Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 209

When Stella was ready to step out the door, Tabitha couldn't help but notice her limp.

"Boss, isn't there anything you can do about that leg? Have you seen a doctor?"

Stella shrugged it off. "Old injury. It's nothing serious."

It really only troubled her when the weather changed. Most of the time, she barely noticed it.

Doctors? Of course, she'd seen them. Whenever the pain became unbearable, she'd end up in a clinic.

But aside from some physical therapy, the medications never seemed to help much. Probably just how her body is wired.

Last night, the pain had jolted her awake, leaving her groggy and disoriented. Yet at some point, it had eased, giving way to warmth that lulled her back to sleep.

Thinking back, she recalled a strange sensation- cozy, slightly damp, and oddly comforting.

***

Tabitha a quick rundown of some work matters, her phone

Ronald calling and

she could even speak, Cloudia's voice

it's you,

was baffled. "What

the warpath. "The mess at Larkin Group...

sighed, realizing what this

Quarry family would naturally be the first to fall under suspicion. And now, with

was you, wasn't it? Stella, do you ever think things through? If those guys are really helping you against us, have you ever considered what they might

a mix

suspicion that the men backing Stella's studio, the ones who had propelled it to success, had ulterior motives. Were they simply using Stella to take down the Larkin family? Stella scoffed. "What do they want in return?

"You..."

was so infuriated that she wanted

just because they disapprove of their future daughter-in-law being adopted and prefer the biological daughter?" Cloudia's breath hitched at the accusation, leaving her

pressed on. "It's because your

"Shut up!"

family was just a pawn to the Quarry's, despite their families' longstanding