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

treasures since they were kids. Who knew how much Skye had stolen behind

something truly terrible in a past life

from

what kind of marriage this is. This isn't betrayal

a

amused grunt.

place, but her mind was too tangled to

he dropped

She blinked. "Wait-what?"

other night. That was

nearly dropped her phone.

brain, already scrambled, just

on, "You made enough noise last night to wake the neighbors. I figured you'd burned off most of your anger by

about letting Dan take the heat first, let her

chaos last night, maybe she had calmed down a

suddenly unsure.

she'd misheard-airports were noisy, after

the other night-it was me. Got it? Stop looking for

Silence.

air around her had gone quiet. Yvonne's mind was spinning

He said it was

couldn't be.

"You-you wouldn't dare,"

not sounding

dropped, serious. "You really think

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