Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 98

Stella remained silent.

"Just get her better, okay? What I’ve owed you, I'll pay you back, I promise. Okay?"

Each word from Cloudia was tinged with a desperate plea. The priority was clear: to heal Ursula first, and then they could discuss any debts.

Stella replied, "Mrs. Larkin, have you forgotten? You give my life. How could you possibly owe me anything?"

This echoed the words Cloudia had once said to her. Back then, Cloudia had been so determined, adopting a mix of stern and soft tactics for Ursula's sake.

"Now you realize that cutting off my finances and having all those companies blacklist me won't stop me. So now you resort to begging?"

The moment those words were spoken, silence engulfed the phone call, only Cloudia's increasingly frantic breathing could be heard.

At the end of the hospital corridor, Cloudia felt her blood run cold at Stella's words.

Over the phone, Stella chuckled, "You pay me back? If Ursula really gets better, that's when you’ll come to settle the score with me, right?"

Stella knew them too well. After all, this wasn't the first time they had come to her over Ursula.

Ursula was indeed a handful— even from afar, she caused trouble. But it always came down to the same thing: 'It's not Star's fault, it's all on me!'

Cloudia panicked, "No, that's not it. I'm sincerely apologizing to you now."

"Right, as if anything you do for Ursula isn't sincere."

Cloudia fell silent, her panic escalating at Stella’s words.

At the moment, she had even forgotten Stella's earlier insinuations. All she remembered was Stella's refusal, refusal to call Tegan, refusal to let Finley treat Ursula.

"So tell me, what do you want?" Cloudia's tone was losing control.