Chapter 58
Stella was baffled.
Lifting her gaze to the outdoors, she spotted Orion standing smack in the middle of the road, with a Bentley parked by the curb.
She recognized the car – it belonged to Yorick.
Stella instructed, “Just drive through.”
These people were really pushing their luck too far.
Upon receiving the command, the driver floored the gas pedal.
Orion, standing in the road, felt a jolt of fear as the vehicle not only failed to slow down but actually picked up speed.
Security rushed over, “Hey, what’s the hell are you doing? Want to suicide? Move it now!”
Just as the security was about to shove Orion out of the way, a sudden force hit him from behind – Yorick had kicked him aside.
The driver saw the commotion ahead, including their own security caught up in the chaos.
Stella saw it too and with a groan of annoyance, she ordered, “Stop the car!”
Originally, with just Orion in the way, she figured he’d value his life enough to dodge.
But now, with a scuffle breaking out in the middle of the road, she wasn’t cold–blooded enough to risk running them over.
Forced to a stop, Stella didn’t wait for Yorick, who was visibly fuming, to approach; she rolled down the window first.
Their eyes locked.
Yorick, upon seeing Stella in the car, involuntarily tensed.
“What are you doing here?” Yorick questioned through clenched teeth.
His anger hadn’t been subsided since he spotted a man in her house at Silk–River Residences, and right now she showed up here?
Stella asked instead of answering, “Why can’t I be here?”
Yorick clenched his fists. The way he looked at Stella was as if she were here for prostitution.
As he spoke again, his tone was even colder, “Don’t you know your place? Or are you just eager to disgrace yourself further?”
Their public spectacle was embarrassing enough. If word got out that Stella had shown up in a place like Mist Bay right after canceling their wedding, it would only bring more shame to both the Larkin family and the Quarry family.
Yet, here she was, completely disregarding discretion.
Before Stella could respond, Yorick stepped forward, intent on dragging her out of the car, “Do you even care about the image of the
Larkin family and the Quarry family? Is it because they blocked your card? Is this how low you’ll stoop? Don’t you understand why your card was disabled?
Didn’t she realize why she was in this predicament and that she should be apologizing? Why resort to such desperate measures? Yorick was beyond frustrated. He was ready to take her back to the Larkin family for a proper scolding.
However, the moment he grabbed Stella’s wrist, he let out a pained grunt; his hand, which had clutched Stella’s wrist, loosened the grip and covered his abdomen instead.
“Mr. Quarry!”
Orion, shocked at the scene, rushed to check on Yorick’s injury.
It was Stella who dismissively kicked Yorick on his abdomen.
Yorick, blue veins bulging on his temple, glared at Stella closely, “You…”
Stella, unfazed, straightened her disheveled dress and coldly commanded the driver, “Drive.”
“Stella!”
Yorick, furious, attempted to grab her again, “Get out of the car. Have you no shame?”
She seemed reckless enough to get into anyone’s car. Was there anything she wouldn’t dare do?
Before Yorick could reach the car door, the vehicle shot forward like an arrow released from its bow.
Had Yorick not dodged quickly, the wheels might have rolled over his foot.
“Dammit! This woman…”
He was at his wit’s end.
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Chapter 59
