Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 224

Orion was back.

"Sir, why are you here?" he asked.

Thane had a notorious disdain for Yorick's romantic entanglements, especially when it came to Ursula. His irritation was palpable, considering the critical juncture the Quarry Group was facing at the moment.

Orion knew trouble was brewing the moment Thane showed up.

Yorick took another drag from his cigarette, inhaling deeply- a clear sign of his growing agitation.

"Did you find anything?" he asked, his voice cold.

Orion hesitated, clearly thrown off by Yorick's continued fixation on romantic issues at such a critical time.

It seemed almost inevitable that the Lugar family had already sealed the deal with Jeremy. Thane's involvement was probably a last-ditch attempt to secure a slice of the pie, though the biggest gains were already lost. Nodding, Orion replied, "Yes, she was with the man who attacked you."

Yorick fell silent.

seems

hardened at

could continue, Yorick's phone buzzed with a new message. It was from Ursula, reading

guess I can't recuperate at

served to darken Yorick's mood further. He remembered the mocking they had subjected Stella to not too long ago, how they claimed she'd be nothing without the Larkin family, doomed to struggle on her own. How ironic,

replied

-

In

to admit defeat, the situation with Wave Residence was a lost cause. Stella's stance was clear

MS

grew as he thought about it, his expression

later, Thane emerged, clearly infuriated after failing to negotiate a deal. The fiery exchange of glances between him and Yorick

up and kicked Yorick, nearly sending him

leaving Yorick to

Thane, rushed out to

"How was it?"

from Thane's