A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 809

On the other end of the line, Starla didn't quite know what to say to comfort her.

Tanya was paralyzed by a very valid fear.

Thankfully, Tanya shifted the conversation before the silence could get too heavy.

"What's going on with you and Herbert? Did you find out why he went out of his way to help Brinley?"

Herbert shielding Brinley Seabrook was the plot twist absolutely no one had seen coming.

The man had always been fiercely loyal to Starla.

Regardless of his own complicated brotherhood with Fairfax, the second things had gone nuclear between Starla and Fairfax, Herbert had planted his feet firmly in Starla's corner.

But now?

The Yelchin drama and Brinley were supposed to be ancient history.

Yet Herbert, the man who had always had Starla's back, had suddenly stepped in to protect her worst enemy.

"Garret ran a background check," Starla said slowly. "He found out Brinley actually became Herbert's father's mistress."

Garret had just debriefed her on the intel.

It was a revelation that had left Starla completely floored.

Tanya gasped, genuinely shocked. "His father's mistress?"

"Yeah."

"That's completely impossible!" Tanya immediately rejected the idea.

Everyone knew Herbert's father was a highly respected, fiercely principled man. He didn't have the profile of a sleazy billionaire sneaking around with young girls.

And besides, was Brinley really *that* irresistible?

Even if she was stunning, she was radioactive! She had practically ruined Fairfax's life, manipulated Felix Fowler, and played a part in Faraday's death.

Any man who voluntarily took her on as a mistress right now had to have a death wish.

"That's the intel Garret brought back," Starla said.

She didn't believe it either. But the paperwork confirmed it.

"There's a massive cover-up happening here!" Tanya insisted.

"Right? I feel the exact same way. None of this adds up."

Neither of them bought the 'mistress' narrative for a second.

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