Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 235

The phone buzzed.

It was a call from Idris.

Ronald stood, glancing at Stella. She had already closed her eyes, succumbing to the warmth of her wine-induced slumber like a kitten too weary to keep awake. He answered with a curt, "Speak."

"Boss, just as you predicted, Lancelot is hiding out in Portis City."

"Did you find him?"

"Not yet, but we spotted Kaku, his right-hand man, around town today."

In the dimly lit room, a sharper glint flickered in Ronald's normally stoic eyes.

"Keep a tight watch on him," he commanded, his voice icy.

"Understood!"

"And..." Ronald's tone softened slightly as his gaze fell on Stella, who was sound asleep on the bed. "Assign a few more people to keep a discreet watch over her." He was, of course, referring to Stella.

we tell Ms. Quinn to

need," came

a whisper of danger. He wished for her world to remain peaceful and ordinary, free from constant vigilance. That year, after Stella witnessed Ronald taking a life, she had nearly

unaware of the family's darker dealings.

out onto the balcony,

His phone vibrated again.

"Mother," he answered.

and Mervin Burton are now in cahoots? They've got designs on Star," his mother

"I'm aware."

you know that. Make sure Star is

couldn't help but smirk at his

Skittish?

door at the sleeping Stella, he saw no trace of the timid girl his mother spoke of. Yet, he assured her, "Understood." "I've

"Of course."

send Yvonne to stay with

the Quinn family due

"No need," Ronald asserted.

He couldn't risk Yvonne's