Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 734

Derek: "Shut your mouth."

Dan: "Wow, Dad. All that scheming just for a woman, huh?"

Derek’s face darkened, his eyes flashing dangerously.

Dan kept pushing, "If you’re so capable, why not do it on your own? Instead, you manipulate women to get everything you want, and then complain that their kids are ruining your love life?"

“Dan!”

Derek’s voice was sharp, cold, and warning, his glare icy.

Dan met his gaze, unflinching.

"It’s a shame, really. You calculated every move, but you didn’t expect the first Mrs. Murray to be smarter than you. Before you ditched her, she set you up."

Lacey had run off with half the map.

That move sent shockwaves through the whole Black Gate circle.

And Dan’s mother? In the end, she had to die for Derek’s sake, so he could go play happy families with that other woman.

At the mention of Lacey, Derek’s expression turned downright murderous. The tension in the room was thick enough to cut with a knife.

Dan just gave a bitter laugh at the sight.

Derek: "You brought her back on purpose, didn’t you? And you’ve been helping her cover her tracks all these years?"

The more Derek spoke, the darker his tone became. He’d been searching for Lacey for years, never finding her—never realizing Dan was the one erasing her trail.

After all, Lacey was too respected in Black Gate. Her being alive was as much a threat to Dan as it was to Derek and Finch.

Dan: "Well, what did you expect? If she hadn’t come back, you’d have snatched all the power from me and handed it over to Finch by now, right?"

But now Lacey was back—the only woman who ever ruled Black Gate, and the one with the most loyal following.

With her return, both Derek and Finch had bigger problems than Dan. One Lacey was enough to throw their plans into chaos.

Derek was silent.

Dan clicked his tongue, grinning. "I did you a favor and found her. Whether you can get that half of the map from her for Finch? That’s your problem now."

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