Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 757

Yvonne, Dan, Xander, Hull… These people had all gotten tangled up together, thanks to Susanna.

And the whole thing was an absolute mess.

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Meanwhile, over at the Quinn family, things weren’t going so smoothly for Stella, either.

After she read the latest headlines coming out of Portis City, her face darkened instantly.

Tegan James called.

“You’ve seen the news, right? There’s no doubt it’s Yorick Quarry stirring up trouble. He wants to ruin your reputation.”

The news from Portis City was everywhere.

Article after article claimed that Stella looked down her nose at the Larkin family and refused to acknowledge them as blood relatives. Some even said Ronald dumped Yorick because of her.

Basically, they were painting her as a stuck-up, social-climbing diva.

If Stella didn’t believe Yorick was behind this, she’d have to be pretty naive.

Her eyes narrowed. “Ignore it.”

“Is this going to hurt your standing with the Quinn family?” Tegan sounded genuinely worried.

Stella scoffed. “What’s the worst that can happen? Whatever they think they can do to me, it’s just their own wishful thinking.”

The Quarrys really would stop at nothing.

Stella herself didn’t care. But she knew those rumors would reach Ferrowland soon enough. She could take it, but with her wedding to Ronald just around the corner, she worried he’d get caught in the crossfire.

Tegan sighed. “They’ve always been pretty full of themselves.”

Yorick and Jaxon Larkin, in particular. Back when Ursula Larkin’s drama was going down, they tried every trick in the book to bring Stella down—thinking they could actually hurt her.

But they’d been disappointed before.

After a few more words with Tegan, Stella hung up.

She hesitated, then dialed Jaxon’s number. He answered quickly, his voice rough and tired. “Yeah?”

“It’s me.”

“I recognized you, little sis,” he replied, the words dripping with sarcasm.

Clearly, he was still sore about Stella giving the Larkin family the cold shoulder.

“Did you have a hand in what’s happening in Portis City right now?” Stella asked, not bothering with small talk.

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