Chapter 23

Yorick was fuming as he drove off.

Stella glanced across the street at the upscale boutique mall, pulled out her smartphone, and dialed Tabitha's number, "Postpone the meeting to two hours." "Got it, boss."

After hanging up the phone, Stella dove into the mall, embarking on a shopping spree for two hours. Name a high-end brand, and she was throwing her credit card at it, splurging on anything and everything expensive. Meanwhile, Yorick had just arrived at the hospital.

His phone buzzed incessantly in his pocket, each vibration a reminder of another extravagant purchase Stella was making. Glancing at the screen, the amounts made his eyes widen - each transaction was in the tens of thousands. He couldn't help but let out a sarcastic chuckle, "And she says she doesn't care, huh!"

Upon getting the card, she commenced in splurging on various stuff, mostly jewelry and cosmetics.

"Typical," he thought, "Now that the Larkin family has cut her off, she's panicking."

Orion approached him, "Sir."

"Did you drive her car back for her?" Yorick asked.

"Yes," Orion nodded.

and he instructed, "She's been job hunting recently. Make

slightly taken aback. He said not

refusing

word "refusing" darkened Yorick's mood further. Despite his reluctance to admit it, Stella had indeed initiated the cancellation of their wedding through

come around," he

Without the Larkin family and Yorick's influence, she wouldn't last a day in Portis

him, immediately asked with concern, "Rick, do you think Tegan James will

breath, "I'm working

Cloudia that it

think her sudden trip abroad has anything to do with

silent, the connection between Stella and Tegan too obvious to

full of hurt, making Yorick's irritation towards Stella grow. Especially considering Ursula's current condition, he couldn't let Stella continue this way. Buzz, buzz, buzz

thinking there might be something new; turned out they were

tens of thousands, and right

woman buying? How was her vanity

"Rick, Rick?"

What's up?" Yorick turned

a picture of grievance, "I said, Is Professor James really

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