Ethan had hung up on Lilian without a second thought.
Listening to the dial tone, the color drained from her face.
Refusing to believe it, she dialed again.
This time, she was met with a cold, robotic voice.
【We’re sorry, the person you are trying to reach is on another call…】
Lilian violently hurled her phone against the wall.
“Aaaahhhh!”
The piercing scream echoed through the empty Ward family mansion.
Ethan… he had actually blocked her!
How could he?!
How could he do this to her!
After the anger came a bone-deep panic.
She had lost the Hart family. Was she now going to lose Ethan, her last lifeline?
Lilian, like a woman possessed, stormed out of the mansion and started her car.
She had given so much for Ethan. She was the love of his life!
How could he… how could he abandon her over that bitch Grace?!
However, she was stopped by security as soon as she tried to drive out of the gated community.
“Miss Hart, I’m sorry, but Mr. Ward has given instructions that you are not to leave the premises.”
Lilian’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“What did you say? On what grounds is he keeping me here?!”
The guard remained expressionless, though his tone was respectful.
“Mr. Ward said that you’ve been emotionally unstable lately and need to rest.”
“Also, all of your bank and credit cards have been frozen.”
Lilian felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
Confined?
Assets frozen?
Was Ethan planning to… turn her into a completely useless dependent? A canary in a gilded cage who could only survive by relying on him?
A profound sense of humiliation made her entire body tremble.
Meanwhile, the storm of public opinion had completely engulfed the Hart family.
The Hart Group’s stock plummeted the moment the market opened, hitting its daily limit down.
The entrance to their headquarters was swarmed by suppliers demanding payment and furious shareholders.
“Hart family! Give us back our hard-earned money!”

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