Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 712

Brandon had never acted like this in front of his sister before, and he felt terrible about it.

As the golden boy, he had been put on a pedestal since childhood and had never been subjected to anyone's disdain.

But now, the current crisis at the Mercer Group had completely wiped out his entire personal cash flow.

He was completely broke. Otherwise, why would a wealthy heir like him resort to such despicable, thieving behavior?

And to make matters worse, he had been caught red-handed by his sister and was now at her mercy.

"Lillian, I don't care if you believe me or not. No matter how bad things get between us, the last thing I want is for you to look down on me.

I'm your brother; taking care of things is what I'm supposed to do.

But reality forces my hand into doing things like this. Do you think I want to? I don't, but I have no choice.

You think about Grandma, right? Well, I'm the rightful heir to the Mercer family. How can I not think about how to answer to our ancestors?

This is the Mercer family's legacy, built over generations. I refuse to watch the Mercer Group crash and burn during the transition between Dad and me.

I don't want to owe you, but I seriously have no money right now. Just consider the antique you won at the auction as returned. As for the others floating around out there, I'll do my best to track them down.

And..."

Brandon trailed off and glanced at Stephen, who was standing nearby. "The items that were embezzled and greedily kept by the inside thieves within the Lancaster family—I can't return those. Check the inventory list yourselves."

With that, Brandon turned and walked out.

He was far too busy; there was a mountain of work waiting for him at the company.

He had to leave right now. Missing a meeting was one thing, but he absolutely could not afford to miss tonight's business dinner.

Stephen watched his retreating figure, his brow furrowing slightly. "Is he just throwing his hands up in the air?

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