Lethal Vows：Married to My Rival novel · Chapter 20 of 24

Chapter 20: Antidote

The uncle did not take the cup.

He looked around the table at the dock bosses, one face after another.

"Gentlemen," he said. "She's asking me to take poison in front of you."

"She's asking for what you gave him," said the boss with the face like a boot.

"This is murder."

"You said that word yourself," said the boss on the left. "Ten minutes ago."

Nobody moved to help him.

His forty men stood against the walls with their hands still clasped and their eyes on the floor.

The gray ribbons inside their collars suddenly looked like something they wished they hadn't worn.

The uncle's son stepped back from the table.

"Father," he said. "Drink it."

"Boy, listen to me."

"Drink it, or I'll hold you while she does."

The uncle's face did something I will remember for the rest of my life.

It turned small.

All the soft patience fell off him.

What was left was a frightened old man in a cardigan.

He reached for a cup of gray water with a hand that was already starting to shake.

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