Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 100

“What do you mean? We had a deal, I gave you five hundred thousand dollars to leave the country and never come back.”

Ursula hissed through hushed tone, her voice laced with barely contained fury.

“I'm already back.”

“What did you just say? You’re back?”

As Ursula heard that, her voice, which she had been struggling to keep low, suddenly shot up uncontrollably.

Back and contacting her? Even a fool would know what this meant.

Ursula’s already pale face lost all color, taking on a ghostly pallor.

“What are you trying to pull?”

“My mother just passed away, and my daughter's fallen seriously ill. Life overseas was too expensive; we couldn’t make ends meet.”

“Couldn’t make ends meet” – that was the reason for their return. And now his daughter was seriously ill, which spelled it out clearly.

In other words, they needed money!

Ursula felt dizzy with anger, “I gave you everything you were owed back then, our deal was clear.”

“It was a deal, but Ms. Larkin, I’m out of options. Should I ask Ms. Quinn for the money, or should I ask you?”

Asking Stella would undoubtedly mean handing over evidence of that car accident to Stella. By then, Ursula’s true colors would be exposed to the Larkins and to Yorick.

“Are you threatening me?” Ursula gritted her teeth in fury.

Not only was he threatening her, but he had also returned fully prepared, knowing full well that what she cared about was the Larkin family, and her nemesis was Stella.

“I’ve hit rock bottom, or I wouldn’t stoop to being such a dishonorable person.”

“But it was you who set the price at five hundred thousand back in the day. I didn’t even try to haggle.”

The mention of being dishonorable infuriated Ursula even more. However, the man remained adamant, “I have no other choice, I’m really at the end of my rope.”

Ursula closed her eyes.

Ursula was speechless.

At those words, her eyes darkened further, and her knuckles turned white from gripping the phone too tightly.

“You’re blackmailing me?”

“I genuinely need the money, Ms. Larkin. Let's not make this sound so unsavory.”

Ursula closed her eyes, a dark aura enveloping her.

…

Outside, Yorick and Cloudia had arrived at the door.

Cloudia suddenly remembered something, “Oh, Ursula mentioned she wanted some soup from Crab Elite. Rick, you go in first. I’ll have someone fetch it for her.”

“Alright,” Yorick nodded.

Turning back and opening the door slightly, he heard Ursula shout into the phone, “Fine, but you’ll end up in jail too!”