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.

got the message right away and hurried

his attention on Stella's cut, but his tone with Yvonne grew serious.

"It's Susanna."

up a

She was clearly rattled.

palm, trying to reassure her just as the butler arrived with the first aid

voice sharper now. "What happened

idea how I'm supposed to face Hull after this. If he

for 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

different. She was Hull's one soft spot, the

to her while she was

practically feel her scalp tingling with

trembled. "H-how bad

could hear how shaky Stella

"Star?"

exactly happened? Tell

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

hit

"Just say it, Yvonne!"

Yvonne's throat