That was her definitive answer. The door was slammed shut, locked, and the key thrown away.
Hearing those words, Herbert felt his heart plunge into an icy abyss.
"Starlaโ"
"I have to go." The line went dead before he could get another word out.
Herbert sat in the back of the car, listening to the dial tone, his grip on the phone tightening until his knuckles turned white.
It was over. Without any warning.
Just days ago, there had been a sliver of hope. Now, she had crushed it into dust.
In the driver's seat, Rudolf looked back, visibly shocked. "But... everything was fine two days ago. How did it...?"
He couldn't even finish the sentence. They had been having dinner together. She had been taking his calls.
Herbert rubbed his aching temples. "It's Mr. Hoggart. He got to her."
Ever since Starla returned to Maxlandia, Herbert knew the biggest obstacle wouldn't just be keeping her safe from Yardley. It was Elmer. In the patriarch's eyes, Herbert was utterly unworthy of his daughter.
The absolute finality of it all was agonizing. Herbert opened his messaging app, typing out a desperate text to her. But after a few seconds, he backspaced the entire paragraph. She didn't want to read it. She hated these emotional displays; she had made that perfectly clear in Smaro Town.

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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,๐ฅบ...
Why The ML is Idiot ๐๐๐ i Dont understand,i Think herbert is more suitable to become the ML he is most compose and calm than the ML ๐๐...
"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...
Finally๐...
More chapters please ๐ฅบ...
More chapters please...