Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 29

Not sure if it was her imagination, Stella felt Ronald's voice turn frostier as he mentioned Yorick.

Stella shrugged, "Those people have nothing to do with me."

Sure, Mr. and Mrs. Larkin were her biological parents, but at that time, she was entangled with Regina's drama. Returning to the Larkin family and even getting engaged to Yorick had been her way out of Regina's clutches.

After her engagement to Yorick, Regina never contacted her again.

Ronald raised an eyebrow, "Nothing to do with you?"

Stella admitted, "Regina was blackmailing me. My engagement to Yorick was a ploy to get her and Xander off my back."

Facing Ronald's icy interrogation, Stella spilled everything. After all, Regina was behind bars now. It was time to lay all her cards on the table.

Sure enough, Ronald's expression softened.

...

Meanwhile at the hospital, Yorick watched as Ursula battled agonizing pain. Just yesterday, she was able to visit his office, but now, she was confined to a hospital bed. Cloudia's heart ached.

"Rick, we need to sort out Professor James' matter ASAP. The consulting team says Ursula's liver and uterus are the priorities right now."

Surgery was unavoidable for her liver, and her heart wasn't in great shape either. So when they heard Tegan could help alleviate some of Ursula's suffering in the uterus, they all hoped it could spare her the pain of another surgery. Yorick was visibly exhausted.

It was three in the morning. Ursula had finally fallen asleep after hours of torment.

battered by illness, and those by

was distraught, and Yorick

"Alright, I got it."

Yorick was aware that Tegan needed

...

undergoing a rigorous interrogation by Ronald. Just

the sight of an unknown number, her instinct was to ignore it, promptly to hang up. But

stern, "Why

important," Stella replied

and Yorick's divorce scandal blowing up, she had block-listed Yorick and all calls from

using an unknown number to make calls, Stella reckoned, was either Yorick or Cloudia. She didn't want to answer, especially

hung up. But the call

it once more when Ronald extended

twitched, "W-What are you

you, or will you answer

"It's not

important,

Stella was rendered speechless.

gaze, she

the call connected, Yorick's weary

want,

the speaker off,

the Larkins. Unconsciously, Stella glanced