Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 714

After all, there was no denying what had happened. I mean, the bedsheets were a disaster—so much blood—and her legs still ached like she’d run a marathon in high heels.

Jesus…

What the hell kind of mess was this now?

Xander’s voice came over the phone, suddenly cold. “You worried I went and finished him off?”

Yvonne’s eyes widened. “What? No! God, no. Why would I care about him? He’s nothing to me. Honestly, you’re my husband—why waste your energy on some loser like that? It’s just not worth it, right?”

Worried? That wasn’t it at all.

If anything, she’d always been the kind of person to handle her own revenge.

“Seriously, Xander, that’s not what this is,” she added, just to be clear.

“Where are you?” he asked, his tone still sharp.

“I’m in York,” she replied.

“York? That far?” he sounded surprised.

She huffed. “You know Skye’s been screwing me over for years. I finally caught up to her—I wasn’t about to let her get away with my stuff again.”

Just saying Skye’s name set Yvonne’s blood boiling. That woman was like a pirate, always snatching away her treasures since they were kids. Who knew how much Skye had stolen behind her back?

Sometimes Yvonne wondered if she’d done something truly terrible in a past life to deserve this kind of nemesis.

“Are you hiding from me?” Xander asked flatly.

“No, it’s not like that. I mean, come on, you know what kind of marriage this is. This isn’t betrayal or anything, right?”

Her voice faltered a bit, confidence draining away.

Xander gave a low, amused grunt. “No, it’s not.”

There was something in his tone she couldn’t quite place, but her mind was too tangled to pay attention.

And then he dropped a bombshell.

She blinked. “Wait—what?”

“The person from the other night. That was me.”

Yvonne nearly dropped her phone. “Excuse me—what?”

Her brain, already scrambled, just about short-circuited.

Xander went on, “You made enough noise last night to wake the neighbors. I figured you’d burned off most of your anger by now.”

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