A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1009

You couldn't blame Starla for assuming the worst.

If her own brother and Herbert had proven to be completely untrustworthy, how could she possibly trust one of Fairfax's old brothers? Especially since Fairfax was dead now...

Before all this, Herbert and Fairfax had been practically brothers too, and look how that turned out!

The more she thought about it, the more defensive and guarded Starla's gaze became as she stared at Romy.

"You don't need to look at me like that. I'm absolutely no threat to you," Romy promised.

"Is that so?"

Starla let out a cold, cynical laugh.

Sensing her deep suspicion, Romy desperately tried to vouch for Amos. "Mr. Kunan isn't like Mr. Farley or your brother. He has no bad intentions toward you."

The defense sounded incredibly weak.

Starla simply stared back with eyes as sharp as ice, refusing to say a word.

"Stop looking at me like that. I swear I'm telling the truth. Besides, we've built some rapport over this time, haven't we? I wouldn't lie to you."

"Rapport?"

Hearing that word, Starla genuinely felt like she was listening to a bad joke.

Rapport? She couldn't even trust her own flesh-and-blood brother. The idea of "rapport" was a total joke.

"You don't believe me?" Romy asked.

Starla remained silent.

Believe?

The mocking smile on her lips only deepened. In her world right now, "belief" was a luxury she couldn't afford. There was no trust left anywhere.

She didn't dare trust anyone. It was undeniably tragic, but it was also survival. In this ruthless environment, blindly trusting anyone was a death sentence.

"Ugh, look..."

Romy was completely out of ideas. When Amos had first given her this order, she had warned him that it would make Starla deeply suspicious. And once Starla got suspicious, things were going to get incredibly difficult. But Amos refused to listen, so here she was, stuck executing a terrible plan.

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