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

kids. Who knew how much Skye had stolen behind her

terrible in a past life to deserve this kind of

hiding from me?"

mean, come on, you know what kind of marriage this is. This isn't

faltered a bit, confidence draining

low, amused

place, but her mind

then he dropped a

She blinked. "Wait-what?"

person from the other night. That was

dropped her phone. "Excuse

scrambled, just

wake the neighbors. I figured you'd burned off most of your anger by

said, about

all the chaos last night, maybe she

swallowed, suddenly unsure. "Can you

misheard-airports were noisy, after

was patient, but clear, "I said, the other night-it was me. Got it? Stop looking for someone

Silence.

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

He said

couldn't be. Could

"You-you wouldn't dare,"

sounding convinced

"You really think I

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