A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 853

His voice was laced with a dark, unprecedented hostility.

"She refuses to come," Shaw replied.

"Then drag her back!"

In other words, use force. If she was going to play hardball to leave Marina City, he was going to play hardball to keep her.

"Understood."

"I'm on my way. Secure her," Darian commanded before hanging up.

He turned to leave, but Rowena grabbed his arm. "Yulisa isn't out of surgery yet," she reminded him flatly, her dissatisfaction obvious.

"What's more important to you?" Darian shot back. "Yulisa, or your own grandchild?"

Rowena didn't have to answer. In her heart, Yulisa won out.

"So I guess I'm not as important as Yulisa to you either, right?"

"What kind of nonsense are you spouting?" she scolded.

He never used to speak to her like this. She blamed Tanya entirely for corrupting him.

Darian glanced at his watch. "I know exactly what you're plotting, but Yulisa and I grew up as buddies. You can't matchmake us."

He didn't know what Yulisa was thinking, but his own stance was crystal clear. Friends didn't suddenly become husband and wife.

"She's a woman, not your 'buddy'! Stop acting like a fool!"

"Am I the fool, or are you?" Darian's temper was uncontainable now. He was stressed about Yulisa and exhausted by Tanya's escape attempt.

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