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.

shifted slightly, she looked up at Dorian, her eyes 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 you don’t want to see me, but granny told me to come to teach my sister some

as if someone had mistreated her. Wasn’t she the

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 manners?”

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

red as she lowered her head and bit

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

her act, her hands clenching her skirt,

sure treated his biological daughter

Percival, she had subtly expressed her reluctance to marry Percival, but Dorian

And now?–

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

married,” Dorian said seriously, “Go tell your granny that she should

the past, but on the matter of Vivienne’s marriage, he would make

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

her red lips curled into a smile, “Yes,

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