Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1601

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"Why let her go? If she rebuilds her strength and comes back, aren't we just creating a massive headache for ourselves?"

Lillian leaned back in her chair. "Don't you think it's infinitely more entertaining to let her climb as high as she can, only to realize she still loses to me in the end?"

Ethan clapped both hands over his mouth, scurrying over to Leonard's side. He leaned in and whispered loudly, "Boss, don't you think Ms. Mercer is a little... psychotic?"

Leonard didn't even blink. "And?"

Ethan gaped. "Is that why you're so obsessed with her? Because you're just as twisted as she is?"

Leonard smirked. "Can't it just be mutual appreciation?"

Ethan shook his head. "Then you're both psychos."

Only a psycho would appreciate another psycho's sick games.

The fact that Lillian was deliberately giving her enemy a chance to respawn blew Ethan's mind.

She could have handed over the evidence and locked Bella up the second the lawsuit ended.

Lillian just smiled softly. "I spent two years in a cell. I read a lot of law books."

Ethan blinked, thrown by the sudden pivot. "Huh?"

Leonard, fully understanding Lillian's dark logic, let out a low chuckle.

Seeing Ethan's utter confusion, Lillian patiently explained.

"If we use our evidence to send her away, she gets a few years. Maybe a dozen. What's the point of that?

Am I supposed to sit around waiting for her release, just so she can launch another desperate revenge plot?"

Ethan frowned. "Her revenge would be a joke. She wouldn't stand a chance."

Lillian tilted her head. "Who knows? Look at her now. Everyone thought she was backed into a corner, yet she miraculously found another way out. She's incredibly lucky."