Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 772

At this point, only Ronald could handle things over in Hull.

Yvonne didn't waste any time-she grabbed her phone and called him up.

Ronald had actually been having a pretty easy time lately, ever since he told Hull to keep an eye on Xander. After that, Hull hadn't shown up at the Quinn estate at all.

So when Ronald saw Yvonne's name pop up on his phone, he was caught off guard. "What, she's surfaced already?"

The last time, when Stella got taken, it had taken well over a month for her to show her face again. Susanna hadn't even been gone for twenty days.

He'd figured it'd be at least another week or two before he heard anything.

Yvonne's voice came urgently down the line. "Ronnie, we've got a problem. A big one."

Ronald frowned. "..."

Across the room, Stella was arranging flowers, carefully trimming thorns off a bunch of roses. The moment she overheard the call, her hand slipped, and a sharp thorn pricked her finger.

She winced, letting out a tiny gasp. The scissors clattered to the table as she tried to see how bad it was-only for Ronald's broad hand to close gently around her wrist.

His eyes narrowed when he saw the tiny bead of blood welling up on her fingertip.

He switched the phone to speaker, set it aside, and shot a look at the butler across the room.

right away and hurried off for the

cut, but his tone

"It's Susanna."

face darkened. Even Stella froze up a

She was clearly rattled.

just as the butler arrived with the first aid

finger, his voice sharper now. "What

to say this-it's bad. I have no idea how I'm supposed

Ronald all these years; but everyone knew Hull was a snake-dangerous, calculating, with no real loyalties except to himself. The only reason he'd stayed this long was because Ronald always gave

different. She was Hull's one soft spot,

happened to her while

feel her

voice trembled. "H-how

could hear how shaky

"Star?"

happened?

The truth was almost too awful to say out loud: Susanna might have already

sisters. Yvonne didn't want to hit her with that possibility, not if she

"Just say it, Yvonne!"

throat felt