Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1577

"Good point," Ethan agreed.

"We'll just have to make do with this," Victor said. "Better to have some view than none at all."

From the very moment Sebastian requested the trial be live-streamed, Bella's camp found the idea utterly laughable.

"Did I hear that right?" Bella had scoffed. "He wants it live-streamed? Fine by me, I have no problem with that." After all, was she going to be the one humiliated on camera today?

Dragging her permanently scarred body, armed with medical records detailing depression and severe psychological distress, what did she have to fear in a divorce court?

Today, she was going to show Sebastian exactly how devastating the power of public sympathy could be.

But when Bella agreed so readily, her lawyers immediately panicked.

Honestly, at this point, winning or losing the case didn't drastically affect them.

A win was obviously the best-case scenario—they would rake in massive legal fees. But even if they lost, they had already secured their base compensation.

A public broadcast, however, completely changed the dynamic.

Winning would certainly become a classic case study, but not an honorable one.

There were too many unsavory details. For instance, one tactic they had discussed with Bella involved highlighting the fact that while her actual marriage to Sebastian was brief, they had been involved for years.

That carried a heavy stain of immorality, leaving them wide open to harsh public criticism. In the worst-case scenario, it could permanently damage the law firm's reputation.

Losing a live-streamed case would be an absolute disaster for the firm.

It was an outcome they desperately wanted to avoid.

Consequently, their immediate reaction was to try and talk Bella out of agreeing.

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