Chapter 142

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Plus he and Orion had bumped into Stella at the Wave Residence earlier. So now, Yorick was convinced – Stella was definitely living there! Stella replied, “Yeah, I live there. What’s the big deal?”

Hearing Stella admit it in person made Yorick’s heart tighten again. The place Ursula dreamt of visiting was now Stella’s home.

“Who owns the place?”

At this moment, Yorick was a whirlwind of emotions, barely able to hear his own voice.

Stella uttered, “Why are you asking me? Thought you were Mr. Big Shot who found out it’s owned by some sixty-six-year-old geezer?” Not this line again!

Every time Wave Residence came up, she’d throw that line at him.

Yorick growled, “Tell me, who is it!”

He asked again, grinding his teeth in frustration.

Stella, seeing him all worked up, sarcastically laughed, “So, Mr. Quarry, you’re admitting to my face you’re not so capable after all?” Yorick was livid. She had this knack – her words could spark a fire in anyone’s chest.

Stella kept on, “Admit it, and I’ll tell you. Will you?”

Yorick couldn’t answer it. Asking him to admit his incapability in front of her, this infuriating woman, was boldly humiliating him. Yorick took a couple of deep breaths, but it did little to calm the storm inside him. His gaze towards Stella turned colder. “You’re something else.”

Stella turned around, arms crossed, “Indeed, I am. Ready for your next move, or shall we see what you’ve got?”

Before Yorick could retort with a “just you wait”, Stella beat him to it.

Such brazen defiance was unheard of in Portis City, especially towards Yorick.

But Stella, she just did!

In the end, Yorick stormed off.

Before leaving, though he couldn’t hurl another threat at her, he still threw out, “I’d love to see if you can actually marry Jeremy. His family is a whole other ball game. Don’t think just because Jeremy proposed, you’ve got it in the bag!”

Tabitha entered.

“Boss.”

Stella put down her water glass, “He left?”

Tabitha nodded, “Yeah, looking all fierce!”

He was nothing like the man who carried the boss away last time, kind to both the boss and her staff.

This heir to the Quarry family, what did he have besides his inheritance? Being with someone so temperamental was downright depressing! Stella laughed, “He’s never in a good mood!”

Tabitha was curious about how her boss endured this guy for two years?

After leaving the documents, Tabitha exited.

Then Ronald called, “Do you want the Larkin family’s money?”

Stella was baffled. Why did he bring this up all of a sudden?

“That pittance…”

Truth be told, since returning to the Larkin family Ursula had been at her throat non-stop. Especially when Cloudia bought something for her Ursula would flaunt her purchases. Little did she know, Stella never cared for it. In Ferrowland, she had more and far better things than she could count.

Ronald said, “It might be peanuts to you, but to them, it’s a feast.”

When they lost what they valued most, it was torture. Despite being Stella’s blood relatives, their treatment of her wouldn’t pass Ronald’s test.

Stella caught on to Ronald’s hint, “So, Ronald, you say I should take it?”

She wouldn’t mind. Without Ronald, she’d fend for herself. With him, she’d follow his lead.

“How about it? I give, you take, deal?”

His voice, magnetic and indulgent, was impossible for Stella to ignore, filled with an irresistible blend of dominance and power. “Your call,” Stella replied sweetly.

Regardless of her interest, the Larkin

family was bound to suffer without their assets! Just as Stella thought Ronald was about to hang up, he suddenly asked, “Miss me?”

As Stella heard that, her heart fluttered, her cheeks involuntarily blushing.

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