Iris could not utter a single word. The woman in front of her did not care in the slightest about what Lucas felt. As long as she could force him back to inherit the family empire, there was nothing she would not do. And this was not her will alone. The entire Sterling family stood behind her. In that moment, Iris understood with piercing clarity why Mina and Warren had never stood a chance. Power. Profit. Both ranked higher than any individual human being.
Even if she stood firm and stayed with Lucas, the Sterling family would simply drag him back by force. And once they had him back, what would they do to him? She had no doubt they had endless methods to make him bend again. Even if Lucas never broke, it would not matter. They would just turn him into a hollow instrument. It was useless
