Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 982

“That Yvonne woman is definitely mixed up in this with him,” Finch snapped. “He’s plotting to take Black Gate back—all of it! This whole thing is his scheme; he’s behind everything!”

The more steam he worked up, the more convinced he became, until he was nearly sputtering with rage.

Adelle’s face had grown pinched and cold. “I think so too. These past couple of days, it’s always our side getting hit. Dan? He hasn’t lost anything worth mentioning. Whatever he lost couldn’t hold a candle to what we’re out.”

Looking at it that way, it almost felt like Dan was just taking a few token hits for show, while they were being gutted for real.

“He’s definitely up to something. This is all his plot!” Finch insisted stubbornly.

Adelle cut in, her tone sharp, “Enough! That’s not what matters most right now.”

“What do you mean?” Finch’s anger spiked higher. How could there be anything more important than this?

“Your father wants to get a paternity test done. With Ivanna and Leanne.”

Finch stared at her as if she had slapped him. “What?”

Adelle’s expression was tight, bordering on frantic.

“Mother, what are you saying?” he stuttered.

“A paternity test,” Adelle repeated, drawing a shaky breath. “He wants both your sisters tested, and he’s planning to take them as soon as he gets back this afternoon.”

Finch was struck dumb.

“You need to think of something, fast,” Adelle urged, her voice low and urgent.

“Think of something? But…” Finch’s mind spun as the awful realization dawned. His eyes snapped to his mother. “You mean Ivanna and Leanne aren’t…?”

He couldn’t finish. The truth hit him like a physical blow, leaving his brain a blank.

Adelle was silent, unable or unwilling to meet his gaze.

Finch nearly lost it. “You—How could you?”

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