Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 245

"Even if Mom was unhinged, at least she was alive. As long as she held the title of Mrs. Mercer, that woman would have always just been the mistress."

Lillian, of course, couldn't hear any of this. If she could, she might have felt a grim sense of satisfaction.

If only they'd known then what they knew now, she wouldn't have had to go through all that heartache.

"It's too late for regrets," Brandon said. "It's been over a decade since Dad's affair with her started.

"All these years, she never showed a single crack in her facade, never let her true intentions slip. That's why we all thought she was a good person.

"Now we see the truth. Give her an inch, and she'll take a mile without hesitation.

"And if I'm not mistaken, the money they used to buy the shares from Lillian probably came from Sebastian."

"Who else could it be?" Colin scoffed. "Where else would they get that kind of cash?

"This isn't a small sum. Mom's shares were worth nearly a hundred million dollars."

"They offered her an extra thirty million, and she just caved," Brandon said, frustrated. "Lillian… she's usually so sharp, but she picked now to be an idiot. What does she gain by betraying her own brothers?

"Her marriage to Sebastian is already on the rocks. They could get divorced any day now…

"Wait. The divorce. We already got played with Dad's marriage.

"We absolutely cannot let anything happen to Lillian and Sebastian's marriage.

"From now on, Bella is our rival. If Sebastian really marries her, his relationship with us will be strained.

"If we ever need his support in the future, he'll definitely side with Bella.

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