Chapter 191
Yorick was on the edge of losing his mind.
The moment he saw that man’s car pull into the driveway, everything from the past month crashed over him like a wave.
“When did this house finally find an owner?”
“Not too long ago; maybe just this past month, Orion mused aloud.
Everyone knew that the place had been vacant for ages.
Yorick snorted. “Just this past month, huh!”
That month had been a roller coaster, Ever since he and Stella decided to postpone their wedding, it felt like one thing after another.
But he couldn’t shake that day at Stella’s place when he bumped into that man,
Since then, Stella had become a ghost in her own home.
And now, he ran into the guy here again!
So, he was the owner, huh?
Yorick shivered, a cold dread washing over him.
Stella, why couldn’t she just leave him be? The mess with Finley and Tegan had been bad enough. And now, she’s tied to this place too? Was she doing this on purpose?
Yorick’s blood boiled the more he thought about it!
After a moment’s thought, Orion suggested, “Maybe we should ask Ms. Quinn?”
It seemed Stella was living here now. And if Yorick wanted to buy this place for Ursula’s treatment, he’d have to go through Stella.
The thought soured Yorick’s mood even further.
“Ask her what? To humiliate Ursula?”
Orion fell silent.
From their perspective, both Yorick and Ursula had been played by Stella all this time.
Thinking about how they had exhausted themselves trying to buy this place, only to find Stella living here, Yorick felt a fire ignite in his chest.
His phone buzzed insistently with a call from his father, Thane.
Yorick didn’t want to answer, but when Thane called Orion instead, Orion couldn’t ignore it.
“Sir,” he answered respectfully.
Thane’s voice came through, stern and tinged with danger. “Give the phone to Yorick.”
Handing the phone over, Orion relayed, “It’s your father.”
Yorick took the call, “Dad.”
“You went to Wave Residence again?”
Thane’s voice was icy.
Yorick had been obsessed with acquiring the place for Ursula’s sake, a grand gesture.
Thane continued, “Seems like you’ve completely ignored my advice!”
His tone was now threatening.
Yorick replied, his voice heavy with exhaustion, “I was supposed to meet with the Lugar family heir today.”
“Forget it.”
Thane curtly spoke those words and abruptly ended the call.
Upon hearing the click on the other end, Yorick was caught off–guard by Thane’s unusual lack of persistence.
Deep down, however, a subtle sense of uneasiness began to grow.
Stella was woken by her phone vibrating non–stop. She silenced it and felt back asleep until past 7 pm.
Upon waking, she saw numerous missed calls from unknown numbers. Just as she was about to check her messages, another unknown call came through.
11·06
Without thinking, she answered.
“Stella.” Yorick’s voice, barely containing his anger, came from the other end.
Stella’s heart sank. “Are you a ghost? Still haunting me?”
The barrage of calls must have been his doing.
“Is that man the owner of the house?” Yorick’s words were clipped, seething with frustration.
Stella, now fully awake, replied, “What do you mean?”
“Tell him to sell it to me. Name his price.”
Stella paused, sensing Yorick’s desperation through the phone.
She smirked. “Sell it to you?”
“Yes, whatever it takes!”
Stella laughed. “You really think you can buy everything, don’t you? He just secured a huge deal at Mist Bay, and you think he’d be interested in your offer?”
Yorick’s fury was palpable even through the phone.
“What did you say?”
Was she looking down on him?
Stella retorted, “Yorick, let’s not beat around the bush. Sure, your family is top in Portis City, but what can you really offer?”
Yorick fell silent, the brutal reality of his situation laid bare.
Stella’s words were sharp, a clear mockery of Yorick’s predicament.
As the silence lingered, Stella scoffed, “Portis City hails you as the Quarry family’s finest heir. But that’s only because you’re the only son your mother had. Not much of a choice, was there?”
