A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 848

Starla had made it crystal clear on the phone—if Tanya asked, she would intervene. With the might of the Hoggart family backing her, if Starla successfully smuggled her out, Darian knew he would likely never see Tanya again.

Glancing at the half-packed luggage on the floor, he thanked god he had shown up when he did.

"You're so ruthless," he murmured into her hair. "You couldn't do it here, so you were actually going to fly to another country just to end it."

"Let go of me," she snapped.

"Can't you just try to fight for this?" he pleaded. It was his child. In his eyes, she should at least make an effort to keep it. But from the moment she found out she was pregnant, her first instinct had been to abort. She hadn't even considered trying. It stung deeply, but he knew he had no right to blame her.

"Fight for it how?" Tanya scoffed. "Didn't Starla fight hard enough?" She had fought tooth and nail, and what had it gotten her? Nothing but scars.

"We aren't them. You can't compare our situation to theirs."

"You're right. We're worse."

It was the harsh truth. When Darleen found out Starla was pregnant, she at least pretended to care. The Lynn family didn't even bother faking it. They despised her openly. And Darian was telling her to fight? Insisting they weren't like Fairfax and Starla? They were a million times worse.

"Stop talking nonsense," Darian argued. "We aren't worse. I'm not like Fairfax."

"How are you any different?" She sounded completely cynical.

"I will always protect you. I will always stand by your side." To Darian, Fairfax and Starla had crashed and burned because Fairfax was always wavering. He never firmly anchored himself to Starla's side. Every time Brinley had an issue, Fairfax leaned toward her. Darian firmly believed his relationship with Tanya was completely different.

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