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.

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 me

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

fine; she doesn’t need anyone to teach her. She’s not marrying into the royal family. Why the

at Dorian’s comment.

face suddenly turned red as she lowered her head and bit her lip, “Dad, that’s

Ellington family. Since she looks down on Vivienne, then she shouldn’t care whether she has manners or not,” Dorian said somewhat

act, her hands clenching her skirt, hatred almost spewing

joke! He sure treated his biological daughter

one engaged to Percival, she had subtly expressed her reluctance to marry Percival, but Dorian had said that it wasn’t up to him to call off the engagement, as it was Beatrice’s

And now?–

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

only just gotten her back, and I’m not going to let her get married,” Dorian said seriously, “Go tell your granny that she should stop

marriage, he would make no concessions. If anyone dared to have any

looking 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

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

the talented girl of Havenwood, she had made great achievements in various