Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 944

“And you went to Finley for this?” Ronald’s voice cut through the room, sharp with disbelief.

Stella nodded. “Yeah. What else would I need help with?”

Ronald just stared at her.

Annoyed, Stella tugged on his sleeve, lips pinched in a pout. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

He raised an eyebrow. “How did you know Skye was in Yoreland?”

“Finley told me,” she replied.

“And why would he tell you that?”

“He said that with Skye watching over Tegan, she’d be much safer.”

Silence settled between them, thick and uneasy. Ronald just kept staring at her, unreadable. She stared back with those wide, pleading eyes, growing more anxious under his gaze.

“What is it? Don’t look at me like that,” she muttered.

“So let me get this straight—Finley told you Skye was in Yoreland, could protect Tegan, and then you went begging him for help?” Ronald pressed.

“I asked him myself! I only wanted him to call Skye for me since I barely know her,” Stella protested.

“You…” Ronald let out a slow sigh, shaking his head. Her logic amazed him sometimes. How had she survived all those years in Portis City with that kind of thinking? He reached over and gently pinched her cheek. “He should be the one begging favors from you.”

That Finley… Clearly, he hadn’t learned his lesson last time.

Upstairs in the study, Finley was pacing restlessly, anxious as a cat in a thunderstorm. He was terrified Stella would spill everything to Ronald. He could only hope—please—that girl had enough sense to keep her mouth shut.

But that hope was dashed in an instant. Since her pregnancy, Stella’s shrewdness had all but disappeared.

When Ronald strode into the study, his look was enough to make Finley’s nerves snap tight. He met Ronald’s eyes and swallowed hard. “What—what is it?”

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