Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 81

Stella figured it was high time she got Tabitha to set her up with a dedicated work phone line. The constant badgering from the others was becoming unbearable.

Just like now...

Yorick's voice roared through the phone, "You own a studio? How come didn’t I know?"

Stella retorted, "And what? I need to report every move to you now?"

Was she not clear enough lately, or had she been too soft before? It seemed like these people felt entitled to question her every move.

This was getting ridiculous.

Yorick pressed, "What else are you hiding from me?"

"Why would I hide anything from you? What's it to you anyway? Geez, Yorick, Is Ursula’s illness not serious enough? She's battling triple cancer. Instead of finding a peaceful resting place for her, you're here bothering me. What's your deal?"

Yorick went berserk, "Stella!"

Especially at the mention of "resting place", anyone siding with Ursula found it taboo, almost like a malicious curse.

Stella said, "Why are you yelling?"

Yorick threatened, "Just you wait," and hung up.

Stella clicked her tongue at his move. She was curious what Yorick thought he could possibly do to her now.

...

Yorick was beside himself with anger. Discovering not only Stella's studio but also her substantial earnings from the previous year sent him through the roof.

He took a deep drag of his cigarette, "Do we look like a joke to you?"

Upon hearing this, Orion, sitting shotgun, felt a chill down his spine.

Indeed, they'd become a joke.

Yorick and the Larkins had cut off Stella's financial sources, thinking it would force her to come crawling back. They even had a timeline for when tenants at Silk-River Residences were due to pay their rents, thinking the financial pressure would break her.

He dared not continue. If Stella had powerful support, they couldn't touch her.

Yorick said, "I'd like to see who's the man backing her."

Orion got the message and nodded, “Understood.”

...

At the hospital.

"Can you believe this? What else has she kept from us?" Cloudia fumed, pacing back and forth. Blaise and Jaxon were all there.

But Yorick had been called away by Imogen.

As the truth unfolded, Blaise's expression turned stone-cold.

Cloudia uttered, "What does she take us for? Monkeys being played?"