Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 213

Just as they were about to leave together, Ronald's phone buzzed in his pocket, the screen lighting up with an unknown caller. He glanced at it, his expression darkening instantly.

Gently ruffling Stella's soft hair with a still tender voice, he said, "You go ahead."

"Alright." Sensing he had something to handle, Stella nodded and turned to leave.

Ronald watched as she descended the stairs, waiting for her footsteps to fade before answering the call.

"Did you find Star?"

The voice on the other end was smug, laced with arrogance and provocation.

Ronald's grip on the phone tightened. A grim aura enveloped him as he coldly retorted, "What's it to you?"

"Of course, it concerns me. After all, Star..."

"Xander Schultz, you better watch your back!"

Ronald's voice sliced through the air, cutting off Xander's words.

Xander Schultz, Regina Schultz's brother, was the formidable power behind her influence.

Ferrowland,

under his thumb, and Stella feared for their safety. And his threats against Ronald were among the reasons

regret. In the past two years, Ronald had dismantled the Schultz family's empire with a relentless ferocity. Ronald scoffed, "You've got

hint of mockery, "It's not about

back, "Worry about yourself. Mervin Burton isn't known for

person was tantamount to consorting with wolves

Burton cooled the air on Xander's end, his playful tone vanishing, replaced by a cold,

"Call off your dogs!"

the

with Mervin Burton hadn't

on the recent ambushes he'd survived, Xander's tone lost its playfulness, becoming

...

herself warmly as she stepped out of the building, her arms filled with packages. She followed the green path toward the hot springs,

paused and turned toward the sound, spotting Yorick and

in Yorick's eyes, followed by his expression turning

you doing here? Huh,

had been making

Yet here she was now, secretly

who jumped