Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 38

When Yorick heard about his entanglement with Stella, his face instantly darkened. Without needing to ponder, he knew exactly why his mother, Imogen, had called him back home - and it was to discuss that damn Stella. A wench who had somehow managed to charm the elders of his family.

...

An hour later.

Yorick returned to the Quarry Manor, only to be met with Imogen's livid face, "What did you promise me yesterday? You said you wouldn't see Ursula again!"

Imogen's words were delivered through gritted teeth. Just thinking about the array of illnesses Ursula had contracted was enough to infuriate her. How does a decent woman end up with so many ailments?

It was one thing for the elderly, but Ursula was far too young to be suffering from so many health issues.

Yorick, his expression dark and foreboding, retorted, "Forget about me and Stella."

"What did you say? Are you really considering a future with Ursula?"

not about Ursula," Yorick cut Imogen

a reason he couldn't progress with Stella. As Yorick recalled the man who showed up at Silk-River

believe Ursula

it's not

if Stella isn't in the picture, you can forget about being with Ursula unless we're

to the family's six elders, each a formidable presence. Yorick's grandparents on both sides, along with Imogen and

words laid out so plainly, the possibility between Yorick and Ursula seemed to vanish. Exasperation gave Yorick a headache, "There's no

stood their ground,

at Yorick viciously, "Fine, don't marry her. But you're well aware of why our

because the Larkin family owned a rare mine, one of fewer than

family was also acutely aware that without the Quarry family, they couldn't protect that mine. And the resource extracted from that mine was precisely what the Quarry family desired

Quarry family could find that mine elsewhere, they wouldn't give the Larkin family a second glance. Moreover, the mine was nearly depleted,

a replacement, rendering the Larkin family practically

while, "Your uncle just received news that the heir from