Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 950

Brandon chuckled darkly. "Get out? You seem to have forgotten whose house you're standing in."

But he didn't press the issue and walked away.

Bella didn't care about the technicalities. Right now, this was her room, and this was her home.

Once she was alone, she collapsed onto the edge of the bed and burst into agonizing sobs.

Sabrina sat beside her, gently rubbing her back. "Sebastian is completely out of line. You two aren't even officially divorced yet, and he's pulling this?"

"Why else would he do it?" Bella cried, tears streaming down her face. "He has no heart. He doesn't feel emotions like a normal person.

He just gravitates toward whoever has the most power.

He only chose me because he thought I was better than Lillian.

Now that she's a billionaire tech mogul, he's running straight back to her! I regret it so much, Mom. I actually loved him these past few years.

How could he do this to me? We barely even started our marriage, and he threw me away. I hate him! I hate him so much!"

Seeing her daughter utterly shattered broke Sabrina's heart.

But the reality of the situation couldn't be ignored.

"You were blinded by his looks and his status," Sabrina sighed. "If we had known he was this ruthless, we never would have... " She caught herself and shifted her tone. "Let's be honest, it was always about the money, wasn't it?

He's young, handsome, and powerful. It beats sleeping with sick old men, right?

Even if you divorce him now, you're going to walk away with a massive fortune. That's a huge victory.

Listen to me, sweetheart. Stop crying. Arent you supposed to meet with the legal team today? Get yourself together. Don't think about the betrayal. Focus on one thing: getting the divorce and taking the money!

If she put herself in Lillian's shoes, there was no way she would ever take Sebastian back.

He had personally sent her to prison for two years, and she only got out on Compassionate Medical Parole because she was terminally ill.

Now that Lillian was free, both her ex-husband and her son had proven themselves to be treacherous. Bella knew she wouldn't forgive them, and Lillian was famously unforgiving.

Lillian had already made it painfully clear she wanted nothing to do with the Blake family.

She had even returned the $1 billion engagement money. At the time, Bella couldn't fathom how anyone could walk away from a billion dollars.

But now that the world knew she was the legendary hacker 'Li', it made perfect sense. The algorithm she created was worth tens of billions. A single billion was pocket change to her.

Lillian had demanded the divorce back then, and she certainly wouldn't lower herself to reconcile now.

Plus, Bella remembered catching a glimpse of The Lillionix Press Conference livestream. Hadn't Lillian publicly announced that she already had a partner?