Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 231

"Why?"

The question lingered in the stairwell, echoing softly.

Stella nuzzled against his chest once more, whispering, "Because I like you. I like you, like you..."

Her repeated confessions echoed in Ronald's ears, stirring his heart like a thunderous roar across the mountains, making his pupils contract uncontrollably.

"Do you like me as a brother, or do you like Ronald?"

His voice, magnetic and deep, would be hard to decipher for anyone fully conscious, let alone Stella in her state.

This time, however, there was no reply.

After a few seconds of silence, Ronald looked down to find Stella's lips slightly parted, her breathing even and calm. Her once tightly clenched hand on his shirt gradually loosened. She had fallen asleep.

Gazing at her flushed cheeks, Ronald couldn't help but smile helplessly.

He carried her upstairs to her room, and as he laid her on the bed, Stella stirred, but her eyes remained hazy, barely awake, "Ronald."

"What is it?"

"I want a hug."

Her voice was plaintive, tinged with a hint of grievance. "I want to be hugged forever."

"Alright, a hug."

eyes, Ronald couldn't refuse. He sat on the edge of the bed and pulled her into his

the alcohol, he quickly wrapped

landed on Stella's forehead,

felt like a return

Ronald, insisting that he tuck

school, she would wait

throughout middle school, high school, and even college, Ronald was driven home every night by

distance Ronald had

Stella with him, hiring a nanny to look after her

until Stella started school herself

her rosy lips, Ronald's Adam's apple

lips meeting hers in a kiss that

of

grapes, intoxicating and ire.

warmth enveloping her. She wrapped her arms around

at her response, but only for a moment. His reaction was even

buzzing of a phone broke the silence- Stella's

jolted back to reality, glanced at the sleeping Stella. He

on his lips. Touching his lips, he noticed

was sharper

Stella's phone continued ringing.

ID -

Uninterested, he hung up.

the line, Yorick dialed Stella's number repeatedly, his mind racing as he realized Ronald was the heir to

with the Quarry family was off, and he couldn't believe Stella