Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 1021

Susanna had eaten her fill of cherries and strawberries that afternoon, yet somehow her hunger always resurfaced sooner than expected.

It hadn’t been long before she was hungry again.

When Hull came out after finishing a call, he was greeted by the sight of Susanna working her way through… an entire pineapple.

Yes, she was sitting there, cradling a whole, peeled pineapple in her hands, taking bites straight from it as if it were a giant apple.

Hull approached, eyebrows raised. “Is that really how you eat a pineapple?”

He’d only ever seen pineapple served in neat, golden wedges, not devoured whole. Watching Susanna, pineapple juice running ever so slightly down her wrist, was a surprise.

“It tastes better this way,” Susanna replied, and took another juicy bite, not the least bit fazed.

Hull watched her, almost amused. Just seeing her eat made him suddenly want some too. “Doesn’t eating this much fruit bother your stomach?”

He knew fruit was healthy, but in excess—especially sweet and acidic ones—it could be rough.

“I feel fine. I’m just a little hungry,” Susanna said, cheerful as ever.

“What do you want for dinner?” Hull asked, suddenly realizing Susanna had been grazing all afternoon. Not long after lunch, she’d worked her way through a whole bowl of cherries and strawberries, and now she was steadily dismantling a sizable pineapple. Judging by her determination, she might actually finish it.

Would she even be hungry for dinner after all this?

“Whatever works for you—I’m not picky,” Susanna said breezily. Truth be told, apart from fruit, nothing really sounded appealing at the moment. Hull wrapped his arms around her from behind as she watched TV.

Susanna glanced over her shoulder. “Now what?”

“Derek’s people finished collecting all the samples—they’ve all been sent to the lab for testing,” Hull told her.

Susanna blinked. “They’re actually going through with the testing?”

There’d been talk about DNA tests before—even with Derek and Adelle’s relationship in tatters—but Derek had kept Adelle in the palm of his hand for years. Susanna wasn’t convinced the tests would actually happen. Wouldn’t Adelle, savvy as she was, find some way to stall or sabotage things?

But Hull explained, “Derek, Dan, and Finch each sent five of their own men to supervise—no one’s going to tamper with anything.”

That caught Susanna off guard. “They really want to make sure nothing goes wrong with the results.”

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