Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella)

Yvonne: "He doesn't even love me anymore."

So this whole revenge thing? It doesn't even make sense.

Stella rolled her eyes. "When he gets his memory back, he'll love you again, won't he? I swear, this marriage is not getting annulled. I'll drive Dan crazy before I ever

let him off that easy."

Yvonne: "!!!"

Xander scoffed. "Amnesia? Oh, come on. Only someone as gullible as you would believe Dan's got amnesia. Guys like him just don't want to take responsibility. I've seen it a million times."

"When you're in love, he barely gives you the time of day. But the second he can't have you, suddenly he's a mess."

Three sets of eyes stared in exasperation as Xander went on his rant.

Honestly, to them, Xander looked like he'd lost his mind and not in a small way.

Xander, still fuming: "I want him to spend his whole life begging and crying. Amnesia, my foot. I hope he cries so hard he runs out of places to hide."

He just couldn't let it go, not after Dan's buddies roughed him up. He kept rambling, all his anger aimed at Dan, but Yvonne was the one getting an earful.

Stella's mouth twitched. She wanted to say: When Xander loses it, it's seriously terrifying.

He was on such a roll that nobody else could get a word in.

Yvonne was utterly confused. "Didn't you beat him up too? Dan's friends said you messed him up pretty bad."

Dan's guys had hit Xander a couple of times at the courthouse.

But Xander? He'd given Dan the beating of his life.

Honestly, it seemed like things were pretty much even now...

Xander: "So what if I did? I'd do it again. I could kill him, I swear."

Yvonne: "..."

Yeah, "kill him." At the rate he was going, there wasn't much difference.

Ronald, who'd been quiet till now, gave Xander a cold look. "Are you sure you want Yvonne to go through with this marriage?"

"What else am I supposed to do?"

Ronald narrowed his eyes. "If you're only doing this to spite Dan, don't bother. Seriously, don't go through with it."

Xander: "..."

Ronald: "Don't forget, this marriage is definitely ending in divorce. If you're starting

to think otherwise, then call the whole thing off. Got it?"

Stella and Yvonne: "..."

Xander's breathing hitched. The adrenaline in him fizzled out under Ronald's icy stare.

He took a deep breath, trying to steady himself.

Ronald: "Do you understand?"

Xander didn't want to answer. He looked away, glancing at Yvonne, thinking about all the mess he was in.

He took a few deep breaths, finally swallowing his pride and murmured, "Yeah, got it."

Ronald's gaze softened as he turned to Yvonne, who shivered under his stern look.

"Bro, are you seriously making me marry this jerk? Look at him! He looks like he wants to punch me every second."

The more Yvonne thought about it,

the less she wanted to marry

Xander She was pretty sure Xander

needed this marriage for somenoveldrama

reason, but honestly, she was

getting cold feet.

Xander: "When did I ever want to hit you? You've been beating me up for days, you know?"

Yvonne: "And you've hit me too! Don't pretend you haven't."

Xander: "That was mutual combat at best, and you won most of the time."

Xander was fuming.

Yvonne fell silent at that. It was true-every time she ambushed Xander she'd usually win. But it wasn't like he was a total pushover; the guy could defend himself.

Ugh, the whole situation was impossible to explain.

Stella couldn't take it anymore. "Maybe you two shouldn't—"

“Stop. Just zip it. Seriously, Stella, shut your mouth," Xander snapped, cutting her off before she could finish.

He knew Ronald always listened to Stella, and he couldn't risk her interfering any more.

Stella glared back. "You shut up."

At that moment, Ronald's icy eyes were back on Xander.

Xander: "!!!"

What the hell...?

Looking at Stella and Ronald side

side with those matching

by

expressions, Xander suddenly felt like they looked like an old married couple.

God, first they steal his girl, now they're ganging up on him? Some people have

no shame...