Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella)

"Hello? How is this all my fault? Excuse me, you were right there with me, saying the same stuff!"

"Oh, please, you started it! My dad was right-you should never get too close to someone like you. You're just trouble waiting to happen!"noveldrama

The argument blew up in seconds. The two women were yelling so loudly the security team came rushing over and hustled them straight out the door before they could actually start swinging.

...

Meanwhile, Ronald was leading Stella out, looking like he'd just swallowed a lemon.

Old Mr. Norton, worried things might spiral, quickly pulled Ronald aside and started whispering explanations, trying to smooth things over.

Yvonne tugged Stella to the side and grumbled, "Those two witches-if this wasn't the Norton family estate, I'd have given them a piece of my mind. Maybe even more."

Stella smirked. "Honestly? You basically did. You just about tore them to pieces back there."

Yvonne shot her a look. "Not bad, Star. I guess my lessons haven't gone to waste, huh?"

She'd seen everything-Yvonne's wild kick, the glass of punch thrown right in that woman's face. Back when Idris told her how Stella had clocked Jaxon and Yorick back in Portis City, she barely believed it. She couldn't even picture Stella throwing a punch.

But now? She'd seen it with her own eyes.

"That was badass," Yvonne said, beaming. "Not like the sweet, soft Star I remember."

Bzzz, bzzz. Yvonne's phone started vibrating just as she was gearing up to shower Stella with more compliments.

"Hang on, gotta take this," she said, stepping aside but not too far-she'd only gone to grab some snacks before those two drama queens showed up.

As Yvonne answered her call, Stella spotted Lola making her way over. That guy Lola was with earlier-Dandy-was nowhere in sight. Stella knew him, but she had no idea why Lola would know a guy like Dandy.

...

Five minutes later, Stella and Lola stood in the garden by the mansion's grand entrance. Lola turned to her, voice low.

"I took all of Jaxon's money."

Stella just shrugged. "Okay."

She couldn't care less. None of that had anything to do with her.

"Want a cut of it?"

Stella blinked. "Wait, what?"

Was Lola seriously offering her a share?

Lola met Stella's stunned gaze. "Relax, I know your family's treated you like crap."

"Those two years you went back, they didn't even bother to send you grocery money. Gave it all to Ursula instead."

Stella looked away, not really feeling anything about it. Maybe she'd never cared to begin with. To her, they'd always been outsiders. What did it matter what outsiders did?

"How do you know they treated me badly?" Stella finally asked.

"Jaxon," Lola replied, rolling her eyes. "Every time he came to The Blue Raven, he'd run his mouth with his idiot friends, whining about how you were so difficult and how your family had to punish you, blah blah."

The way Lola said Jaxon's name, full of contempt you could tell she never liked

him. No wonder she'd dumped him so fast.

Stella cleared her throat. "So, um, the baby-is it really Jaxon's?"

"Of course it is! Why else would I squeeze that much money out of him? I might

be many things, but I have standards, okay?"

Stella went silent. "Uh... standards?"

She felt a little lost. Maybe it was the pregnancy brain, but her thoughts were all scrambled lately. Especially with Lola going on about

standards-Stella could barely keep up. sŵnovel