A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1059

She wanted him to spell it out.

Absolute clarity. But the decision he had made was already tearing him apart.

How could he dare to lay it out so brutally?

He knew that if he spelled it out, he would be forced to remember his own vile words forever!

And she would remember them too!

Once everything was explicitly clear, whatever was left between them would be...

"Starla."

"Fairfax, you're doing something despicable, but you still want to play the hypocrite while acting like a coward?"

If he didn't even have the spine to say it, he clearly knew how pathetic his choice was.

Yet here he was, committing a vile act while refusing to face the ugliness of his own actions.

Fairfax felt like he couldn't breathe!

"You..."

"If you won't say it, fine. I'm not going!"

Starla's voice rang with absolute finality.

If he couldn't say it clearly, she wouldn't budge.

Without another glance, she stood up and walked toward the door.

Fairfax stared at her back. "You'll go trade places with Susanna first."

Finally, he said it.

The agonizing choice he had made, the choice she demanded to hear aloud.

He spelled it out, word by excruciating word!

Starla stopped in her tracks, but she didn't turn around.

Her figure radiated a bone-chilling cold that seemed to freeze the air around them.

Fairfax had never seen such a terrifying aura radiating from her.

He was practically paralyzed by the sheer weight of her presence.

"Ha!"

She let out a dry laugh and finally turned to look at him. "You said before that you'd never do this."

He had promised so fervently that he wasn't that kind of man.

That he realized how utterly ruthless Yardley's men were.

He could no longer guarantee a flawless extraction for Susanna!

And Yardley was backing him into a corner.

"Do you know why he's so desperate to get me back this time?"

"My investigation shows... it's so you can marry Herbert."

"Ha!"

The sheer contempt in Starla's eyes deepened.

That was the official excuse.

Herbert had everything ready for the wedding before, but she never showed up. It had turned Herbert and Yardley into a laughingstock.

Lately, rumors about her and Herbert had been flying wildly in Yoran Country, which naturally caused some fallout.

But would those two really care about a few rumors?

But Fairfax...

"You know I'm being sent back to marry him, and you're still handing me over?" She looked at him, her gaze laced with pure mockery.