Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 192

"Everyone's just blowing smoke up your ass, and you're buying it hook, line, and sinker."

Yorick nearly passed out from sheer frustration. "You!"

Stella retorted, "Sure, you're the CEO of Quarry Group, but need I remind you who really pulls the strings?"

"Shut up!" Yorick snapped.

"Your dad might not be showing his face around the office these days, but let’s talk numbers, shall we? Anything over 100 million needs his signature, doesn't it? And how much are you planning to shell out? You think you can afford it? If your dad hears you're draining the account for that sickly lover of yours, you think he'd approve?"

Stella's words were like nails on a chalkboard to Yorick, making his head nearly explode with irritation.

This woman, always ready with a snappy comeback or a sharp retort.

Now, Yorick found himself wishing she'd just hit him physically instead; anything was better than her venomous words.

But he couldn't deny the truth in Stella's words. Ever since Ursula returned, the Quarry Group's financial protocols had been revised. Significant expenditures no longer just needed the CEO's approval but the chairman's signature as well.

Stella wasn't entirely correct, though. It wasn't 100 million, but ten million that required Thane's signature!

Fuming, Yorick's vision blurred with anger. "Then what do you propose?"

"You can't afford it, yet here you are asking for terms? What’s the plan, strong-arm me?"

That remark hit him like a punch to the gut.

Yorick was on the verge of hanging up, but considering how hard it had been to get Stella on the phone, he managed to hold back.

"Trying to bully your way through with me? You've got some nerve."

"I'm not!" Yorick protested.

"Then can you afford it? Mist Bay alone would set you back, what, five hundred million?"

Five hundred million!

Hearing that figure made Yorick's face turn grim.

He instinctively wanted to accuse Stella of extortion, but he couldn't deny the current market value of the place.

Taking a deep breath, Yorick admitted, "I don't have that kind of money right now."

Damn this woman, he thought. How had he never noticed her shrewdness before? She had dissected the inner workings of Quarry Group with alarming accuracy. She was right; the power had indeed shifted back to his father since Ursula's return.

"Oh, no money? So you're begging now? With that attitude?" Stella taunted.

Yorick's face went from grim to downright thunderous.

Begging Stella? Who did she think she was?