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."

head, still processing the news. "Are they

always been one of the old-money families in Portis City. How could they suddenly

must've seen something she didn't like

married Jaxon with the intention of snagging

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

Tegan chuckled with satisfaction.

Larkin family is the

strutting around

she used to look dowmon are having a field

playing on her lips. "Yeah, life sure has a way of turning

back yet,

her watch. It was getting close to

stay out this late?" she asked with a teasing

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

quit her hospital job just to

a couple of hours now, and normally Uriah would've

turned a bit guarded. "The Horner family's having a

up.

family

complicated bunch, and Tegan