Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 888

The wind and rain outside were absolutely wild—like something straight out of a disaster movie.

When Ronald walked in, sure enough, he found Stella on the phone. The second he opened the door, he could hear Yvonne's voice practically exploding out of the speaker, rattling off complaints so fast and furious it sounded like she was about to tear someone to pieces.

Ronald's face darkened. He strode right over, snatched the phone from Stella’s hand, and hung up.

Yvonne’s tirade was cut off mid-sentence.

For a moment, the room was dead quiet.

Stella blinked up at Ronald, looking half-asleep and totally bewildered, like someone who’d been yanked out of bed at dawn on Christmas morning.

“Told you we couldn’t keep it from her,” Ronald said, shaking his head.

Stella’s voice was small and a little pouty. “Did you hear how upset she was? She sounded really worried and hurt.”

She sounded both frustrated and a little guilty. Yvonne had always been protective of her, and Stella honestly worried about Yvonne in return. This time, things had gotten totally out of hand.

Ronald reached out, gently ruffling her hair. “Don’t overthink it. Yvonne just cares about you.”

Stella just huffed, cheeks puffed out in a sulky pout.

Ronald could tell she was really upset this time. He sat down on the edge of the bed and pinched her cheek, trying to coax a smile out of her. “Come on, be good, okay?”

Stella grumbled, “Yvonne literally said if there’s anything you want, she’d help you get it—no questions asked!”

Back when Dan faked his death, there’d been some worry Stella might go easy on him out of old feelings. But now? Not a chance.

Ronald sighed. “It’s not as simple as just taking Black Gate’s resources.”

Stella perked up. “Wait, it’s not? Then what is it? Is there something bigger going on?”

She’d grown up in the Quinn family, and as far as she knew, Black Gate and the Quinns had always stayed out of each other’s business. But now Ronald sounded like there was some deep, dark feud she’d never even heard of.

“Why didn’t you just tell her from the start?” Stella asked, her voice trembling a little. “Would’ve saved everyone so much trouble. Now it just feels like pouring gasoline on a bonfire.”

Yvonne had been worried sick for weeks, just like she’d screamed on the phone. She’d lost sleep over this—and after all the chaos with Black Gate, it turned out the person they were all looking for hadn’t even been in Black Gate’s hands at all.

“She’s mad now thinking the person was with you this whole time,” Stella muttered. “Imagine how she’ll react when she finds out they were with Hull all along…”

She shuddered. That was going to be a nightmare.

Yvonne’s biggest fear had been not being able to answer to Hull. Now? Turns out the person she was so worried about had been with Hull the entire time.

Stella shot Ronald a glare. He just sighed. “What did she say to you?”

“She told me to pack my things.”

Ronald’s eyes went wide. “What?!”