Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 225

After Max left, storm clouds seemed to gather on Yorick's face, his frustration palpable.

Orion glanced at him, struggling to find the right words. Thane’s barely contained anger earlier had made the outcome abundantly clear.

And for good reason!

The ores from the Lugar family were supposed to be their only alternative. Now, that option was off the table. The Quarry Group was in deep water now!

Yorick closed his eyes for a moment. "Stella!"

Hearing the grit in Yorick's voice made Orion's heart skip a beat.

Max's implication was clear: Stella was at the center of this mess.

Orion thought it over and decided he should give Yorick a heads-up about the Larkin Group.

"The Larkin Group's been hitting rough waters lately. Word is, it's tied to StarRiver Corp."

Yorick turned to look at Orion, an eyebrow raised.

"StarRiver Corp.?"

"The very one that netted Ms. Quinn a few hundred thousand last year."

Stella's windfall of seven hundred thousand last year, with over six hundred thousand attributed to deals with StarRiver, was the talk of the town.

The rest was just typical studio profits, but StarRiver had catapulted Stella's studio to the top spot in Portis City practically overnight.

Yorick’s thought drifted back to their failed attempt to shut down Stella's studio. StarRiver’s audacious defense of her still left a bitter taste in his mouth.

Yorick scoffed. "Tell me this has nothing to do with Stella."

Orion said nothing, but his silence was answer enough.

"Who's running StarRiver Corp.?"

"Some foreigner, Joe Haggard."

Yorick's expression turned sour.

A foreigner!

No wonder he didn't play by Portis City's unwritten rules.