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.

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 you don’t want to see me, but granny told

gaze 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 teach her. She’s not marrying into the

help but laugh at Dorian’s comment. Dorian sure

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

Ellington family. Since she looks down on Vivienne, then she shouldn’t care whether she has manners

her hands clenching

a joke! He sure treated his

her reluctance to marry Percival, but Dorian had said

And now?–

back, and Dorian was in a hurry to call off this engagement. How come he wasn’t saying it

and I’m not going to let her get married,” Dorian said seriously, “Go tell your granny that she should stop getting any ideas to

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

be in trouble, do you? This is the result of our grandfather’s lifetime effort. If because

her eyes, her red lips curled into a smile, “Yes, I don’t want to get married. Do

had made great achievements in various fields, and now she was an honor student, her future