Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella)

Stella's lips twitched slightly.

"Anyway, it's just a misunderstanding between us and Xander," Yvonne reiterated.

Stella remained silent, processing everything.

So much had happened over the years, and the situation back then was pretty chaotic.

"Couldn't he just explain things properly?" Stella fumed, finally reacting.

"After that, he wouldn't even let me keep in touch with my brother," she added, her frustration growing.

When she first left Ferrowland, she and Xander still communicated a bit.

Yvonne sighed, "If you kept in touch with your brother, he would have come looking for you, unable to focus on dealing with all those issues."

Stella blinked, surprised. "Really?"

Honestly, she wasn't inclined to trust Xander. In her mind, he was nothing but a schemer with a heart as black as his intentions.

"Later on, as you saw, your brother dealt with those issues and settled scores with Xander," Yvonne explained.

"Wait, what?" Stella was taken aback.

She had no clue how far Ronald had gotten with handling those problems, but she knew the fallout with Xander had been explosive.

"Couldn't he have just clarified things?" Stella's anger flared up again.

Yvonne shook her head, "The Schultz family was going through their own mess at

the time. It's been too long; it's hard to explain."

Stella couldn't believe it. "Exactly, it's impossible to explain clearly now."

The Schultz family's troubles had indeed hit Xander hard.

"So, what's my brother's stance on Xander now?" Stella inquired.

If Ronald believed it was a misunderstanding, it probably was.

Stella was even more annoyed. That jerk Xander couldn't say a word to clear things up, and she had to leave the Quinn family for years because of it.

If she hadn't left Ferrowland, she wouldn't have had to deal with the troublesome Larkin family.

Just thinking about the Larkin family made Stella's head ache.

Yvonne continued, "Your brother wants me to marry him."

Stella was stunned. "Wait, what?"

Everything seemed so jumbled in her mind.

Given Yvonne and Xander's history, it was unbelievable Ronald would suggest such a thing.

"How did this even happen?" Stella was baffled.

Resolving the misunderstanding was one thing, but having Yvonne marry Xander was another entirely.

No matter the misunderstanding,

Xander wasn't the same person he

had been. After everything, he seemed more volatile, perhaps even with a hint of a rough edge.

Yvonne shrugged, "Ronald thinks he's a good person."

Stella was speechless. How many 'good person' cards was Xander going to get?

Did this mean Xander was better than Dan?

"So, are you going to marry him?" Stella asked, feeling the absurdity of the situation.

Xander wanting to marry Yvonne and Ronald not opposing it seemed so out of place.

Yvonne shook her head, "Marry him? Even if he's a good guy, I can't do that."

Stella was somewhat relieved. "Right, you can't marry someone just because they're considered a good person."

Still, something felt off; it couldn't be that simple.

"I can't

suddanymore. I need to find

Dan and get my stuff back,"

suddenly declared, het Vonne

SWOO

bubbling over.

"What?" Stella exclaimed.

"I'm going to take back what's mine," Yvonne said determinedly.

Stella was taken aback. "Are you talking about that file Xander lost?"

Exactly, what good would reclaiming that file do now? It's likely everything

been leaked.

ps file doeaking had alreadynoveldrama