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

cold from the alcohol, he quickly wrapped her

landed on Stella's forehead,

a return

insisting that he tuck

at school, she would

and even college, Ronald

the distance Ronald had to travel, suggested he find a place

him, hiring a nanny to look after her in a house opposite his

started school herself

Adam's apple bobbed, the heat in

down, his lips meeting hers in a kiss that

of

grapes, intoxicating and ire.

Ronald, the familiar warmth enveloping her. She wrapped her arms around his neck,

for a moment. His reaction was even more fervent

of a phone broke the silence- Stella's phone

jolted back to reality, glanced at the sleeping Stella. He laid her gently on the bed,

sting on his lips. Touching his lips, he noticed a trace of

bite was sharper than he

Stella's phone continued ringing.

ID - an

Uninterested, he hung up.

the other end of the line, Yorick dialed Stella's number repeatedly, his mind racing as he realized Ronald

family was off, and he couldn't believe Stella wasn't