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.

welling up with tears, and said in an aggrieved tone, “I know you just found my sister and you want to spend more time with her. I understand if

on 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

doesn’t need anyone to

laugh at Dorian’s

and bit her lip, “Dad, that’s not what

Since she looks down on Vivienne, then she

Call off the engagement?” Arabella couldn’t keep up her act, her hands clenching her skirt, hatred almost spewing from her eyes.

He sure treated his biological daughter differently.

subtly expressed her reluctance to marry Percival, but Dorian had

And now?–

off this engagement. How come he wasn’t saying it wasn’t up

back, and I’m not going to let her get married,” Dorian said seriously, “Go

her in the past, but on the matter of Vivienne’s marriage, he would make no concessions. If anyone dared to

at Vivienne and softly saying, “You don’t want the Hawthorn family to be in trouble, do you? This is the result of our grandfather’s lifetime effort. If

Vivienne slightly lifted her eyes, her red lips curled into a smile, “Yes, I don’t

that disabled Percival? She was the talented girl of Havenwood, she had made great achievements in various fields, and now she was an honor student, her future bright. Why would she ruin it by marrying