"You..."


    Hearing Ste''s words, Yorick was on the verge of exploding.


    Urs cut in, "Easy, Rick. Don''t always be so biased against Star. I''ll be careful."


    But Yorick, his worry etched deep, especially after Ste''s bold deration, couldn''t be reassured despite Urs''s repeated promises.


    Finally, he left the room. Yet, he couldn''t bring himself to stray far. Lingering just outside the hospital room door, he was ready to burst in at any sign of distress.


    Leaving Ste and Urs alone, the air thick with unspoken tension. Ste wouldn''t even grace Urs with a nce, her disdain palpable.


    Faced with such arrogance, Urs''s frustration simmered, "Rick promised to buy me the Wave Residence, you know that right?"


    "Didn''t we discuss this over the phone? I told you, you won''t get in there."


    "But Rick said today he''s bought it. It''s being processed, and soon, I''ll move in to recuperate."


    Ste raised an eyebrow, "He told you that?"


    Bought it? Huh, Yorick was just pacifying Urs.


    Urs nodded, "Jealous?"


    Ste simply rolled her eyes.


    "Well, congrats. When are you moving in? Throwing a party? Make sure I''m invited."


    "Oh, you''ll be invited. Wait and see, in less than a month, I''ll be in."


    For years, many elites sought to im Wave Residence, the piece of primend.


    Those who failed still probed for the mysterious owner behind Wave Residence, hoping to marry off their daughters to him.


    In this moment, Urs believed she would live in there and be thedy of that house, the envy of every woman in Portis City.


    "Ste, I remember I''ve told you


    this belongs to you," Urs''s words dripped with the smugness of victory.


    before, leave Portis City. None of et


    The same words she had hurled at Ste years back, when Ste had returned, tying in a hospital bed. Urs told her to leave Portis City, and that none of it, including the Larkin family, was her ce to return to.


    Ste chuckled, "Quite bold of you."


    For an adopted daughter, the extent of her arrogance wasughable.


    Urs pressed on, "So, thought about leaving yet?"


    "Leave? You think I can be threatened by you?"


    Still here, threatening her?


    Ridiculous!


    Urs stated, "I know about your studio, making seven hundred thousand a year. Worry not, it won''t exist for much longer."


    As Urs said the piece, her smug tone deepened further. While Ste''s gaze turned instantly icy.


    "And how so?"


    "Jaxon, your dear brother, your ex-fiancé, they''ve joined forces, you know that? They''re shutting down your studio."


    This news was expected. Yorick and Jaxon, knowing about her studio, were bound to sabotage it, a possibility Ste had foreseen.


    Yet, as Ste heard Urs add her twisted spin, her gaze grew even colder. "Huh."


    Urs continued, "Your closest family never epted you. Yorick never truly cared for you. Ste, you''ve been back in Portis City for so long, yet you have nothing to show for it. Why stay and be despised? Leaving would be better for everyone."


    "You really want me gone?" Ste''s eyebrow lifted, pausing her nail filing to lock eyes with Urs.


    That sudden intense and piercing look made Urs''s heart lurch instinctively.