Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 773

After Yvonne's phone call, Stella felt like someone had pulled the plug on her. She just couldn't believe things had turned out this way. In her mind, Yvonne had always been rock solid-someone you could count on no matter what.

But now? Everything was falling apart.

Ronald, who'd hung up right after Yvonne, was right there beside her, trying to calm her down.

"Hey, don't overthink it. It's not as bad as it seems," he said, pulling her gently onto his lap. Stella looked up at him, her eyes wide and worried, but she couldn't find the words to say anything.

"Star," Ronald murmured.

She finally whispered, "I just wanted to help Susie."

Now Susie's whole world had been flipped upside down. It was like dropping her into a pack of wolves. If Susie didn't have some survival skills, she'd never make it back to Black Gate. And with Lacey's enemies piling up, half of Black Gate was out for blood-Derek, Dan, the whole lot.

With Susie's mom tangled up in all of this, there was no way Susie could keep her head down and stay out of trouble. Stella had just wanted to teach her how to protect herself. How could things go so wrong?

voice steady and sure. "Do you really think Dan would

at

on her own. Ronald wasn't there, so she'd learned to make decisions and keep her cool, no matter what. But nobody else had ever managed to make her feel so messy and out of

didn't go back to Black Gate on

Yeah. Dragged her back.

Gate ever again. She'd made that clear.

to us

Ronald continued. "Derek's obsessed with that woman. He'd give up everything-his money, his power, his legacy-for her kid. He never made a move against Dan because Finch wasn't ready-he wasn't strong enough yet? And with all the chaos at Black Gate over the years, Dan was barely keeping his head above water. Derek wasn't

Dan's just like Lacey was back in the day-taking all the hits so the others didn't have

Derek wanted to snatch all the power back from Dan, hand it over to Finch. After all the

Not a chance.

Dan hauled Lacey

jaw dropped. Seriously? These Black Gate family ties were