Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 25

Chapter 25

Breathing was a luxury Stella couldn't afford for a few seconds. Trembling, she answered the call, "Hello?"

"Ms. Quinn"

The voice on the other end was all too familiar. As Stella's face stiffened, a torrent of uncontrolled emotions surged in her eyes.

With difficulty, she managed to say, "It's me."

"Mr. Quinn's flight lands in Portis City at 8 PM tonight. He expects you to be there to meet him personally."

Stella's breath hitched violently.

"He's coming to Portis City?"

He had finally found her!

The thought of the shopping spree she had accidentally charged to the wrong card yesterday - she hadn't expected him to find out and come so quickly.

The person on the other end was his assistant, Idris! Despite his respectful tone over the phone, he was a feared figure in Ferrowland, known for his ruthlessness.

Even the assistant was intimidating! Let alone the man behind him, Ronald Quinn, the man who had taken her in and raised her.

Idris continued, "Yes, and Mr. Quinn also mentioned that you better have a good explanation ready, or else..."

Or else what? Idris didn't finish his sentence.

But Stella felt a shiver run down her spine.

didn't even remember how she hung up the call. The rest of the afternoon, Stella was restless, her mind wandering

over both the lawful and the lawless in Ferrowland, where he was considered a

the events that led her to leave Ferrowland three years

6 PM and left the

you really

Cloudia's irritated voice on the line. Her tone was almost cannibalistic

"When have I ever joked with

if there were jokes, they were between the Larkin family

As for her...

demands

Stella's icy tone, her headache

you, Tegan is your best friend right? Was

"Yes, it was me.

"You..."

She had expected Stella to at least deny it, but there was no attempt to hide the truth. So, what did the

I? Given the situation between Ursula and me, isn't it normal for me to play

was hypocritical, always scheming behind

skill was that? If she was going to do something,

taken aback by her straightforwardness, almost

"You...you..."

Mrs. Larkin, do you want me to call Tegan back to cure

daze. Until then she remembered since Stella returned to the Larkin family, she hadn't called her "mom" even once. But she hadn't used

replied, "Mrs. Larkin, are you looking to argue over something as

her heart was being squeezed, a mix of suffocation and pain. She took a

to unblock the card just to get Tegan back to treat Ursula,

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