A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1271

Yardley stared at Susanna’s draining color. His voice was ice as he continued, "I can build the Yelchin family back up in Marina City, and I can just as easily crush them again."

The threat was barely veiled.

Dropping those words, he stood up. He pulled his gaze from her and left her with a final order. "When you're discharged, Garret will take you to your new place."

"Remember your position. Don't bother Starla again. She is not someone you can mess with."

If Garret had been a second later today, she likely would have died at his father’s hands.

Susanna felt completely frozen, devoid of a single ounce of warmth.

Yardley was gone!

For a long time, she was left drowning in his parting words.

He meant that she was just his pet—a disposable plaything, nothing more?

And to think she had actually...

...tried to compete with Starla from her Marina City days, only to lose so utterly and completely.

Susanna closed her eyes, trembling all over.

A joke!

Suddenly, she had been reduced to an absolute joke.

...

The news of the Hoggart family's upcoming marriage into the Merlin family instantly swept across all of Maxlandia!

Fairfax saw the headlines that night while on a cruise.

He immediately dialed his sister’s number.

She missed the first call but picked up the second. "Fairfax."

"What is going on with you and Yardley?"

"Isn't it obvious? In his eyes, I’ve never been good enough for him."

"He’s the one who forced you to stay in Maxlandia!" Fairfax gritted his teeth.

What did she mean, 'not good enough'?

If he felt that way, why force her to stay?

Susanna fell silent.

Hearing the word 'forced' made her chest tight.

A bitter smile touched her lips.

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