Being dragged back to the Hoggart estate, no matter how miserable, was exponentially better than falling into Fairfax's vengeful hands. Romy laid out the logic perfectly.
"I know you loathe that high-society cage," Romy urged softly, "but sometimes, you have to know when to bow to fate."
It didn't mean giving up forever, but tactically surviving the current storm.
Starla offered a fragile smile. "Bow to fate?"
Romy nodded. "If you won't let me smuggle you out, that's your only play."
Run with Romy, or surrender to the Hoggarts.
Starla stayed silent.
*Bow to fate.* But for how long?
"So what's your plan?" Romy pressed.
"Either run with you, or... go back to the Hoggarts."
Fleeing again was a pipe dream. With Fairfax and Yardley both hunting her, there were no safe havens left. Every breath of freedom would be laced with suffocating paranoia.
"You're right. Sometimes, you just have to yield," Starla whispered. "I'll go back to the Hoggart family. As for the blood feud with Fairfax... I just won't face it."
Romy frowned. "You can't outrun it forever. You'll have to face him eventually."
Starla sighed heavily.
She had never been one to shirk responsibility, but the collateral damage of this war was too catastrophic. How could she possibly shoulder the weight of all those deaths?
Romy wanted to argue, but seeing the utter desolation in Starla's posture, she couldn't find the words.

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The readers' comments on the novel: A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion
I'll hate Herbert if really do this. i don't understand what you are even doing all this,this is unacceptable. please update more chapters....
It's getting on my nerves now...
This is more complected than i ever imagine , it's getting massy day by day, i can't wait to see how it ends...
Please don't tell me tanya is going to suffer like starla,π₯Ί...
Why The ML is Idiot πππ i Dont understand,i Think herbert is more suitable to become the ML he is most compose and calm than the ML ππ...
"You're a failure as a husband and coward as a Man" This is what i want to say in Fairfax hahaha you dont deserved a wife if you cant protect her...
Hahaha This plot of story i hate about, choosing another girl instead of your own wife is something unreal, you didnt considered your wife feeling, you didnt even trust her and later on you will say sorry?? Was sorry will fixed everything you've done? Was sorry fixed her heart? it was unfair for your wife, you must choose your wife whatever it is. You know your wife well more than anyone else and the only person she should lean on was the person who pushes her away...
Finallyπ...
More chapters please π₯Ί...
More chapters please...