Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 994

Melissa was easygoing and had a good heart—never one for scheming. Ronald had always treated Stella as his family, and in turn, Melissa regarded Stella as just that: Ronald’s family.

“Anyway, I’m over it,” Melissa said, arms folded stubbornly. “That disgusting business? Wasn’t me. I want nothing to do with it.”

Stella nodded. “I know.”

Melissa hesitated. “So…?”

“I’ll call your mother,” Stella replied, her tone steady.

“Please—put in a good word for me, would you? I can’t stand another lecture.” Melissa had been on the receiving end of her mother’s and grandmother’s cutting comments so much lately, she was close to doubting her very existence. She sincerely never wanted to go through that again. She’d never been scolded this much in her entire life.

After Melissa left, Stella summoned the butler.

“I’d like you to call Mrs. Norton,” she instructed quietly. “Please ask her to stop blaming Melissa.”

The butler bowed his head. “Right away.”

“And another thing…” Stella’s voice dropped as she continued. When she looked up, her eyes were frosted over—cold and sharp.

Berry.

Berry was Mona’s daughter.

The evidence Melissa brought was solid, but Stella wasn’t someone to trust so easily. She handed the matter to the butler, asking him to quietly arrange for an in-depth investigation.

The butler was visibly shaken. “You mean… Mona? You’re saying—?” He was too stunned to finish the question.

“Some families,” Stella said coolly, “are rotten to the core.”

The butler could only nod, still shocked.

“Dig into it,” Stella told him. “Find out if Berry and Mona really are mother and daughter—and see just how far their game has gone.”

Melissa was right: this had to be part of some larger plot.

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