Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1247

Without her, Noah wouldn't be forced into this exhausting charade.

Lillian realized she had been a fool to even consider her 'responsibility' as his biological mother.

What responsibility?

She wanted to shoulder that burden, but Noah fundamentally rejected it.

There was no longer anything tying her down.

The Blake family was not some ordinary household. Noah was the young heir to a massive empire. He would never go hungry, and he would never lack a small army of caretakers.

Whether it was his daily life or his education, he would always have access to the absolute best the world had to offer.

There was literally nothing she needed to worry about.

This entire trip had been utterly pointless.

She gave Sebastian a chilling smile. "Let's end this here. If we cut our losses now, maybe running into each other in the future won't be entirely unbearable.

"If you keep pushing, it's only going to get uglier for everyone.

"The media can call me your ex-wife all they want, but I refuse to acknowledge it.

"Marrying you was the greatest mistake of my life. Do you understand me, Sebastian?

"Chasing after you was my biggest regret.

"But I don't blame you. If I had to survive a disaster to rise from the ashes, then my time with you was exactly that.

"Do me a favor and stop using Noah as an excuse to talk to me."

Having delivered her final verdict, she turned to Leonard. "Let's go."

She never should have come. All it brought her was insult.

Lillian's words were absolute, completely severing any lingering ties between them.

Her sheer ruthlessness left Sebastian frozen in place, unable to process what had just happened.

She had called loving him her biggest regret...

Instead, the boy had been infinitely worse than last time.

A flawless opportunity, completely incinerated...

Watching Lillian disappear through the gates, Sebastian turned on his heel and marched back up to Noah's room.

His voice was dangerously quiet, yet vibrating with authority. "Get out. All of you."

The staff and Dr. Harrison practically scrambled over each other to clear the room.

Suddenly alone with his father, Noah didn't dare make a sound. Trembling, he instinctively took several steps back.

Sebastian didn't walk toward him, but his predatory gaze pinned the boy in place.

Noah couldn't even lift his head. His tiny hands, still smeared with blood from the torn IV, twisted nervously as he braced for the fallout.

Finally, the silence broke.

"Tell me," Sebastian demanded softly. "Did you see Bella Ward?"