A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1244

Sometimes, when a man was thinking irrationally, a good beating was exactly what he needed.

"Where do you think the way out is for us?" Fairfax asked, downing another half bottle of liquor.

His mind was clouded with alcohol, but his thoughts were consumed by one desperate idea: a way out. A way forward for him and Starla. He couldn't take this current reality anymore.

Caden blinked, stunned. "What did you just say?"

"Is there a path forward for me and her?"

Caden was speechless. A path forward? After everything that had happened, after all the destruction, Fairfax's deepest, alcohol-fueled desire was still to have a future with Starla?

But how could they?

There was no future left. The possibility had died the moment he had turned his back on her for Brinley Seabrook.

Fairfax closed his eyes in agony. "I never wanted it to get to this point."

"There's no chance for you two anymore. Give it up," Caden said. It was cruel, but it was reality. They had crossed the point of no return. What 'way out' was there? They'd be lucky not to slaughter each other.

Fairfax's chest tightened painfully. No chance. He knew deep down that it was completely over between them.

The kindest thing they could do for each other was to never interact again. No more hatred, no more keeping score. The relationship was so tangled in right and wrong that continuing it would only lead to endless suffering. Starla's future was no longer Fairfax's concern.

"Herbert was right," Fairfax whispered, his voice thick with misery. "I caused all of this."

It was rare for a man to willingly admit his catastrophic failures, but Fairfax was finally owning it. He was the catalyst. If he hadn't hurt her so deeply over Brinley in the beginning, things wouldn't have spiraled into this nightmare. The root of the problem lay entirely with him.

"I just hope you still feel this way when you wake up tomorrow," Caden sighed.

He was drunk right now. A drunk Fairfax could admit his mistakes, but what about the sober version? When the alcohol wore off, would he go right back to hating her?