A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 582

Any special treatment Brinley had enjoyed within the Yelchin family had been systematically crushed by Starla’s machinations. The shattering of Fairfax’s trust would likely be just one more piece of broken glass on the floor.

“I’m still looking forward to it,” Tanya insisted.

“Fine, fine. You can look forward to it all you want,” Starla conceded with a slight smile.

“Of course I will. After waiting this long, I deserve to see Fairfax and Brinley get what’s coming to them.” The memory of how they had trampled on Starla still filled Tanya with a simmering anger.

“Herbert is a good man,” Tanya added softly. “Don’t let your past with Fairfax hold you back.”

Tanya genuinely wanted to see her friend happy, and she hoped Starla would be receptive to Herbert’s obvious overtures.

At the mention of Herbert, however, Starla’s expression closed off, and she didn’t reply.

She felt utterly lost when it came to him.

“Just end things with Fairfax soon, okay?” Tanya urged gently.

“I’m working on it,” Starla said. “This is the end.”

Fairfax couldn’t hold out for much longer. He might want to, but with Harley, Annika, and the entire extended Yelchin clan breathing down his neck, his resistance was bound to crumble. Starla had no doubt about that.

Tanya nodded. “Herbert is a good man.”

“Alright, you’ve given him the ‘good man’ award several times today,” Starla said, a hint of exasperation in her voice.

Did she not know Herbert was a good man? Of course she did. He was too good. So good, in fact, that Starla felt she couldn’t possibly respond to his advances. Even as Yardley’s sister, she felt she didn’t deserve him. After a failed relationship, a woman often builds a mountain of self-doubt in her own heart, a barrier far more formidable than any erected by others.

After a long chat, Tanya finally departed.

Starla stood at the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the miserable figures of Darleen and Brinley outside.

Garret appeared silently behind her. “Miss.”

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