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."

still processing the news.

had always been one of the old-money

a firecracker. She must've seen something she didn't like and decided

intention of snagging a wealthy life, and

not going to survive this,"

in agreement. "Karma's a real

arrogance. She'd almost

Tegan chuckled with satisfaction.

family is the talk

You should've seen Cloudia strutting around like she

she used to look dowmon are

small smile playing on her lips. "Yeah, life sure has a way

they finished eating, Ronald hadn't called back yet, so

at her watch. It

out this late?" she asked with a

wanting

hospital job just to be with him

couple of hours now, and

"The

up.

family

complicated bunch, and Tegan