A Widow's Poison A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 596

She hated Starla with a vengeance, wishing she would just drop dead.

Her venomous words revealed her own toxic nature. After all, she had previously ordered someone to poison Starla at Petal Villa. Unfortunately for her, Starla had ended up feeding the poison to Fairfax, and he had nearly died that day.

“Are you even listening to me?” Annika’s voice crackled with renewed anger from the other end of the line when Fairfax didn’t respond.

“I heard you,” he said flatly.

“Then go kill her! This old woman will take the fall for you!” Annika hissed, her voice dripping with malice.

Though Starla was sitting some distance from Fairfax, in the quiet room she could make out most of what was being said over the speakerphone. The servants standing closer to Fairfax certainly heard Annika’s vicious command, and a cold, murderous intent flashed in their eyes. Garret, in particular, shot Fairfax a look so sharp it seemed to pierce through the phone line, as if he wanted to strangle the old woman himself.

“I’m hanging up,” Fairfax said abruptly.

“If you don’t kill her, you’re not a man!” Annika shrieked just as he was about to end the call.

Who was really causing all this trouble? People like Darleen and Xenia might have wanted Starla dead, but they never dared to say it out loud. Yet Annika, after just one night at the airport, couldn’t take it anymore and was now openly calling for her murder.

Fairfax disconnected the call and looked at Starla. “Do you have any idea how old she is?” he asked, his voice tight with anger.

But the question was pointless. Starla wasn’t operating on sympathy anymore; her only goal was to get what she wanted.

Hearing the frustration in his voice, Starla met his gaze. “So, should we bring her back?”

The word ‘incompetent’ sent a jolt of fury through Fairfax. Was he incompetent? It was true he hadn’t anticipated she could get Herbert and even Kael from the Hoggart Group on her side to corner him so effectively. He had underestimated her. Without her powerful allies, would he be in this position? Even the most capable person would struggle against such a coordinated assault.

“What do you want?” he finally asked, his voice strained.

“Sign the papers,” she said simply.

Whenever he got worked up, she always came back to those three words. The entire standoff hinged on his signature.

“It’s not me who’s unwilling to compromise now, it’s you who refuses to sign,” Starla continued, her tone infuriatingly reasonable. “You can’t call me cruel. You, her own son and grandson, don’t even seem to care. Why should I, the woman you’ve already cast aside, be expected to show her any mercy?”

Fairfax felt like he was about to pass out from sheer rage. With her sharp tongue, it seemed no one could win an argument against her now.