The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 6

Beatrice was lounging on the living room couch, watching Dorian and the girls pack up.

Dorian glanced at Beatrice without saying a word, then led Cordelia and Vivienne to the bedroom to pack their things.. realized Arabella had tagged along.

as they entered the room, they

She looked at the simple bedroom, and a hint of discontent flashed in her eyes. However, she quickly masked her emotions and softly said, “Dad, are you really moving out? You don’t earn a whole lot every month. How’re you going to support the family? Where are you guys gonna live? Why not just listen to my grandma’s advice?”

Dorian turned his gaze to her without uttering a word.

Seeing his silence, Arabella turned to Vivienne, “Dad’s made a lot of sacrifices looking for you over the years. Now that you’re back, you’re just gonna let him live on the streets?”

Vivienne looked up, a mocking smile forming on her indifferent face.

“Why not marry Mr. Ellington? At least you’d have a secure future. If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t let dad wreck his relations with his own family because of me,” Arabella rambled on.

Vivienne flashed a faint smile, crossed her arms and replied, “You sure have a way with words, so why don’t you marry him? The Hawthorn family has taken care of you all these years. Shouldn’t you repay them?”

she quickly added, “If you guys are so set on this, I won’t say anything more. But Dad, grandma said if you

left, Dorian looked around the room full of stuff, and felt a bit worried, “With so much stuff, we definitely won’t finish packing in an hour. Should

that’d be faster.”

them busily packing, Vivienne felt a warmth in her heart. Aside from her mother and Finnian, only they would protect her like this. Vivienne bit her lip and slowly suggested, “Just pack the essentials. I have some money, we can buy a fully furnished house

the house. bigger cities,

save your money for yourself. Don’t worry about the rest,

some money through part–time jobs, but she was still willing to offer it to help them now. This

for

but Dorian cut her off, “But what Vivienne just said make sense. We just need to take our clothes and identification. Leave everything else. We can just rent

didn’t have much stuff, just a few sets of clothes, her laptop and phone. She packed quickly. After a glance at Dorian and

the living

to admit their mistakes to her, but to her surprise, after a long wait, they walked out

You guys are really something. I want to see how you’re going

to look at her once without saying anything,

find a hotel to stay in for the night, and I’ll go house hunting.” Vivienne nodded,

later, Dorian returned looking disappointed. Cordelia immediately went over, “How’d it go? Did

that we could afford, but when it came to signing the lease, the landlords wouldn’t rent to me after seeing my ID. I asked for the reason, and it turns out my mom said some things. She told people that if they rented a house to

her words hanging in the air,

mom’s really pushing me into a

expect Beatrice to be so ruthless and was at a