Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 40

Cloudia sighed, glancing toward the hospital room, "Okay, enough. Don't you have Beckett Patel's birthday bash to attend tonight? Better hurry up, don't want to be late."

"What about Stella?"

Jaxon was worried about Ursula.

Cloudia said, "Once we locate her, I'll go talk to her."

It had become clear to her that intimidation wouldn't work on Stella.

So, sweet-talking it was.

For now, getting Tegan back was the priority.

...

Stella got into the car, and realized there was someone else in the passenger seat.

"Finley?"

surgery, he had never failed, earning

mischievous grin, "You little rascal, quite the hide-and-seek champion. Your brother had a hell of a time looking for you. If you were still no news, I suspected he might start digging to Hades, see if you hid there." Hearing about Ronald's long search, Stella felt a pang of guilt. She cautiously glanced at

her phone, causing Stella's brows

Ronald said, "No talking."

scrolling through her contacts, messages,

was snooping on

snatched her phone back, "What are you

in school, but she wasn't in school

looked at her, let out a low chuckle, and with a

"Hey,

said that, the partition between the

felt uncomfortable. Wriggling in Ronald's embrace, trying to get down, she reminded him,

chuckled softly, "Oh? So are you looking

of Stella's lips twitched. Dating was the last thing on

"Or perhaps, you're

wedding was just

I hadn't shown up, were you really planning to marry

detected a hint

"No."