Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 1019

Finch was seething with rage. In one swift motion, he drew his gun and leveled it at the advancing bodyguards. “Take one more step, and I swear I’ll blow your head off!” he bellowed.

“Restrain him!” Derek commanded, voice icy. The moment Finch rebelled, all trust he’d ever had in Adelle crumbled away.

“Dad!” Finch yelled, desperate, his eyes locking onto Derek’s. But where once he’d found warmth and fatherly devotion, there was only glacial indifference now—the kind of coldness only a betrayed parent could muster. Everything familiar was gone.

Adelle felt her heart shatter as she watched the chaos unfold. Years—decades—of careful planning, all coming undone in a heartbeat.

“Derek…” she choked out, barely audible.

But Derek wasn’t listening. Every ounce of his attention was fixed on one thing: this paternity test would be completed, no matter the cost.

Faced with Derek’s unyielding presence, the guards swiftly overwhelmed Finch, pinning him to the floor.

“Take his blood,” Leroy instructed the doctor nearby.

The doctor rushed in, fumbling with his kit, hands shaking.

Finch fought like a wild animal. “Let go of me! Get your hands off me, damn it!” But no matter how violently he struggled, it was hopeless. When Derek’s cold stare met his, all the fight drained from him. The man who’d always protected him had become a stranger.

His blood drawn, Finch was finally released.

With tears welling in her eyes, Adelle cast a pleading glance at Derek. This had always been her strategy: make herself pitiable in a crisis, diminish herself in his eyes to earn his sympathy. In the past, Derek would have softened—he’d always responded to this. But not now. Now, he refused even to look at her. The tactic was finished.

Finch staggered to his feet, blood trickling down from a split reopened on his cheek.

“Finch,” Adelle called, hurrying toward him.

“Let’s go, Mom,” Finch said sharply, glowering at Derek. His tone was hollow, wounded—as if whatever hope he’d had for his father had finally broken.

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