A Widow's Poison A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 542

And after arriving in Yoran Country, she’d learned the Yelchin Group’s crisis was also tied to Hoggart. But Fairfax hadn’t offended them either. It had been a complete mystery.

Now, the pieces clicked into place, forming a picture that was both terrifying and infuriating. It all came back to Starla.

“You need to go to her right now,” Harriet commanded, her voice sharp with panic after a moment of frantic thought. “Swallow your pride, apologize, beg for forgiveness. I don’t care what you have to do, just get her to back off!”

She was truly on the verge of a breakdown. Her existing problems were already overwhelming, and now new ones were piling up, one after another. They’d even frozen her accounts! Were they trying to leave her stranded and destitute in a foreign country?

Hearing her mother tell her to grovel, Brinley’s face went pale. “Mom, you can’t be serious…”

“This is all your fault!” Harriet shrieked, her fear curdling into blame. “After Faraday died, you should have just been a respectable widow in the Yelchin family! Why did you have to go after Fairfax? Now look what you’ve done! You’ve ruined us all!”

The pain was only real when it was her own. Before, Harriet had never seen anything wrong with Brinley’s actions. But now that her own interests were threatened, she was lashing out, pinning all the blame on her daughter.

The word ‘widow’ struck Brinley like a slap. “Mom, how can you…”

“Don’t call me Mom! I don’t have a daughter like you! And you and Felix… My God, you must be insane! You’ve been asking for this!”

Going after Fairfax right under Starla’s nose was practically a death wish. And her secret affair with Felix? That would only infuriate Fairfax further. Right now, he was preoccupied with Starla, but what would happen when that was over? When he turned his full attention back to them? Just the thought made Harriet’s blood run cold.

“Tell me the truth right now,” Harriet’s voice dropped to a deadly whisper. “Were you and Felix involved in Faraday’s death?”

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