Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 951

The two of them had been pulling pranks on each other since childhood. It was like an old, familiar itch—if they went too long without causing mischief for the other, neither of them felt quite right.

At least it was always a two-way street—nobody ever truly got the upper hand.

Still, Xander thought Yvonne might've gone a little overboard this time. Stirring things up with Skye was one thing, but now she’d dragged Uriah into the mess? That was trouble on a whole new level.

“So Skye wants a sister-in-law that badly?” Xander muttered, almost in disbelief.

It just went to show—sometimes your rival knows you better than your family does. There were things about Skye that only Yvonne seemed to understand. Her earlier comment—“Want a sister-in-law or not?”—had struck right at the heart of Skye’s wish for her brother to get married.

Yvonne clicked her tongue, amused. “She’s obsessed. Honestly, you’d think she was the one desperate to get married, not Finley.”

Xander couldn’t even come up with a retort; for a moment, he was genuinely speechless.

Having just succeeded in talking Skye into her scheme, Yvonne could hardly contain her excitement. Without missing a beat, she dialed Stella Quinn.

Meanwhile, Stella was in the middle of a different kind of mess—with Melissa Norton.

Yesterday, she’d barely managed to get Finley Yoder off her leg. Today, Melissa was practically on her knees, clutching at Stella’s coat and sobbing so hard she could barely breathe. “I swear, I wasn't the one who sent that pregnancy test! Please, please, don’t go after the Norton family anymore! One more blow and we’ll be finished!”

Melissa was always so proud, the type who would never, in a million years, grovel like this. To see her now, begging and weeping on the floor, left Stella completely thrown.

She squirmed, trying to shake free. Melissa’s grip was unrelenting.

“Star, I know I was wrong before—please, please have mercy on us! Don’t destroy the Norton family!” Melissa begged, her sobs echoing through the room.

What do you even do in a situation like this? Someone who once looked down her nose at you is now crying a river at your feet.

Stella felt her skin crawl with discomfort. “Could you… at least stand up?”

She had told them she’d wait for the facts before reacting. Once she’d calmed down, she’d realized she completely trusted Ronald Quinn—he’d never get mixed up in something like this. So, in the end, the pregnancy test just didn’t matter to her anymore; she’d even decided not to investigate.

But now, Melissa was in shambles.

“You might not have made a move, but Mrs. Lugar did,” Melissa sobbed, sounding even more wronged. “Everyone in the Norton family blames me, but I haven’t done a thing!”

Melissa had never been accused of something she didn’t do in her life. The last few days had felt like a nightmare.

Stella started, “So I—”

“I swear—cross my heart and hope to die—I didn’t send you that disgusting thing! If I’m lying, I hope I lose everything I’ve ever cared about. I’ll swear it on my life!”

Coming from someone in Ferrowland, that was as serious as it got. There, people kept to their word, and no one would dare swear such an oath if they were guilty.