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

frowned, his 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 who

need anyone to teach her. She’s not marrying into the royal

couldn’t help but laugh at Dorian’s comment. Dorian sure had a sense

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

looks down on Vivienne, then

up her act, her hands clenching her skirt, hatred

joke! He sure treated his biological daughter differently.

had subtly expressed 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

going to let her get married,” Dorian said seriously, “Go tell your granny that she should stop getting any ideas to marry

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

This is

this, Vivienne slightly lifted her eyes, her red lips curled into

of Havenwood, she had made great achievements in various fields, and now she