A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1301

Yardley naturally didn't want to give up that much.

All those mines in the north and west... she had a massive appetite to want them all.

In the end, he stormed off in a furious rage.

Luce stepped up behind Starla. "Will he actually hand them over?"

He had heard every word of their exchange. And more importantly, he had seen something akin to hesitation on Yardley's face.

He had actually hesitated. He hadn't outright rejected Starla's demands.

What did that mean? The implications were obvious.

"That depends on how important Susanna is to him," Starla replied coolly. "Anyway, the man isn't in my father's hands, so it's no loss to me either way."

Starla returned to her studies.

"Your brother has really lost his mind this time," Jane Merlin remarked as she tutored Starla.

Starla was silent for a moment.

Had he really lost it?

Honestly, it certainly looked like it.

She let out a soft laugh. "I'm just as surprised. So, are you still going to marry him?"

Jane's status in Maxlandia was nothing to scoff at.

Would someone like her really settle for a man who harbored another woman in his heart?

A man willing to pay any price for someone else?

Surely, regardless of the Hoggart family's prestige, a woman of the Merlin family wouldn't stoop to that.

Hearing the word "marry," Jane chuckled. "Marry?"

"What?"

"Do you have some misunderstanding about what marriage is to us?"

Starla was speechless.

"For people in our circles, marriage is just a transaction where everyone gets what they need. It's not about playing house or living happily ever after," Jane said.

Starla and Romy exchanged bewildered looks.

Her tone was completely devoid of emotion when she said "marriage."

It even carried a hint of amusement!

As if the concept were nothing more than a tool to leverage power.

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