Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 310

Stella’s silence alone had Cloudia fuming, but now that she’d spoken, it only fueled her anger further.

Stella’s eyes were cold, and a sardonic chuckle escaped her lips. Ignoring Cloudia entirely, she turned to the butler standing nearby. "Make the arrangements to discharge Jaxon."

The butler nodded dutifully. "Yes, Miss."

Cloudia’s breath hitched, and she shot to her feet. "Are you out of your mind? He’s your own brother!

You’ve already pushed Ursula to the brink, and now you’re going to do this to him?"

Stella lifted her gaze to meet Cloudia’s. "Mrs. Larkin, have you forgotten? There’s nothing between us anymore."

The color drained from Cloudia’s face. "You, you..."

Stella picked up the coffee pot and poured herself a cup of coffee, her movements unhurried and deliberate.

"You guys are very fond of throwing your weight around, aren’t you?"

She couldn’t forget how they’d treated her- trying to bury her, both literally and metaphorically.

Stella continued, "You’ve used that power to oppress others for years, haven’t you? The Larkin family has been running rampant in this town for ages."

Especially Cloudia, whose infamous reputation among the society ladies was all too well-known.

Cloudia’s breath came in short, angry gasps. "You can’t do this. You’ve already made Ursula incurable. Do you want to..."

"Swallow those words about ‘brother,’ will you?" Stella cut her off sharply, her gaze cold and piercing, like daggers.

Cloudia froze, her words dying on her lips.

Stella couldn’t stand the Larkin family’s use of the words about family.

Growing up, she’d known what true familial love was- the kind the Quinn family had taught her to cherish deeply. But the Larkins had given her a new understanding of the word "blood."

"Do you know why I didn’t save Jaxon yesterday?" Stella asked.

Cloudia hesitated. "Why?"