Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 16

Early next morning, Tegan flew off for a medical conference abroad.

As Stella got a ring from Susanna, she said on the phone, "Looks like your cousin's gonna pack on pounds for a bit longer. Tegan's out of the country, mentioned something about being away for a month." "How'd you know? Tegan rang you up?"

Stella replied, "Yeah, got a call around one in the morning."

"One in the morning? To share travel plans? Has she lost her marbles?"

It wasn't like everyone could just flip their sleep schedules upside down because Tegan decided to.

Stella sighed, "It was about Ursula."

"Ursula? What about her?"

Stella said, "Ursula ended up in the hospital last night, hit with a bunch of illnesses."

"A bunch? How many? Like what?"

Susanna was shocked at the news.

Just yesterday, spotting Ursula with Yorick near the maternity ward had them betting on a baby bump, not a bout of illnesses.

Stella shared, "Uterine cancer, heart disease, and seemingly liver cancer too."

The news made Susanna gasp, "All, all that? And she has uterine cancer?"

knowledge, their reaction to the uterine cancer news a bit

Stella, as Susanna heard the uterine cancer,

should I know? Tegan said she's not one to spread rumors. She won't gossip, let's not add to the

Ursula and Yorick's future in a bind. Which family would accept someone with such

frowned upon Ursula's background as a maid's daughter. Her illnesses only added fuel

need to tread carefully. With Ursula's condition, the Quarry elders will push for you and Yorick to

someone else, so they would hold onto Stella at all cost, especially given her Larkin family ties. This would, in the Quarry's eyes, counterbalance

Susanna's remind was right.

been

...

at her design studio, received a call from Yorick's mother, "Star, come to the manor this noon, will you? I'll personally cook your

Imogen, but I have some things to attend

up. The project StarRiver offered this time was grand; she determined to take

was busy, Imogen signed, "You don't want to

Stella was speechless.

I go to meet

I'll swing by

person. After all, people's attitude was palpable when talking face to face.

She picked up, "Hello."

"It's me."

came from

urge to hang up directly, but in fact, Yorick was also irked by calling her, because each time

in the list. Right now this number was unknown, yet

to pick you up.