Scar heard a loud thud from the hospital room and immediately rushed to the window to check.

Through the glass, he saw Dan sprawled out on the floor, out cold.

Panicking, Scar shouted, "Doctor! Somebody, help! Our boss just fainted again!"

It was the fourth time since yesterday.

First, Yvonne knocked him out cold, and then she pissed him off so badly he blacked out three more times!

Honestly, Yvonne was a real piece of work...

...

After leaving the Quinn family's mansion, Xander leaned against his car, smoked two cigarettes back-to-back, and then pulled out his phone to call Yvonne.

She picked up after just two rings.

Before Xander could get a word in, Yvonne launched into a full-on rant. "What the hell do you want? Dan, I'm warning you, don't you dare drag Xander into your mess."

"I grew up with him—we're practically childhood sweethearts. He's nothing like you, you shameless jerk!"

The more she spoke, the angrier she got, firing off a string of curses into the phone.

Xander winced when she called Dan a "shameless jerk,” his temple throbbing with frustration.

your own

it as your scapegoat? What, you want us to fight until we divorce?

life. I'd rather die than

Xander: "!!!"

Die... rather than divorce?

him get a word in, rambling on, "I know Xander better than anyone. It's not like we're into each other, but even if I stood butt-naked in

Dan for being a meddling gossip, and

heard her say, "He wouldn't dare," it

geared up to lay into Dan again, Xander cut

"I wouldn't dare?"

Yvonne: "???"

Wait, what...

had just landed when she heard Xander's voice through

checked the caller ID,

you're hell-bent on getting back at them, but I just got this big payout, and trust me, if I go back now, I'm not getting any

her marriage to Xander was-a practical arrangement. She figured Xander was using her to get revenge on the

just now? Xander had heard every word.

if she was

still her husband-on paper,

the night before, using the excuse that she had

Ceded

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