Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Susanna avoided Hull's gaze, keeping her eyes glued to her plate of mashed potatoes. She didn't say a word, just kept pushing her food around with her fork.

Hull raised an eyebrow. "Susie?"

She squirmed in her seat. "I-it's nothing. Just... thanks for last night."

Hull let out a small laugh. “You're thanking me by serving me soup? That's your big gesture?"

Susanna's cheeks turned bright red. "!!"

Hull leaned in a little, voice dropping, all teasing. "Trust me, that's not exactly the kind of gratitude I had in mind."

She understood exactly what he meant, and her blush deepened.

Hull took a sip of the chicken noodle soup she'd ladled for him. "By the way, don't call Star over here for a while."

"Huh?"

really not want Star to come by? Honestly, she hadn't planned on seeing Star anytime soon anyway. Considering everything going on... she was pregnant, and

her mother. And if they could get to her, they could go after Star too. Star was Mr. Quinn's

added, "Don't go see her

I'm basically a walking

hadn't understood it before, but now

He smirked. "Relax. You're not nearly powerful enough to drag Star down with you." Susanna gaped at him.

"No one in Ferrowland would dare

anything knew that Star-Stella-was Ronald Quinn's one weakness. But stil nobody dared touch her. It was an unspoken rule: as long as you left Stella alone, anything was negotiable.

her lip. "But what about Black

heard stories-Black Gate's boss was supposed to be utterly ruthless. Last night, seeing those twin

snorted. "Black Gate? Please. They're nothing compared to

was confident they'd never have

her connections were, Susanna

Ivanna Nelson or

family? Only the boys take their father's last

up. "So... the