Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 599

After that, the department fell under Bella's management, and gradually, it was filled with her own trusted people.

Because of this, any new hires were essentially unable to make any significant contributions.

They were Bella's soldiers, people who followed her orders and worked for her.

Thinking of this, Sebastian couldn't help but feel another flicker of dissatisfaction toward Bella.

That last time, to get by, Bella had slapped together that small batch of intelligent robots. While it had passed inspection, the incident had been a thorn in Sebastian's side ever since. Whenever he thought of it, he felt a prick of irritation and discomfort.

Bella was clearly capable. She could have done better, so why did she just do enough to get by?

Although it was for an official partnership and meant to be a demonstration—and he had agreed to it at the time—he felt a flush of shame every time he remembered it.

Lately, her work had shown no progress at all, and Sebastian's dissatisfaction was piling up.

However, with their wedding preparations underway, he felt it wasn't the right time to say anything. Anything he said now would be inappropriate and would likely just earn him criticism.

By the time his secretary came in, it was already dark outside.

"Mr. Blake, you're still here?"

"Just thinking about a few things," Sebastian replied.

He was just sitting there, doing nothing, weighing Bella's recent work attitude, her lack of progress, and the stalled projects.

"Mr. Blake, it's getting late. Should I order dinner for you?"

"No, thank you. I'll eat at home."

Packing up, Sebastian drove himself back to the Blake family estate.

On a typical evening, dinner at the estate was simple and casual. His parents ate healthily but not extravagantly.

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