Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

During that time in Portis City, Stella couldn't stop thinking-if she ever had the chance to go back to the Quinn family, she'd never leave again. If anyone ever dared to threaten her again, well, she'd make sure they regretted it. No one really knew how crushingly lonely Stella had been during her days in Portis City.

Ronald asked her, "So, you'll come back after the baby's born?”

"No way," Stella pouted, her lips jutting out in that stubborn way. She flat-out refused to move out-she wanted to stay right there with her mom and her sister. Ronald felt another headache coming on.

"You know, if your mom comes back, we'll have to sleep in separate rooms. You sure about this?"

Stella just grinned. "You could always sneak in through the window!"

Ronald stared. "Climb through the window?!"

Yeah, right.

Honestly, Ronald and Stella were in that sweet, can't-stand-to-be-apart phase, and the idea of sleeping in different rooms was torture. He tried everything to coax her into moving out with him-he just wanted a space for the two of them, their own little world.

Meanwhile, on Susanna's side of things...

Hull had given up on training her. Silas and Barnaby stood in one of the wooden cabins and watched from the window as Hull gently scooped Susanna up and carried her over to a deck chair on the beach.

Barnaby nudged Silas. "Didn't big bro used to say you gotta be tough, gotta push yourself?"

now?

need for gossip. "I think our brother's decided to protect her

had insisted Susanna learn to protect herself—she needed to survive on her own before going

could throw a punch or

finally gets it. Looks like we're

eye twitched, alarm bells

didn't even make her take her meds," Barnaby said,

stared. Did this mean...

hire a professional," Silas muttered, more to himself. Barnaby snorted. "When has he ever trusted anyone

a second, Barnaby actually sounded

couldn't deny it. Hull never trusted outsiders. That's why his mansion didn't

to learn how to take care of a

"It's not too late. Maybe

you can be the one to learn all that baby

most. He's always

great.

diaper changes and

was already swelling up, and