Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 127

Ursula was nowhere near calm, her entire being consumed by fury.

She yelled into the phone, “Do you think ten thousand dollars is a small amount? Where do you expect me to get you a hundred thousand?”

Ten thousand!

That was already no small sum.

After all, the deal between them was done and dusted, everything squared away, and yet here this person was, hounding her again.

Feeling under the weather as it was, Ursula found her recovery further disturbed by these threats.

“I don’t care, I want a hundred thousand. If you don’t give it to me, I’ll ask Stella for it. I believe she’ll be willing to part with that money.”

Hearing the mention of Stella squeezed Ursula’s heart, leaving her feeling suffocated and miserable.

“Ms. Larkin, I wouldn’t be asking if I wasn’t desperate.”

“You are desperate. And you think I can help? I’m sick, battling three types of cancer. I’m on my deathbed, and you’re threatening me?” Ursula couldn’t help but shout back.

She had returned from abroad with the hope of recuperating under the protection of the Larkin family. She wanted to be with the Larkins, to be where Yorick was.

But this call shattered all her peace.

“I’m already suffering enough from my illness, and now you’re threatening me.”

After her outburst, her voice softened.

For a moment, her vulnerability pierced through the phone line, reaching the man threatening her on the other end.

There was silence on the line.

Ursula continued, “My life is almost over. Do you think I care about my past mistakes?”

Her voice was filled with pity and a sense of resignation towards her past. In anyone else’s case, this might have evoked sympathy for Ursula.

Yorick had just arrived at the hospital.

Stepping out of the elevator, he saw Cloudia on a call, furiously yelling, “You want me to sign papers to cut ties? Stella, how could you be so cruel?”

Cloudia was shaking with anger. She had thought Stella’s threats to sever ties were just an empty threat. But she was proving her wrong.

Stella stated on the phone, “The lawyer has already brought the papers to the hospital to find you.”

Her tone was icy, devoid of any emotion. In that moment, Cloudia couldn’t sense any hint of Stella's attachment to the Larkin family.

For two years, her daughter had never truly opened her heart? This realization left her feeling even more suffocated.

“Once you’re cut off from the Larkin family, what do you think you are? So what if those men protect you now? They pamper you for taking you as a novelty, what happens when the feeling wears off? You’ll be left unmatched in status, only to be discarded.”

“Whether I get discarded is not for you to worry about. You’d best just sign the papers.”