Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 256

"I tripped."

That excuse was far from believable.

But given Stella's current state of mind, she was completely out of the mental bandwidth to concoct any other excuse.

Please don't ask anymore. If he kept pressing, she truly might crack and spill everything. Then what? Would they even be able to stay siblings? No, she couldn't bear the thought. She couldn't take that risk!

Ronald frowned. "Tripped? Star, do you really think that excuse holds any water?"

Stella froze.

He's still asking?

Oh, come on! Could someone just arrest her already?

"Star."

His voice, low and magnetic, drilled into her frayed nerves like a persistent drumbeat.

Stella couldn't take it anymore.

Fine, forget being siblings. Maybe it was time to throw caution to the wind and pursue him instead.

Stella steeled herself, heart pounding, ready to take the plunge.

But just as she opened her mouth to speak, Ronald's phone buzzed sharply, cutting through the tension and halting their conversation.

Stella, already stiff with tension, latched onto the ringing phone like it was a lifeline. "Your phone's ringing."

her for a moment before he finally relented, turning to pick it up. It was a call from Idris. At

hardened as he stepped away, answering

returned, his face grim. "Aren't you tired? Why aren't you sleeping?" "Sleeping! Right now! Sleeping!" Stella blurted, her words tumbling over each other as she dove into the covers. Him deciding not asking anymore was the best. Just

But what about tomorrow?

bruises around her neck wouldn't fade

Ronald, who had a frosty expression, now showed

approached, picked her

flat. "How many

told

to sleep

bad for your heart."

belongs

help but think,"

my head in

flip

leave, and I'll

603

right?"

she couldn't bring

just as he was about to stand, his fingers brushed against the bruises

heart, already unsettled, raced

this many, these won't fade for

was left speechless. Was there really a need to agitate her like

did that

suddenly got the feeling that Ronald actually remembered

stand, Stella, in a

scratched across his chest, leaving marks