Chapter 110 Breaking Points.
“You. Lillian’s eyes widened, her chest tightening with disbelief.
She couldn’t believe it–the man on the other end of the call was this cold, this heartless.
“I need money too, he said tly.
And just <b>like </b>that, whatever hope Lillian had been clinging to shatteredpletely.
The helpless, pitiful act–one she’d used countless times on the Reed family with near–perfect <b>sess</b>–had always worked
Until now. It failed.
She couldn’t believe it. <i>It </i>didn’t work? “You’re seriously trying to push me to the edge<b>?</b>”
“If you die, the Reed family can at least afford you a nice grave. He added coolly.
Because right now, they needed money–for treatment.
Lillian’s voice exploded in the room. <b>“</b>You heartless bastard!”
Her scream echoed through the hospital room. In that moment, she wanted to kill him.
Meanwhile, Ethan had just arrived at <b>the </b><b>hospital</b>.
As soon as he stepped off the elevator, he spotted Susan on the phone, her voice sharp and trembling with anger. “You want me to sign papers cutting ties with you? Ste, how could you be this heartless?”
She couldn’t believe Ste actually meant it.
Susan had thought all that talk about cutting ties was just out of anger–not something Ste would really go through with. She was wrong. Ste meant every word.
Over the phone, Ste’s voice was icy. “Thewyer is already on the way to the hospital with the documents.”
Her tone <b>was </b>emotionless–empty.
In that moment, Susan realized something chilling–there wasn’t a shred of warmth in Ste’s voice. No hesitation. No hint of attachment. It was like the Reed family meant nothing to her.
The thought made her chest tighten, made it hard to
Two years… Had I really never made it into Ste’s heart? Not even once? T breathe.
“You cut off the Reed family, and then what? Who do you think you are? Sure, those men are backing you now, but that won’t <bst</b>. Right now, it’s all excitement and novelty. But give it time–once they realize you don’t really fit into their world, they’ll <b>leave </b>you behind.”
The sudden copse of their mother–daughter rtionship sent <b>a </b><b>wave </b>of panic through Susan.
Somewhere deep down, Susan didn’t actually want to <b>lose </b>Ste.
Ste’s reply was razor sharp. “Whether I get left behind or not isn’t your problem. <b>Just </b>sign the <b>papers</b>.”
And with that, Ste hung up.
Especially with those <bst </b>words–Susan heard it loud and clear. There <b>was </b>a threat <b>behind </b>them.
Her hands trembled. Her head spun. She was shaking-
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Chapter 110 Breaking Points
sign it too. What is she even thinking? Does she really have to turn this into a full–blown disaster?”
<b>At </b>that moment, Susan had nothing butints about Ste.
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In her mind, the family was already going through enough–why couldn’t Ste just stop pushing? Or maybe it was because of that studio job–the one that pulled in nine hundred eighty thousandst year?
If she really thinks that’s her golden ticket, then she’s more short–sighted than I thought. Business is all about timing and luck. Just because she made moneyst year doesn’t mean she’ll pull it off <b>again</b>. And the wants to cut off the family over that? So dramatic.
Susan narrowed her eyes. Let’s see how long she can keep this up
“Forget it. Let her do whatever she wants,” she muttered. She didn’t want to talk about Ste anymore. If Ste wanted to cut ties, line. Let her.
But when Susan remembered the oue of the call she’d made earlier to Eddie and Rianne’s <b>assistant</b>, her mood soured
even <b>more</b>,
Her face, already grim, darkened further.
Just then, Jonathan walked up. Seeing both Susan and Ethan looking serious, he frowned. “What’s going <b>on </b>now?”
Susan sighed and replied, “What else? Ste. She just called me out of the blue–for the first time in two years–and it was to tell me she’s cutting ties. Told me to sign the paperwork.”
Two years, and now the first thing Ste had to say was that she wanted out of the family?
Jonathan’s expression turned <b>cold</b>, “She’s really going that far?”
He had thought she was bluffing, that once she cooled off, she’de around. But now it was obvious–she had never nned to forgive them.
<b>Susan </b>let out another deep sigh, then turned to Ethan and <b>Jonathan</b>. “What’s the update on her studio? Any updates on shutting it down?”
Silence.
Neither Ethan nor Jonathan <b>said </b>a word.
Even mentioning Ste’s studio made their expressions tighten.
They had clearly underestimated her.
She hadn’t just built that studio from the ground up–she actually knew how to keep it going.
Thinking about the responses from Ste’s business partners only made Jonathan and Ethan look even more grim. Ste <b>had </b>no intention <b>of </b>backing <b>down</b>.
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