Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Was she scared?

Truth be told, after countless encounters of this sort within the Quinn family, Stella no longer felt the raw fear that had gripped her the first time she witnessed Ronald take a life. Her gaze casually drifted to the lifeless body on the floor. "Was he one of Lancelot's guys?"

Lancelot - a name she'd heard Ronald and Hull mention back in Spring Hill.

Ronald hummed in acknowledgment before leaning in to press a kiss to her cold lips- tender, lingering, and entirely unexpected.

Stella's mind buzzed as she instinctively pushed at Ronald. "There's- there's a body right there."

Seriously, big guy, there's a dead man just feet away.

And Idris and the others were right there, too.

What was he thinking? Making it blatantly obvious that the girl he'd been raising for years had now become his woman?

Even Idris, who usually kept his emotions under wraps, felt his brain short-circuit.

Despite having an inkling about what had transpired the previous night, this outright show of affection...

Idris, along with the bodyguards, discreetly turned away.

It wasn't just Idris, Stella was equally flustered.

Considering the less-than-glorious events of last night, she thought she and Ronald needed time to sort things out.

he was leaving no room to breathe. Not for her, not

to wriggle free, Ronald caught her hand. His voice, now tinged with desire, broke the silence. "Trying to escape, huh?" Stella stammered,

muster a

when Stella was nearly out of breath,

cheeks flushed

rested his forehead against hers.

plenty of food to recover from a fever, and

she'd take a good long nap, which was

nuzzled into his chest, her muffled voice emerging,

heaviness settling

"She called you?"

to pick her up at the airport

the phone nott tell Ronald about her visit. Yet, Stella turned around and spilled the beans without

flash of displeasure crossed

was icy as

AUMS

on them, pivoted respectfully

that little runaway is

the world upside down looking for

there'd be hell to pay. That girl was

sure she's sent straight back. Keep a close eye on her, and the person