The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 3

Dorian was about to call off the engagement with the Ellington family when a sudden ring of the doorbell interrupted him.-

Dorian and Cordelia immediately got up to answer the door. Vivienne also got up, seeing as it was basic etiquette to greet the guests.

The visitor turned out to be Arabella. Dorian and Cordelia were taken aback, and even Vivienne raised an eyebrow. Weren’t they just at the Hawthorn Mansion and here Arabella was already on their doorstep?

“Dad, Mom, I came to visit you, and also to see my sister. I brought her some clothes.” Arabella was dressed in a light–colored dress, her hair pulled to the sides, and she wore a sweet smile on her face. She had an air of refined tranquility about her.

Cordelia glanced at the bag in Arabella’s hands and her expression immediately changed. These clothes were bought by Beatrice for Arabella; many were only worn once and never again.

“You’re so considerate.” Cordelia took the bag from Arabella and casually placed it on a cabinet.

“What brought you here all of a sudden?” Dorian glanced at the bag in Arabella’s hand, and his expression turning serious.

aggrieved tone, “I know you just found my sister and you want to spend more time with her. I understand if you don’t want to see me, but granny

Arabella laced with impatience. Well, here we go again. Over the years, every time she came over, she would be in tears, as if someone had mistreated her. Wasn’t she the one who looked down on them as foster parents after she got

to teach? Vivienne’s manners are just fine; she doesn’t need anyone to teach her. She’s not marrying into the royal family. Why the need for all these

laugh at Dorian’s comment. Dorian sure had a sense of humor.

turned red as she lowered her head and bit her

Since she looks down on Vivienne, then she shouldn’t care whether

keep up her act, her hands clenching her

treated his

marry Percival, but Dorian had said that it

And now?–

to call off this engagement. How come

get married,”

knew what Beatrice was thinking. He might have listened to her in the past, but on the matter of Vivienne’s marriage, he would make no concessions. If anyone dared to have any designs on Vivienne, he

to be in trouble, do you? This is the result of our grandfather’s lifetime effort. If because of you…” She didn’t finish her sentence, deliberately leaving it

into a smile,

that disabled Percival? She was the talented girl of Havenwood, she had made great achievements in various fields, and now she was