Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 74

It was always the same group, reaching out to her whenever they felt like it, acting all familial while brandishing their supposed superiority, hoping to lord it over her.

The words "Have I ever acknowledged you as my mother?" sent Cloudia into an apoplectic rage.

Stella retorted, "Questioning me? And on what grounds, pray tell?"

"Even if you refuse to admit it, I am your mother!" Cloudia was livid.

Without hesitation, Stella dialed Susanna's number.

The phone was picked up promptly, "Star."

Glancing at Cloudia, Stella spoke decisively into the phone, "I need you to publish an article stating that I am not a daughter of the Larkin family. It should say the Larkins made a mistake. I’ll send you the paternity test later to include."

"You've lost your mind!"

Cloudia was in disbelief, snatching Stella’s phone and abruptly ending the call.

"You actually are going to cut ties with us? Have you gone mad?" Cloudia, hysterical, yelled at her.

Stella snatched back her phone, "Is it really so strange to want to sever ties?"

"You, you, you ingrate..."

"Ingrate? Ha!" Stella's scoff was laden with irony. The notion felt like a ridiculous joke to her. "If I were to be ingrate, it certainly wouldn't be directed at you. Who even are you?"

Cloudia was speechless.

Every word was a clear line drawn, distancing herself further.

Cloudia was nearly breathless with fury, her gaze towards Stella filled with resentment.

"I nearly died giving birth to you, and this is how you repay me?"

"Trying to guilt-trip me?" Stella uttered.

As if intimidation wasn’t enough, now she was resorting to moral blackmail?