Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 542

“That bitch. She’s already been kicked out of the family, yet she can still stir up so much trouble.

Didn’t you say her company was about to go bankrupt? That she was on her last legs and didn’t have the money to cause problems anymore?”

“Her pathetic company will fail sooner or later. It’s just on life support right now.

It’s been open for a while without making any waves. It’s practically a ghost company.

It’s a real shame that a talent like Victor is stuck there. He’s probably just installing security cameras for her.”

The mother and daughter were seething with resentment.

With the Mercer family in such a huge crisis, Sebastian finished his dinner that evening and decided to head back to the Blake family estate.

For the past week, his parents had been waiting to see how things would unfold, what kind of counterattack Lillian would launch.

They breathed a huge sigh of relief when they saw the security footage that was released around dinnertime.

The couple couldn't stop praising Lillian.

“That Lillian is becoming more and more poised. She handled this whole affair beautifully.”

Mrs. Blake genuinely liked Lillian and felt it was a true pity things hadn’t worked out.

Old Mr. Blake, however, said, “The Mercer family is going downhill. If their matriarch were to wake up, the shock would probably kill her all over again. The signs were obvious today, but they didn’t get out. They just let the situation worsen to this point.

This time, I’m afraid they’re finished.”

Sebastian walked in just as his parents were discussing the matter in the living room.

He approached them and said, “Mom, Dad, I’m home.”

They glanced at him without any particular reaction.

In your opinion, Dad, is the Mercer family doomed this time?”

Old Mr. Blake replied, “Whether they’re doomed or not has nothing to do with an old man like me who’s long left the business world.

I’m old now, just wasting away until I die. I could be gone tomorrow. Why should I care about these things?”

Sebastian was trying to be sincere, but his father’s passive-aggressive response caught him off guard. He didn’t know whether to stay or leave. He couldn’t exactly start a fight when the old man was acting so detached, and he certainly couldn't fly into a mindless rage.

The silence became excruciatingly awkward. Sebastian felt like he was about to have an aneurysm.

He shouldn't have come back.

“It’s late, I’ll stay here tonight.” With that, Sebastian stood up to go to his room.

Suddenly, his father’s voice rose. “If the Mercer family goes bankrupt, will you still marry that woman, Bella?”