Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 11

Chatting about Tegan, Susanna suddenly recalled something.

“Last time we talked through the phone, Tegan mentioned the hospital got this verified batch of diet pills. Wanna check it out with me tomorrow?”

Sipping her Coke, Stella gave Susanna a once-over, “Why would you need that?”

She was not even close to overweight!

“It’s for my cousin. He’s hit 200 pounds and is pretty much on the brink of depression over his weight.”

Stella shrugged, “Sure, why not.”

To her, life was too short to fret over looks, especially when it came to losing weight. The whole ordeal was just a fast track to misery – couldn’t enjoy your food, couldn’t dress how you wanted. And you ended up being your own worst critic.

As Stella headed home after parting ways with Susanna, her mood darkened at the sight of the clutter yet to be cleared on her sofa.

Walking over and seated, she pulled out a receipt from one of the shopping bags, and got momentarily stunned as her eyes glazed over the payment account.

Buzz, buzz.

Her phone vibrated.

Stella took a glance – it was a call from Blaise’s secretary.

The purpose of the Larkins’ call was palpable. She didn’t bother picking up, and just hit decline. Soon after, Blaise himself called. Stella, sticking to her guns, ignored it as well.

…

Over at the Larkin’s place, Blaise wasn’t pleased seeing Stella dodge every call, his gaze turning to Cloudia.

“Didn’t I say to keep Ursula away from her, to avoid any run-ins?”

Cloudia’s expression soured, “It’s not Ursula’s fault this time, she...Oh, never mind!”

Whenever it came to Stella and Ursula clashing, Cloudia found herself at a loss for words.

Blaise glanced at the photos of Yorick and Ursula at the hospital making rounds on social media.

“Her sister’s fiancée tags along to the hospital, tell me is she a fool or is it that you are brainless?”

Cloudia stammered, “I...”

Blaise was fuming, “I already had specialists lined up for her. Why did she need to drag Yorick into this?”

Despite his lingering anger over Yorick’s family’s past opposition to Ursula, Blaise had expected better judgment.

Since Yorick had ended things with Ursula and he’d already become Stella’s fiancé, he should have extinguished any possible misunderstanding between him and Ursula in private.

“Ursula’s that sick, and I just wanted to cheer her up. You know she and Yorick have been close since middle school. They’ve grown up together, there’s affection between them,” Cloudia tried to reason.