Dan had just gotten off the phone-last night, another one of his secret

safehouses had been hit by Xander.

Fuming, he immediately called Xander to confront him.

“Xander, what the hell is your problem? Can't you quit already?"

Anyone in his shoes would've lost their cool-he'd been losing assets left and right, and this was just too much.

Dan's real reason for wanting Lacey back was pretty obvious to everyone.

But now, all his schemes seemed to be backfiring spectacularly. Not only had he failed, but he'd ended up worse than before.

Listening to Dan raging on the phone, Xander just chuckled. "Sorry, man, but I'm just following the wife's orders."

Dan was speechless.

He nearly choked on his own anger.

"Would you look at that! The big bad wolf himself, led around by a woman. The ancestors of the Schultz family must be rolling in their graves!"

Xander shot right back, "Hey, at least I have a wife. Better than having no one to carry on the family name-then the ancestors would really have something to complain about!"

Dan bristled. "You think Yvonne's the only woman I could have? There are plenty of women lining up to marry me!"

practically shaking with


from Xander, calmly sipping her coffee. Bad timing-Dan's call

word Dan said came through loud and

Her expression instantly darkened.

option, then carrying on the family

voice. His temple

doesn't plan on handing

you, woman? Are you even listening

whatever Lacey has must be worth a fortune-probably more than everything the rest of you are sitting on combined,

of patience, his breathing getting

listening21 didn't take her, and I sure as hell wasn't the one who slept with you last time either. Why the hell

was about

happened last time, and now she was pinning the

your own death before-crying innocence is nothing


silence fell over the

Dan's breath quickened. “You're

going to

What do you want

me

just die fördeal

trust back?"

kept bringing up that fake death

need for that. Just hand

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