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.

mix of emotions in Yorick’s eyes was Ursula. Despite all the gossip Susanna and Tegan had shared about the Larkin family, Stella

seemed to deepen

echoed, his voice

raised an eyebrow. “Not pleading? Then you’re here to threaten me? To try and overpower

never resorted to pleading. They had always

She couldn’t help but scoff at

and ‘overpower. He closed his eyes,

off with her.”

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 the

Yorick confessed

in surprise. “You’re apologizing to me?”

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

“You really

she was about to shut

raised an eyebrow.

Yorick immediately backed away to

physical contact. During their engagement, every time he got too close, she pulled away. After the breakup, whenever he tried to grab her wrist, she had retaliated physically.

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