Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1594

Lillian Mercer's gaze remained locked on the image of Bella Ward on the screen.

Of course, she had heard Sebastian Blake's words, and she knew exactly what was going through his head.

It was precisely because she knew what he was thinking that she found it so utterly sickening.

Old love?

Between them, there had only been her blind, misguided affection. She had long since snapped out of that delusion, and there was absolutely no chance she would ever love him again.

Sebastian's behavior was simply too disgusting for Lillian to tolerate.

If that was how he wanted to play it, why should she rush to send Bella to prison?

Right now, Bella had to absolutely loathe Sebastian, didn't she?

After hearing Leonard Prescott's instructions, Ethan Hayes reached for his phone to order his men into action.

On the livestream, Bella stood in a secluded corner, staring down at her phone. For a fleeting second, her dark, stormy expression cleared into something strangely bright.

Few people might have caught that brief flash of clarity, but Lillian saw it.

Just as Ethan's call connected, Lillian spoke up. "Ethan, pause the operation. No... cancel it."

Ethan blinked. "What?"

Lillian pointed sharply at the frozen screen, zooming in on Bella's lowered face and the unmistakable glimmer of hope in her expression.

"She might have found a new way out. For someone who hasn't hit an absolute dead end, sending her to prison today might just mean she finds the capital to flip the script and walk free tomorrow.

It would be a waste of our evidence. Besides, I think she can still be of use to us.

Cancel the plan for now. Let me figure out what's really going on first."

Following Lillian's cue, the others in the office leaned in and realized Bella's expression was indeed highly uncharacteristic.

Unless she had genuinely been driven out of her mind, there was no reason for her to look like that.

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