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.

emotions in Yorick’s eyes was Ursula. Despite all the gossip Susanna and Tegan had

of pleading for Ursula seemed to deepen

he echoed, his voice laced

“Not pleading? Then you’re here to threaten me? To try and

had never resorted to pleading. They had always

tactics had they used back then? She couldn’t help but scoff at the memory.

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

off with her.”

Yorick while Susie’s latest gossip replayed in her mind. She had said

I’m sorry,” Yorick

in surprise. “You’re apologizing to

my fault.

wanted was to see Stella. Nobody knew how empty he had felt since she called off their engagement, as if a vital part of him had been

“You really shouldn’t have come

into her car. As she was

an eyebrow.

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

every time he got too close, she pulled away. After the breakup, whenever he tried to grab her wrist,