A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 699

This was who Starla was now.

No matter what Fairfax said, she always found the sharpest, most merciless blade to cut him back down.

She was no longer easily placated.

In the past, a few gentle words could soothe her, but now?

Nothing worked.

This intense hostility was something neither of them could have ever predicted when they first met.

Fairfax didn't say anything else.

He took a final drag of his cigarette, put it out, and stood up to leave.

Starla watched his back and raised an eyebrow. "Aren't we going to talk about the divorce? I assumed you came back today to finalize it."

All that chain-smoking, the heavy, brooding atmosphere...

She really thought he was finally throwing in the towel.

After all, his family had been putting an unbearable amount of pressure on him.

Fairfax paused at the door. He looked back at her, parting his lips as if to speak, but ultimately didn't say a single word.

He looked away and walked out, radiating a freezing chill.

The moment the door clicked shut, Garret stepped up beside Starla. "It seems the Yelchin family hasn't pushed Mr. Yelchin hard enough yet."

It had been so long, and yet Fairfax was still stubbornly refusing to sign the divorce papers.

Starla chuckled. "Yeah, I suppose the pressure isn't high enough. Looks like the Yelchins are slacking. Or is their quality of life still too comfortable?"

Garret remained silent. Comfortable?

Hardly. The Yelchin family was living in hell.

"Annika and Harley are out of town, losing their absolute minds," Garret reported. "They keep screaming at him to just hand Yelchin Group over to you."

"And the extended branches of the family are doing the same."

Every single member of the Yelchin family was acting like a cornered animal, relentlessly attacking Fairfax to surrender.

Yet, under that crushing weight, Fairfax was still holding the line.

One had to admit, the formidable Mr. Yelchin of Marina City had incredible mental fortitude. He wasn't someone who could be easily broken.

"That's fine," Starla said casually. "He'll sign within three days. Make some arrangements for Darleen and Xenia while you're at it."

Since everything was coming to an end, certain debts needed to be collected permanently.

"Then what happened to Brinley's child?"

"Brinley gave birth to a girl. Felix bribed the doctors to swap her with his newborn son."

Starla's heart skipped a beat.

Brinley only had a daughter! And Felix secretly swapped the boy in for her to raise.

"Does Brinley...?"

"Judging by her reaction, she has no idea," Garret said. "Otherwise, she wouldn't have begged you on her knees to save him."

"Right. If she knew the boy wasn't hers, she wouldn't be begging for him."

So Brinley was completely in the dark.

Starla stared at Garret, absolute disbelief swimming in her eyes.

"What kind of actual monster did Brinley fall for?"

She had committed unspeakable, venomous acts against the Yelchin family, all for Felix!

She thought she was securing the Yelchin empire for her and Felix's son, but the kid wasn't even hers.

This entire time...