Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 421

"Put the phone down. The ice cream's here," Tegan announced, sliding the sundae across the table to Stella.

It had been ages since Stella indulged in a scoop of ice cream. Ronald, ever the worrywart, would usually

let her have just a couple of spoons before taking it away, fretting over her health.

As she savored a spoonful, she asked, "So, what was Susie going on about earlier?"

Tegan leaned in conspiratorially. "Oh, she said that Lola took off with all the money. The whole Larkin family is in a complete uproar."

Stella nearly choked on her ice cream. "Lola ran off with the money? Are you serious?"

"Absolutely," Tegan confirmed with a nod.

Stella's eyes widened in disbelief. "No way!"

"She cleared out Jaxon's accounts, and Blaise pulled the remaining funds out of the company," Tegan continued, her voice laced with a mixture of disbelief and excitement.

Stella was left speechless, spoon hovering mid-air.

Tegan smirked. "Now, the Larkin family is left with a mess. One's incapacitated, another's constantly ill, and the last one can't earn a dime. It's like the sky is falling for them.'

"I used to think I could squeeze a few million out of them, but now, it looks like there's nothing left," Tegan sighed, her voice tinged with frustration. "I even went to the trouble of spinning a whole web around them."

the news. "Are they really

one of the old-money families in Portis City. How could they suddenly not

shrugged. "Lola's a firecracker. She must've seen something she didn't like and

else. She married Jaxon with the intention of snagging a wealthy life, and

not going to survive this," Stella

nodded in agreement. "Karma's a real

them reminisced about Ursula's past arrogance. She'd almost caused Stella serious harm with

Tegan chuckled with satisfaction.

family is the

Cloudia strutting around like she owned the place. Now,

used to look dowmon are having

her head, a small smile playing on her

finished eating, Ronald hadn't called back yet,

at her watch. It was getting close

out this late?" she asked with a

how protective Uriah was of Tegan, always wanting her by his side, even trying to convince

job just to be

out for a couple of hours

a bit guarded. "The Horner family's

shot up. "Ah,

Horner family was

complicated bunch, and Tegan