Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1090

Leonard nodded thoughtfully. "Tired of playing with them?"

"It's just a waste of time," Lillian replied. "Whatever we choose to do with our time, it's far better spent on anything other than them."

"I agree," Leonard said softly. "I've actually had everything prepared for a while now. I was just waiting for your grandmother.

Mr. Peregrine has been incredibly meticulous with her treatments. He says in about a month, he's fairly confident she'll come around.

You'll be much happier when she's awake, Lillian."

Aside from the Lancaster family, Lillian's only real flesh-and-blood relative left was her mother, Eleanor Lancaster.

But her mother's mind had shattered. The trauma she had endured resulted in permanent, irreversible brain damage. The harsh reality was that she would likely never fully recover in this lifetime.

Even though they lived under the same roof, Eleanor didn't even recognize who she was living with.

She existed in a world entirely devoid of anxiety or fear, but she was trapped there alone.

When Lillian was happy, Eleanor couldn't share her joy. When Lillian was broken, Eleanor couldn't offer her comfort.

It was the greatest, most agonizing regret of Lillian's life.

Behind the scenes, Leonard had exhausted countless avenues, sending Eleanor's medical files to the world's top specialists. But the conclusion was always the same: every single doctor agreed with Mr. Peregrine's devastating prognosis.

Barring a literal miracle, recovery was impossible.

Despite knowing this, Lillian still begged Mr. Peregrine to continue treatments and hired the best psychiatric specialists to stay by her mother's side and guide her.

Deep down, she still clung to a fragile shred of hope that one day, her impossible dream would come true.

***

Meanwhile, on the internet, the rumors surrounding Sebastian Blake and Lillian's past marriage had completely exploded.

As for his disastrous marriage to Bella, while things had obviously imploded, most netizens who watched the live-streamed wedding placed the blame squarely on Bella's insatiable greed.

The darker, uglier truths behind closed doors were kept hidden from the public eye. Instead, Sebastian was widely praised for cutting his losses and pulling the plug on the marriage so swiftly.

Dumping a toxic, scheming wife the moment her true colors showed was hailed as a textbook power move.

Consequently, his ruthless decisiveness actually earned him a massive surge in popularity.

For the past twenty-four hours, Lester Ross's phone had been ringing off the hook. He was bombarded with calls from major media outlets and industry insiders. After wrapping up business discussions, every single caller would casually slip in a probing question, dying to know if Mr. Blake and the legendary hacker Li were actually ex-spouses.

Lester felt completely helpless.

As an executive assistant, it was strictly forbidden for him to gossip about his boss's private life. And whether or not the media would get their interview was entirely above his pay grade.

The next morning, after Lester finished his formal business report in the CEO's office, he finally braced himself and brought up the massive elephant in the room.