A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 696

If that was the case, what in this world could actually bring her down?

"Kill you?" Starla scoffed. "That would be letting you off far too easy."

"Then what will it take for you to let the Yelchin family go? They're innocent!" Darleen roared, her voice hoarse.

"Innocent?" Starla's eyes went glacial. "You dare use that word with me? Don't you find that hilarious?"

"Does a woman like you even know the meaning of the word innocent?"

Hearing her plead for the innocent was a sick joke.

Darleen was silenced.

Yes, it was a joke.

What did she know about innocence? Back when she was helping Harley consolidate power over Yelchin Group, how many innocent people had she destroyed in the process?

"Weren’t the people you killed innocent?" Starla demanded. "They were the most innocent of all, and you didn't spare them."

"I'm only dismantling the Yelchin family. I haven't dragged any outsiders into this."

Darleen's voice broke. "Then what will it take to make this stop?"

"Yelchin Group isn't in my hands yet, is it? Once it is, this ends." Starla picked up her glass and took a slow sip.

Darleen stared in horror.

The company. She wanted the company.

The only reason Darleen was offering her own life was to prevent Starla from taking the family empire.

She hadn't realized Starla's obsession with destroying them financially was so absolute.

"Who exactly is backing you?" Darleen asked, suffocating under the weight of it all.

After that phone call with Mrs. Shipley, Darleen knew Kael wasn't the one pulling the strings for Starla.

There had to be someone else.

"Didn't you all insist it was Herbert Farley?" Starla mocked.

Herbert Farley!

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