Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 432 Navigating interactions with elders, especially someone like Mrs. Lugar, whom Stella always praises so highly, can feel stifling for Susanna.

Yet, being around Hull brings its own kind of pressure. Her heart pounds in her chest whenever he's near. "Star, can you help me find my mom and Tania?" she pleaded.

Nothing compared to the security Lacey offered her. Despite the years of separation, Susanna still relied on her mother.

Stella interrupted, "Didn't Hull say he'd help you with that?"

He claimed he'd get to the bottom of it. His investigation wasn't only about who had been hunting down Susanna. It would cover who was targeting her mother, too.

Susanna sighed, "Yeah, but..."

"But what?" Stella asked, sensing the distress in her friend's voice.

"I can barely face him now," Susanna admitted, feeling cornered.

Hull was clueless! Didn't he know what was appropriate to see and what wasn't? Sure, Star mentioned he

liked looking at pretty women, but those women were at least clothed. With her, it was as if he had no boundaries.

her with a nervous laugh, "Hull isn't that

to you, there's no bad guy other than

was only a

family, much to Stella's chagrin. "You always know how to hit

had severed ties with the Larkin family,

entered the room just then, catching Stella in her pajamas, phone in hand. Noticing him,

Ronald

been indulging in

smoke clinging to

cigarettes in his study.

her hair affectionately. "Who were you chatting

really upset,"

"Why?" Ronald asked, puzzled.

undressed her. You must have a word with him about that," Stella

eyebrow.

idea of "having a word" wasn't

to understand he can't do that. If he's conducting an

it up."