Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 1028

As Finch bled steadily, all Adelle wanted was to get him to a hospital. But Derek just stood there, cold and unmoved, his eyes as hard as ice.

He’d already fired the gun—now, some shred of reason was filtering back, but the moment Adelle confronted him, his disgust only deepened. This was the woman he’d treasured; what had she become? She’d given birth to three children, and not one of them was his.

“No one’s to treat him,” Derek said, his voice sharp and frigid. He barred Blacktower’s medical team from helping Finch, forbidding anyone from leaving the grounds.

“Lock them in the basement.”

The words came out calm and merciless. Derek’s revulsion toward Adelle and her son was so absolute, he couldn’t stand the sight of them. But more than anything, he wanted them dead.

When Adelle realized what Derek intended—to lock her and Finch away—all the color drained from her face. The reckoning had come. The same cruelty he’d visited on other women was now directed squarely at her. He wanted her finished.

“No, I won’t!” Adelle sobbed, shaking her head desperately. “Finch needs a hospital! You can’t do this to us!”

Derek closed his eyes, the chill emanating from him making the room feel suddenly airless. It was obvious: no plea from Adelle would move him now.

This was the Derek she had glimpsed before, the man who could lavish a woman with love, worship her as if she were the world—and, just as easily, strip it all away and become heartless, ruthless.

“You think this is my fault? I didn’t have a choice!” Adelle cried, her anguish raw.

At her words, Derek’s eyes flew open, their bitter chill enough to freeze her to the bone.

He laughed—a cruel, hollow sound. “You betray me and then try to justify it?”

“You sicken me, Adelle.”

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