriage, Stella laughed, her smile

me that

"What?"

clearly he wasn't aware of the news through

you acting so self-abased, and

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