Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 442

Chapter 442

She couldn’t believe Yorick had the audacity to show up at her doorstep. If he was brazen enough to park his car like this, he must have known Ronald was out.

Was he really here to confront her? It seemed the Quarry family wasn’t as deep in trouble as she had hoped.

But Stella was wrong.

Yorick was here precisely because the Quarry family was drowning in chaos, and he was on the brink of a breakdown.

He flicked away his cigarette and walked toward her, his steps deliberate and heavy.

Stella frowned, clearly irritated.

When he stopped a meter away, she could finally see the turmoil in his eyes–emptiness, sorrow, pain–all swirling together, visible in the depths of Yorick’s gaze.

“Are you here to plead for Ursula?” Stella asked, squinting slightly.

gossip Susanna and Tegan had shared about the Larkin family,

seemed to deepen

his voice laced

pleading? Then you’re here to threaten me? To try and overpower me?”

family and Yorick had never resorted to pleading. They had always tried to overpower her into letting

used back then? She couldn’t help but scoff at

a suffocating tension at Stella’s mention of ‘threaten‘ and ‘overpower. He closed his eyes,

off with her.”

had said that Yorick stormed out of

I’m sorry,” Yorick confessed suddenly.

surprise. “You’re apologizing to

fault.

the past few days. Since leaving the Quarry family, all he wanted was to see Stella. Nobody knew how empty he had felt since she called off their engagement, as if

apologize,” Stella replied coolly. “You really shouldn’t have come to

get into her car. As she was about to shut the door, Yorick panicked

an eyebrow. “You…”

out, and Yorick immediately backed away to a safe distance, his face

Stella’s dislike for physical contact. During their engagement, every time he got too close, she pulled away. After the breakup, whenever he tried to grab