A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1212

Susanna knew exactly how unhinged Yardley could be. If he was pushed past his breaking point, Fairfax would never walk out of this room alive.

"Fairfax, please!" Susanna pleaded, her voice breaking with a desperate, choked sob.

Yardley shifted his gaze to her. "Tell your brother whether you want to leave this place or not."

Fairfax stiffened.

Susanna froze.

Leave... It was all she dreamed about!

But before she could even formulate a response, Yardley’s voice cut through the air, icy and low. "Think carefully before you speak."

Just a few words. His tone was deceptively light, but Susanna heard the suffocating, heavy threat layered beneath it.

Fairfax heard it too. Already consumed by fury, this pushed him over the edge. "You dare threaten her?!"

"Fairfax, stop!" Just as he looked ready to pull the trigger and blow Yardley away, Susanna threw her arms around his arm. Tears spilled down her cheeks in hot streams. "Don't. I'm begging you."

"Let go of me!" Fairfax had completely lost all sense of reason. He was more than willing to take Yardley down with him, mutually assured destruction be damned.

But Susanna knew the reality of the situation. The only person Fairfax would destroy was himself. They couldn't even put a scratch on a man like Yardley.

"Please, put the gun down," she sobbed.

The study was packed with Yardley's most elite, lethal guards. One wrong move, and Fairfax would be dead before his body hit the floor.

Fairfax narrowed his eyes, studying Yardley. The other man just stared back, silent and cold.

Finally, under Susanna's desperate persistence, Fairfax slowly, agonizingly lowered his weapon.

Susanna turned to Yardley. "Let him go!"

"He walked in here himself," Yardley replied flatly.

The standoff stretched on. Susanna stared at Yardley through tear-blurred eyes.

"Garret," Yardley finally called out.

"Sir." Garret stepped forward.

"Mr. Yelchin doesn't seem to be adjusting well to the climate in Maxlandia. Escort him back to Marina City."

"Yes, sir," Garret nodded.

Hearing this, a wave of relief washed over Susanna. Marina City was safe. It was the Yelchin family's stronghold; going back was the best possible outcome.

But Fairfax was enraged. "You think you get to decide where I go?"

Marina City? Even if he was leaving Maxlandia, he had no intention of returning there. He was heading for Cyrus Sea!

"You're much better suited to being a businessman," Yardley mocked. "Why try to play bandit with Amos?"