Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 649

Lola noticed Stella wasn't answering, so she changed the subject.

"So, do you want it or not?"

"Want what?"

"Money, Stella. The Larkin family's money. I can split it with you."

Stella stared at her for a second.

Was this really happening?

She took a deep breath. "Do I look like I need money right now?"

Lola shrugged. "No, but Larkin money is different. Think of it as payback from them. You've earned it."

Back when Stella worked at Nocturne Hues, she'd heard Jaxon defending Ursula nonstop, always calling her his precious little sister. Stella had wondered then- what kind of people was she dealing with?

She asked, “So tell me, what made you ever like Jaxon in the first place?"

"Like him?" Lola's face twisted like she'd just bitten into a lemon.

Stella paused. "You had his kid. Didn't you like him?"

Lola rolled her eyes. "You actually believed those rumors?"

Rumor had it Lola tried to marry her way up the ladder, using her kid as leverage —and failed. Cloudia had confronted her more than once, fuming every time.

Lola smirked. "Please. Like I ever liked him. If anything, it was his money that caught my eye."

"Money?" Stella echoed.

but once he existed,

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too. I'm not raising his kid for

Stella's jaw dropped.

girl was

his cash. Most people would never admit that.

"What? You think I'm trash? I get it. People like us, scraping by,

shook her head. "I

are just...

met the Quinns, who knows where she'd

you did. I started working at fourteen. I've waited tables at diners, handed out flyers, sold

bartending paid better, so I did that.

reason, Lola kept talking, and Stella just

part about Jaxon. Stella cut her off. "Okay,

Lola stopped, then laughed.

"Yeah. He really is."

said it with zero

cared about

ed.n

his

out, he'd

about

Lola said,

Stella stared. "Wait, what?"

take care of me and

Technically

Stella blinked.

know what to

believe