Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 650

"Here. For you."

Stella shook her head. "I don't need it."

She really didn't-money wasn't something she was short on.

Lola raised an eyebrow. "What, you think it's dirty?"

Stella shook her head again. "No, it's not that."

It wasn't about being dirty. From the way Lola was talking, it was obvious she needed this much more than Stella did.

Lola pressed the envelope into her hand. "If you don't think it's dirty, just take it. I got this for you anyway."

She'd split her cut from the cash she hustled from Jaxon back in Portis City, and she'd meant to give this share to Stella then. Things got complicated, one thing led to another, and she'd missed her chance. Now, running into Stella in Ferrowland, it seemed like fate giving her another shot.

Stella frowned at the words "for you." "Why are you doing this for me?"

a handful of times, barely exchanged more than a few words. Why

out of nowhere, a beer bottle shattered nearby, scattering the guys. Someone had draped a warm, soft coat over her shoulders. It smelled

didn't answer. Instead, Lola took a step closer and shoved the envelope into

run after her, to shove the money back, but as she looked at Lola's retreating figure, she

from the house.

"What are you even doing out here? What

by Stella's performance inside, but she couldn't help worrying. To the whole Quinn family, Stella

something, I'll handle it. Besides, after what happened in there, I doubt anyone's in the

inside had been chaos-two women had been thrown out, wailing like banshees. Stella had made quite the name for herself tonight. By breakfast, she'd be

"Hey, sis," Yvonne

Stella into a quick hug.

"Okay."

barely taken a few steps when a woman's voice called out, "Ronald!" Stella sighed as

glanced over his shoulder, and there she was-Melissa Norton, the very woman the gossip queens had been talking

businesslike. "Maybe you should reconsider

Stella raised an eyebrow, recognizing