The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 17

The room fell into silence!

It took a long time for Joseph to regain his composure, and hurriedly asked, “Did you guys make a mistake? My son Andrew took the exam, not Thaddeus.”

The two teachers looked at each other, then opened the acceptance letter to check the name, and said seriously. “No mistake, Thaddeus is indeed the one who got admitted.”

After a pause, one of the teachers seemed to recall something and said, “Oh, Andrew, I remember him, he didn’t make it.”

Even though no one physically touched him, Joseph felt as if he had just been slapped across the face in public!

How painful! How embarrassing! Thaddeus was never favored in the Hawthom family, but was admitted to Imperial Blossom Nursery. What the hell?

Beatrice couldn’t hold back anymore, stood up, and asked, “Could you please double check? Thaddeus didn’t even take the exam, so how could he possibly be admitted to your school? Did you get the names mixed up?”

The two teachers, who worked at Imperial Blossom Nursery, must have had top–notch work and judgment skills. They quickly figured out what was going on and said very seriously. “Thaddeus took a special exam that the principal personally arranged for him last night. There’s no mistake with his name or the acceptance letter. Please don’t doubt our work.”

In fact, they didn’t know whether Thaddeus took the exam or not. But that was what the principal said, and the acceptance letter was personally sent by the principal. So they naturally didn’t ask any further questions

“I didn’t mean that.”

Before Beatrice could finish her sentence, the teacher asked, “Is Dorian around? Could you call him, please?”

“Why do you want that guy here? He doesn’t even live here! Joseph’s tone was quite rude

The teacher frowned but didn’t say much. Then he took out his phone and dialed the number on the list.

Dorian? We’re

from the other end, the teacher replied, “Tranquil Estates 1601, right? Okay,

and the others were shocked.

be? How could they

prepared to leave. Arabella quickly stepped forward and said, “Are you going to see my parents? Can I go

living in Tranquil Estates? She

thought for a moment, then nodded.

couldn’t believe that Dorian could be living in Tranquil Estates. But when they entered the neighborhood, her face was filled with disbelief. She could actually

her world had collapsed. Her mind was in total chaos. It wasn’t until the teachers

Mom, why are you living here?” Arabella couldn’t help asking

glanced at her calmly. “We rented a

Beatrice after moving in, in order to prevent her coming here. They didn’t expect such an unusual situation to occur, and yet Arabella was the first to know. Now

unintentionally became a bit sharp. “You rented? How is that possible? This

us the house at a relatively low price. Is there a problem with that? Arabella, although we’re not your biological parents, we did take care of you for a few years. Can you not stand us living a slightly better

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ask her to leave either. After all, she was

acceptance letter. Even though it was just a kindergarten, the acceptance

he just went back to

Dorian was watching TV, and Cordelia, after tidying things up, went to join Vivienne

family life she had always envied. When Dorian first adopted her, she also had such

sat down, speaking softly, “Dad, Thaddeus got into Imperial Blossom Nursery. I should be happy for you, but have you

paused, then he looked up at her and asked, “What

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you should agree to the marriage with Mr. Ellington. After all, with the support