Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 685

With Martin's words, Sabrina had no choice but to swallow whatever she was about to say, not daring to utter another word.

A bitter wave of jealousy washed over Bella, and it refused to subside.

Beyond the jealousy, her envy and resentment reached their peak.

This was the dowry of a true heiress getting married.

Stocks, cash, properties, antiques, jewelry.

Lillian hadn't wanted the stocks, cash, or properties, and had returned them all to the Mercer family after getting out of prison.

Even so, what remained was enough to make Bella’s jaw drop.

Her wedding to Sebastian was also being planned, but so far, the only jewelry she had were the few pieces Sebastian had bought for her after the auction.

They couldn't even be considered part of her dowry!

Even those pieces were nothing compared to what Lillian was now presenting.

The difference in treatment between being born into a wealthy family and marrying into one with her mother was just too vast.

But at the end of the day, she wasn't a Mercer by blood.

Still, that envy grew wildly inside her.

Brandon spoke up. “None of us were worried about these things, but it’s so kind of Ms. Ward to be concerned on our behalf.

You aren't suggesting these things should be left for Bella, are you? After all, she’s about to marry into the family soon.

By the way, Sebastian, you're still using this place as your marital home, right?”

"So, Sebastian," Brandon added, his voice laced with a lethal edge of mock-curiosity, "are you still planning to bring your new bride into the same house you bought for Lillian?"

The man Bella wanted was the one Lillian had discarded.

The marital home she would live in was the same one Sebastian had once bought for his marriage to Lillian.

Bella gritted her teeth, desperate to retort, but seeing the elder Blakes present, she didn't want to ruin her image in front of them.

“Lillian, what’s given to you is yours. How can we possibly take it back?”

Lillian smiled faintly. “I’ll only feel at ease once everything is settled clearly. Please, take them back and do with them as you wish.

As for the other betrothal gifts, the one-billion-dollar engagement gift, the shares in the Blake Group, and several properties—you were out of the country when we divorced, but I already returned them to Sebastian. You can verify this.”

The elder Blakes had always known about this.

But as Lillian spoke, Sabrina and Bella lost their composure once again.

They knew about the shares and properties.

But a one-billion-dollar engagement gift? This was the first they had ever heard of it.

A billion dollars?

Did that mean Bella would also receive a billion dollars when she married Sebastian?

They should have said something sooner!