Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 225

After Max left, storm clouds seemed to gather on Yorick's face, his frustration palpable.

Orion glanced at him, struggling to find the right words. Thane's barely contained anger earlier had made the outcome abundantly clear.

And for good reason!

The ores from the Lugar family were supposed to be their only alternative. Now, that option was off the table. The Quarry Group was in deep water now! Yorick closed his eyes for a moment. "Stella!"

Hearing the grit in Yorick's voice made Orion's heart skip a beat.

Max's implication was clear: Stella was at the center of this mess.

Orion thought it over and decided he should give Yorick a heads-up about the Larkin Group.

"The Larkin Group's been hitting rough waters lately. Word is, it's tied to StarRiver Corp."

Yorick turned to look at Orion, an eyebrow raised.

"StarRiver Corp.?"

"The very one that netted Ms. Quinn a few hundred thousand last year."

Stella's windfall of seven hundred thousand last year, with over six hundred thousand attributed to deals with StarRiver, was the talk of the town.

rest was just typical studio profits, but StarRiver had catapulted Stella's studio to

down Stella's studio. StarRiver's audacious defense of her still left a bitter taste in his

his silence was

"Who's running StarRiver Corp.?"

"Some foreigner, Joe Haggard."

Yorick's expression turned sour.

A foreigner!

he didn't play

eyes. "I underestimated Stella, seriously underestimated

up whatever dirt you can find on Joe Haggard's relations with

common thread tying together everything happening

Orion nodded. "Will do."

hesitated for a moment before asking, "And earlier, did Mr. Thane

mood soured further at the mention. "Wave Residence belongs to the Lugar

taken aback. "So... you're saying Ms. Quinn's tied to the

waved him off, his annoyance mounting.

more they delved into

if she had her

Sections, the more complicated

frustration, Orion dared not push further, though he

Lugar family was a force