Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 204

"I don't care how you do it, but I want Stella out of Portis City. Make her leave."

Stella was left speechless. Was that what they wanted?

It dawned on her that Ursula's antics were all about getting her out of Portis City.

So, cutting ties with Yorick and the Larkins wasn't enough; they wanted her gone from Portis City too?

Hmph.

The memory of Ursula's mysterious ten-thousand expenditure that she had Idris investigate flashed through her mind.

That must be it, right?

There was more to her leaving Portis City than met the eye.

Jaxon rubbed his temples, exasperated. "What's the problem now?"

Business had been hectic these past few days, and pulling an all-nighter at the office had only added to his frustration. Just hearing Stella's name made him irritable. Cloudia's voice was shrill with hysteria. "If she stays in Portis City, it's curtains for Ursula. She'll be the death of her, mark my words."

nothing but amplify Jaxon's

Ursula again? I thought she

were cut, they should have

voice seething with the desire to see Stella banished from

with Stella's studio, he hesitated to make any

one thing, but exiling her from Portis City? After the last time, he was well aware that the man backing Stella

listening?" Cloudia's rising temper was evident. She pressed on, "Do you want to see Ursula

hit Jaxon hard, making him take

handle it," he

venomously at Stella. "Just

influence the Larkins wield, I'd

a slap in the

toward a visibly shaken Ursula in Cloudia's

the investigation into that

at the mention of

locked eyes with Stella, fear flashed across her face, her

widened, clearly enjoying the drama unfolding before

Ursula panicking over the very ten