Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 766

"Look at Dan-he doesn't even try to hide how little he cares about you."

If something happened to Susanna now, it was obvious: Lacey would end up at war with the Quinn family, and Dan... well, he'd have managed to screw Yvonne over one more time.

Only this time, his plan didn't work.

Yvonne let out a dry chuckle. "Dan and I? Please. There's nothing between us worth mentioning."

Honestly, part of the reason she agreed to help Stella this time was because she knew Dan had become the one pulling the strings at Black Gate. And the way he'd snatched that Nolan deal from her father all those years ago? Yvonne still hadn't gotten over it.

That man-he used love as bait and trapped everyone around him.

A guy like that? He's not even worth talking about loyalty or friendship.

Chloe chimed in, "Black Gate's in total chaos now. Derek wanted to hand the reins over to Finch, but it's not working out."

Finch.

The name lit a spark of interest in Yvonne's eyes.

drama is even messier

one had known before that

Finch.

his real son. As for Dan or Susanna?

distance, shrinking with every step. "Poor

gaze, nodding

she's had it tough,” Chloe said softly. “The

snorted. "Most people in her shoes wouldn't have survived, let alone put

Stella's connections to lean on-otherwise, she'd

Chloe nodded. "Yeah."

rock climbing. Back when she lived in Portis City, she was the classic spoiled princess-her biggest concern was waiting for her mom to Venmo her monthly

But now...

being tossed into the ocean, she was clinging onto a sheer cliff, scrambling for her life.

verme

with barely anywhere to

cliff bent back on itself, and she'd already fallen more times than she could count,

the

to the top

clothes were plastered to her skin, soaked with salty sweat and seawater. She climbed, and climbed,