Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 266

"And with Ursula, the hospital's forcing her out now, stopped all her meds. She's practically sending us all to a death sentence. Did we really wrong her that much?" Over the phone, Cloudia was fuming.

No wonder she's been on a warpath lately. Growing up with the Lugar family and not a word about it.

The more Cloudia thought about it, the angrier she became.

On the other end, Blaise was silent, his breath growing more uneven as the shock sank in.

The Lugar family...

Stella was, in fact, the sister of the renowned Mr. Quinn from Ferrowland.

Like Ursula and Jaxon... then their relationship...

"You jerk! What did you do to her before?"

Blaise's anger exploded. His chest heaved, his fury palpable.

Cloudia retorted, "What do you mean what did I do? She never told me she grew up with the Lugar family."

She'd always thought Stella was just some country girl. The plan had been to groom her, slowly introduce her to society- but Stella had turned out utterly uncoachable. The memory of Stella's attitude toward her only stoked Cloudia's anger further.

Blaise struggled to find words. "I mean you, you..."

He was too angry to speak properly, unsure of how to respond to Cloudia anymore.

realized. If Stella didn't relent, the Larkin Group would crumble under Ronald's

see her. Explain everything," Cloudia

knew a meeting was unlikely, let

she wants to see me

thought deepened

wasting another moment on Cloudia, Blaise hung up and headed straight to the apartment shared by Stella

...

Meanwhile.

taking her medication, Stella's fever began to subside. A strange sensation coursed through her body, and she groggily opened her eyes. Only

and gripped Ronald's wrist. "What are

was he

Stella now snapped to

or it won't heal. If you don't

"What do you

like this? Was their relationship

displeasure, swallowed hard. "I

was a blur, unable

hand. "Stay still, won't you?"

insistence on checking her wound weighed heavily on her.

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Eventually, she let go.

Ronald's smile deepened. "That's

relax, it's only

words did little to calm her- if anything, Stella's breathing became more erratic. What else could