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?"

neither of them was well-versed in medical knowledge, their reaction

Susanna heard the uterine cancer,

to spread rumors.

not gossiping. But, this puts Ursula and Yorick's future in a bind. Which family would accept someone with such health issues as

Ursula's background as a maid's daughter. Her illnesses only

tread carefully. With Ursula's condition, the Quarry elders will push for you and Yorick to tie the knot sooner to prevent any rekindling of old

late to find someone else, so they would hold onto Stella at all cost, especially given her Larkin family ties. This would, in the

Susanna's remind was right.

on Ursula; her being in the hospital last night had already been noticed by them. Besides, they'd learned of Ursula's illnesses; among them, what

...

breakfast, Stella, busy with work at her design studio, received a call from Yorick's mother, "Star, come

"Thanks, Imogen, but I have some things

offered this time was grand; she determined to take

"You don't want to

Stella was speechless.

"Or I go

swing by this

to agree for Imogen insisted on meeting her, thinking it was better to clear things up in person. After all, people's attitude was palpable when

She picked up, "Hello."

"It's me."

voice came from the other

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

list. Right now this number was unknown, yet unexpectedly, she'd block-list the number few moments

up. Did you say you'll come to the