Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1559

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"Just focus on stripping the old factory," Brandon replied. "We don't both need to waste our energy on this. Blind dates all come down to how the guy performs anyway. No matter how much we hype him up, it won't make a difference if he bombs. Lillian has her own mind now. She doesn't just listen to whatever we tell her."

"Alright, I'll skip Saturday then."

With the logistics settled, Brandon finally had a moment to check his phone. Seeing Bella's message, his brow furrowed in annoyance.

Ordering him around again?

Did she think he was her free intern?

Instead of typing, Brandon just called her directly. He knew she had trouble typing while recovering, and he absolutely did not have the time to wait for a text.

The moment the call connected, Brandon fired off, "Bella, I am incredibly busy right now. The entire corporation is waiting on my directives. Can you stop treating me like your personal assistant? If it's a minor PR issue, you already hired Vantage PR Group. Hand it off to them. My company doesn't have a dedicated crisis team, and even if we did, everyone is booked solid."

Before she could get a word in, Brandon hung up.

Bella, who was already seething over the internet drama, felt a new wave of fury crash over her.

Since when did Brandon have the guts to yell at her?

What was so great about him running his little company? So what if he was the Chairman? She was a major shareholder! No matter how well Brandon did, he was essentially working for her.

Without Brandon's help, Bella had no choice but to burn more cash on PR teams.

Meanwhile, Lillian was enjoying the drama so much that it eventually circled back to her. Since Leonard's original hashtag kept bouncing up and down the charts, fans had organically flooded her social media pages, begging for updates.

Lillian casually tossed the link to Leonard, telling him to handle it.

Leonard didn't have a traditional corporate job anyway. His company practically ran itself, and he had an entire executive team managing the details while he steered the broader vision.