Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1579

Both sides had brought a considerable entourage. As they entered the room, the opposing legal teams exchanged polite, professional nods.

Lawyers often crossed paths and knew each other, and the Mercer family wasn't exactly mortal enemies with Sebastian.

In fact, they still shared a lingering connection through marriage. The only reason the Mercers stood behind Bella today was out of pure financial self-interest.

The Mercer family was banking on Bella winning the lawsuit so she could inject her newly acquired wealth into the Mercer Group—an opportunity they absolutely could not afford to lose.

Naturally, Sebastian wasn't going to fully burn bridges with the Mercer family either.

That would be counterproductive, considering he fully intended to win Lillian back.

If they remarried, the Mercers would be his in-laws once again.

Of course, he wasn't going to be particularly generous with them either.

The Mercer family simply wasn't worth it.

Still, a superficial civility had to be maintained.

After her surgery, Bella had spent a lot of time agonizing over how she would face Sebastian now that her body was scarred and incomplete.

That anxiety had haunted her right up until the moment she finally laid eyes on him today.

But the second she actually saw him, all those insecurities vanished.

She used to believe she still deeply loved this man, but staring at him across a courtroom evoked absolutely nothing in her heart.

She was here today to wage war against him, not to reminisce about romance or anything else.

Perhaps, at one point, there had been a fleeting spark of genuine emotion between them.

Perhaps there was even a time when she convinced herself that Sebastian was the ultimate, true love of her life.

Yes, she had loved him. Deeply and intensely.

But what did that mean now? Sebastian's love was utterly worthless.

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