A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 202

It wasn't long before Fairfax came back downstairs, impeccably dressed in a suit, clearly heading out. He was carrying a coat, and when he saw Starla on the sofa, he strode over, pulled her to her feet, and wrapped the coat around her.

“What are you doing?” Starla demanded. It was one thing for him to leave, but now he was trying to drag her along?

Fairfax was at his wit's end. Lately, anytime she was out of his sight, she found a way to vanish, no matter how many people he had watching her. So from now on, wherever he went, she was coming with him.

Starla struggled, but Fairfax gripped her arm and pulled her toward the door.

“You’re insane! Where are you taking me?”

He stopped in the entryway and commanded, “Change your shoes.”

“No,” she shot back without a second thought. She had no intention of going anywhere with him. In fact, she’d been waiting for him to leave so she could head back to Cosmos Summit. Every extra minute in his presence felt suffocating.

“Then I’ll help you,” he threatened.

Starla glared at him. The man was a lunatic. His unyielding tone left no room for argument.

“Where are we going?” she asked, conceding. If she had to go with him, she at least deserved to know the destination.

“The hospital.”

Starla’s heart sank. The hospital? Was this about Brinley again? And he wanted to bring her?

“I’m not going.”

“Isn’t it disgusting?”

The entire Yelchin family was trying to use Brinley and the children to saddle him with responsibility and push her out of the picture. And Fairfax had to know it. Yet he kept walking right into their traps, and now he was trying to drag her with him. If that wasn't disgusting, what was?

“You’re coming with me even if I disgust you!” Fairfax snapped, done with the discussion. He was so overwhelmed by her that he felt like he needed to physically tie her to his waist, to take her everywhere he went.

He grabbed her wrist and began dragging her out the door.

“You maniac, let go of me!” Starla yelled.

The last time, he had dragged her to the hospital in the exact same way. But this time, after her recent disappearance, his grip was even tighter. It seemed that from now on, she would be his constant, unwilling companion.