Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 613

"That’s right."

They’d just had another argument in the car—Yvonne was getting more and more annoyed the longer she thought about it. She kept pressing Xander for an explanation, but he absolutely refused to give her one.

All he would say was, “My mom’s on board. My brother’s on board.”

Excuse me, but wasn’t it *Yvonne* helping him out here?

So he gets his brother’s blessing, his mom’s approval, but if *she* says no, suddenly he’s threatening her? What kind of logic is that?

Yvonne was never one to just sit back and take it.

Naturally, it turned into a full-blown fight.

Now Xander had a few fresh scratches on his neck—and was that a bite mark? Yvonne rolled her eyes, not the least bit sorry.

“So, if all you need is a quick fix, why not just, I don’t know, pay someone for a marriage contract?” Yvonne shot at him, arms folded.

He stared at her.

“I mean, seriously. Throw enough cash around, there are plenty of women who’d marry you for a few months.”

She’d known a trust fund brat back in college—his family was breathing down his neck to settle down, but the woman he actually loved had been forced out of his life ages ago. He just tossed some cash at the problem and hired a stand-in bride to parade home for the holidays. Nothing real about it.

If Xander was in such a pinch, shouldn’t he be doing the same?

Xander snorted at her suggestion. “I’m broke.”

Yvonne blinked, incredulous. “Are you even listening to yourself right now?”

Before she could say more, Xander went on, “You really think women come cheap these days? You’d need at least a couple million just to get anyone halfway decent.”

Yvonne gaped. “Wait, what? Wasn’t it, like, half a million a few years ago?”

He raised an eyebrow. “You think it’s still 2017?”

She had to admit, he had a point.