Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella)

"Come on, I can't be that good, right?" Yvonne muttered to herself, pacing back and forth. She thought back to her last encounter with Xander, when they'd gone toe to toe, she didn't exactly come out on top in that skirmish. Him getting injured was hardly a possibility.

Shawn urged, "Listen, Xander's got some important papers missing. He thinks you took them, and he's on his way to you now, looking for a fight. You better hide."

"What?" Yvonne exclaimed.

"Hurry up, he's coming for you with a gun."

Yvonne was dumbstruck.

Her mind raced back to when she'd last seen Xander. She'd gone there merely for a showdown, but she hadn't stolen anything from him. To think they took her as a thief.

"When exactly did this happen?" she demanded, her tone dry.

"The time should be four days ago, the first day you visited," Shawn replied.

"It wasn't me then," Yvonne insisted. "I didn't take anything."noveldrama

"Well, the papers have ended up with Dan Murray."

Yvonne felt her heart drop. What the heck? Dan has them?

But she was with him the whole time in Sands City, and they even went to Cyris Isle together.

When she heard Xander was back in Ferrowland, she came back too-only to confront him over the Quinn family issue, which meant the papers went missing after she left Dan and went to meet Xander.

Yvonne's mind was racing. Then she froze! She realized she was caught in a trap she couldn't easily explain her way out of.

That damn Dan! Why did he have to set his eyes on something Xander owned?

Shawn suggested, "You better hide fast. He's furious. If you don't give him the thing today, he's definitely going to kill you."

Yvonne was like, "!!!"

Killing her?! But she didn't even take it! Where the hell was she supposed to argue her case now?!

Shawn said a few more words before hanging up.

Yvonne turned to Stella who was gazing at her, and began, "I didn't take those papers."

"I believe you," Stella replied instantly, without a hint of doubt. She knew Yvonne well enough. Even when things were good with Dan, Yvonne would never do something so reckless for a guy. Plus, if she were to pull a stunt like that, she'd do it out in the open, not sneak around.

Just as Yvonne opened her mouth to continue, there was a knock at the door. The butler's voice came through from outside. "Ms. Yvonne Quinn, Mr. Schultz is here to see you."

Yvonne froze.

Already?

Xander had managed to sort out the mess from three years ago, so Yvonne's mother didn't mind him being around, given the long-standing relationship between their families.

He'd tried to help the Quinn family at that time, though that had gone sideways. Technically, he had done them a favor.

"I don't want to see him," Yvonne said instinctively. There was no way to explain this mess.

Her words were barely out when Xander's angry voice bellowed from outside. "Yvonne, get the heck out here! You think you can just steal from me and get away with it?"

Both Stella and Yvonne exchanged a glance, knowing the situation was spiraling out of control. Xander had spent enough time with the Quinn family and got expressly familiar with either the Quinns or the bugar Manor, so it was no surprise he'd come right to her door.

Upon hearing Xander's fierce remarks, Stella hurriedly grabbed her phone, dialing Ronald's number. The Quinn family estate was massive, and Ronald might not even know Xander was there yet.

Yvonne felt panic rising. "I didn't take your damn papers, Xander! Stop being unreasonable!"

She knew if she opened that door, Xander wouldn't give her a chance to explain.