Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 284

His call was blocked, so Sebastian immediately switched to a backup SIM card and tried again.

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Lillian hated seeing the endless stream of unknown numbers on her phone.

She just didn’t understand the persistence of the Mercer family and Sebastian.

Every time their calls didn’t go through, they would just switch numbers.

Her block list was now a long string of unfamiliar numbers.

Whenever she saw an unknown number, she felt the urge to announce to the world that she was cutting ties with them all.

She wished she could block them by their legal names so they couldn’t get through even by changing their SIM cards.

In Leonard's Rolls-Royce, Victor saw the sour expression on Lillian’s face as she stared at her phone. He chuckled and asked, “Want me to get that for you?”

Lillian handed him the phone. “Be sharp with your words, please.”

Victor was taken aback. It had been a while since someone had made a request like that of him.

Be sharp?

Fine, he was good at that.

Victor answered the call. Upon realizing it was Sebastian on the other end, he immediately said, “Lillian, are you done? Do you need my help in the shower?”

Sebastian was not expecting to hear a man’s voice on Lillian’s phone, especially one saying something so suggestive.

Men always have a strange possessiveness over women they’ve been with.

Even though he knew they were divorced, hearing those words still made his blood boil. He felt a sense of humiliation, as if he’d been cheated on or had something stolen from him.

He demanded, “Who is this?”

But the irony was, if it hadn't been for her hard work back then, bringing in resources to help him start his business, how could he have gained the approval of the Blake elders so quickly?

Sebastian always believed it was his own ability. He looked down on the resources Lillian brought to the table.

He never valued them.

He never acknowledged her, her resources, or her efforts. He never even offered a single sincere thank you.

She had been so foolish back then.

Looking back, she wondered if she had been drugged during those years to have been so devoted to him.

Lost in thought, she was startled when the driver announced, “We’re here, Ms. Mercer.”

Victor got out first, opened her door, and offered a hand to help her out of the car.

Across the way, Sebastian, who had been moodily smoking a cigarette after coming out of the restroom, looked up and saw the entire scene…