Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

"Ronald, I was really upset before," Stella confessed, her voice tinged with a mix of relief and vulnerability. Holding onto those feelings for years had been tough. Really tough.

But now, with just a few words from him, everything seemed to fall into place.

Ronald raised an eyebrow, a teasing smile playing on his lips. "Oh? What were you upset about before?" Stella's eyes welled up, tears spilling over as she playfully pinched his side. "You're teasing me again."

Before, he had pretended to be oblivious to her feelings, and now he was doing it again.

"You knew all along, didn't you? Tell me, did you always know how I felt?"

He caught her mischievous hand, chuckling softly. "How old were you back then, huh?"

She froze, her cheeks flushing crimson. She had been just a young girl, lost in the whirlwind of confusing teenage emotions. Who could predict how long a girl's curiosity might last? Ronald cupped her face tenderly, brushing a gentle kiss on her forehead. "You've only just grown up, and now you're questioning me about the past?"

She huffed, her protest half-hearted.

In their playful struggle, the pink box slipped from Ronald's grip and clattered to the floor.

Stella glanced at it. "You dropped it."

Ronald chuckled. "Do you want me to use it?"

Her face turned impossibly red, heat radiating off her cheeks. "I mean... Is that really something to ask so casually?"

his

room, stopping abruptly as his eyes landed on the pair, still entwined, with the small box lying conspicuously on

blank for a moment before he quickly

Ronald's side.

to see Idris's retreating figure. "See? No

"But not in front of

lifting Stella effortlessly into his arms and carrying her

Stella pushed him playfully. "But that is still

can't be used,"

"What?" Stella asked, puzzled.

size is wrong,"

face turned a

of red,

to bury herself covers,

to let

held her face, his voice a

admitted, grateful for the medication Finley had

Ronald laughed softly.

added, "But it's still a wound,

you not want to?" Ronald

groaned, "You sound just like