A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1306

He commanded everything, orchestrating events flawlessly.

He held the fate of Maxlandia in his hands. Yet now, he was lying on the floor, barely breathing.

Starla's eyes narrowed.

Elmer paused when he saw her. "Why are you back at this hour?"

Starla stepped forward. "Dad."

"Who called you?"

Her sudden return meant someone had alerted her, which only fueled Elmer's displeasure.

Someone actually dared to notify her...

Unbelievable. His own staff pulling strings right under his nose.

Starla calmly slipped the heavy whip from his grasp. "If you hit him again, you'll kill him."

Elmer let her take it.

The surrounding staff watched in stunned disbelief.

Elmer Hoggart was terrifyingly strict.

No one dared interfere with his authority, yet Starla effortlessly disarmed him.

It was clear just how deeply he favored his daughter.

If he hadn't been so tied up with his own affairs recently, none of this chaos would have spiraled so far.

"You're still defending him!" Elmer demanded.

"He is my mother's son too," Starla said softly.

She might have disowned him as a brother, but she couldn't erase their blood.

If he were just a half-sibling, she wouldn't have batted an eye.

Yardley was carefully carried away.

Starla guided Elmer to a seat. "You just got out of the hospital. You shouldn't be getting this worked up."

"He was never like this."

Elmer accepted the glass of water she handed him and took a sip.

He was profoundly disappointed by Yardley's recent reckless behavior.

He had never allowed Susanna to cloud his judgment before...

But now...!

"To throw everything away for a woman..."

Elmer couldn't even finish the sentence.

His brilliant heir, the future ruler of the Hoggart empire.

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