Marie replied, “Derrick, calm down. I really don’t think you need to go confront Dan about this; I’ll take care of him myself. I never meant to make you look bad, it’s just that I got drunk the night before last. Maybe nothing even happened between us.”
Marie’s voice grew a little frantic; that last sentence came out weak and uncertain.
Because, honestly, something definitely had happened. The blood on the sheets had been intense, and her legs were still sore. Il’hat the actual heck…
This whole situation was a complete mess.
“You worried I’ll kill him?” Derrick’s tone took on a noticeable chill.
Marie was stunned. Worried?
“No, no, not at all! That guy’s nothing! Why would I worry about him? I just think, you’re my husband; getting into it with some loser like that isn’t worth it, you know?”
Worried? That wasn’t it at all. She just happened to be the kind of person who liked handling her own revenge.
“Trust me, it’s really not what you think,” Marie added quickly.
“Where are you right now?” Derrick asked.
“Yalvoria.”
“You went that far?”
“Evie stole a ton of stuff from me–you know that. I finally tracked her down; I had to get my things back.”
Just mentioning Evie made Marie furious.
That thief had been stealing from her since they were kids. The stuff she took out in the open was one thing, but who knew how much she’d snatched in secret?
Seriously, what did I owe that skank in a past life for her to mess with me like this in this one?
“Were you avoiding me?” Derrick asked.
“No! I mean, come on, you know exactly what kind of marriage we have. This doesn’t count as cheating, right?”
She felt slightly guilty; even her tone lacked conviction.
Derrick let out a dry chuckle. “True, it doesn’t.”
His words carried an odd weight.
But Marie, too distracted to catch the nuance, didn’t notice.
Then Derrick said something that completely threw her.
“Huh? What did you say?” Marie asked.
“I was the one from the night before last.”
Marie was stunned. What now?
Her already scrambled brain just… short–circuited.
“That whole scene yesterday was big enough–maybe it’s time for the fire to burn out,” Derrick said calmly.
Sebastian had told him to let Dan take the brunt of her fury first; give her space to let it all out.
With the way she’d exploded yesterday, her anger had to be mostly spent by now.
She felt like the whole world had gone quiet; her mind was spinning in loops. Derrick just said… it was him? No way.
What do I think? He wouldn’t… right?
Marie sighed. “I’m done talking. Once I get my stuff back from Evie, I’ll come home and help you get revenge.”
She figured it was the least she could do.
Before Derrick could respond, she hung up. Everything’s a mess, total chaos, I can’t keep this up or my brain’s gonna give out.
The call was finally over, but Marie stood frozen in place.
Her mind was spinning nonstop.
After a long while, she called the one person who always had a clear head–Julia.
The moment the call connected, Marie made sure to confirm first. “Julia?”
“Yeah?”
After what just happened, she wasn’t about to blurt out something to the wrong person again. She needed to double–check.
Once she heard Julia’s voice, Marie finally said, “Derrick just called and told me he was the one that night.”
Julia was stunned. What the heck was that supposed to mean?
“Do you believe it?” Marie asked.
Because honestly… she didn’t.
Derrick had pretty high standards. And when it came to his type, it definitely wasn’t her. Not that he had great taste or anything–but still, it sure wasn’t her, a stunning beauty.

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The readers' comments on the novel: The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan)
Ch 489 Doesn’t this prove that Dan doesn’t actually have amnesia? Why would he go to the island with a strange woman and why would he steal from Derrick? He doesn’t know them....
Ch 488 I feel like this is going to be what Stella stole in his study in Pagenda or wherever his estate was....
Ch 485 I thought it was going to be the Reed family mine that she robbed, thus taking the Keenes product and leaving them in that situation....
Ch 483 o then, how did the Reeds fine her? How did they not know where she was from?...
Ch 477 Definitely hidden pedo in here, referring to tiny women as little girls in every way possible....
Ch 468 How could Stella inherit her adopted father’s weak stomach constitution?...
Ch 468 Abraham and Marie’s mother has been called Evelyn, Diane and Loretta.. which is it? Evelyn has been the most used....
Ch 465 She still doesn’t know the mistress is Lillian’s aunt?...
Ch 464 Why didn’t she kick her out herself be for she went to attack the mistress…...
Ch 463 This is stupid now. I understand being scared in his presence enough to not think straight, but she’s a lone more often than not and has plenty of time to think things through, especially if she has time to get gossip from Rivermount and report to Stella....