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.

body was battered by illness, and those by her side

was distraught, and

"Alright, I got it."

hadn't mentioned it, Yorick was aware that Tegan needed to return soon. He borrowed

...

a rigorous interrogation by Ronald. Just

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

was stern, "Why not answer

important," Stella replied without a second

up, she had block-listed Yorick and all

the circumstances, they'd call her if something upset them. Hence, the one using an unknown number to make calls, Stella reckoned, was either Yorick or

the call came through

about to dismiss it once more when Ronald extended

twitched, "W-What

you, or

"It's not an

important, and yet they

Stella was rendered speechless.

stern gaze, she reluctantly answered the

connected, Yorick's weary voice came

want, I'll give it

speaker off,

from the Larkins. Unconsciously, Stella glanced up at Ronald, whose eyes were left only frigidity as