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.

Ursula. Despite all the gossip Susanna and Tegan had shared about the Larkin family, Stella believed Yorick

of pleading for Ursula seemed to

echoed, his voice laced

Then you’re here to threaten me?

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

they used back then? She couldn’t help but

‘overpower. He closed his eyes, his whole body trembling. Clenching his fists,

off with her.”

arched her brows, silently observing Yorick while Susie’s latest gossip replayed in her mind. She had said that Yorick stormed out of the Larkin family house, kicking over a flowerpot at

I’m sorry,” Yorick

widened in surprise. “You’re apologizing

my fault.

Quarry family, all he 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

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

wanting to hear more, Stella turned to get into her car. As she was about to shut the door, Yorick panicked

an eyebrow.

shot out, and Yorick immediately backed away to a safe

time he got too close, she pulled away. After the breakup, whenever