The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 38

Chapter 38

Arabella felt a chill run down her spine under Vivienne’s piercing gaze.

Vivienne was downright terrifying!

She instinctively took a step back.

Everyone else in the room was equally unnerved by the commanding presence Vivienne exuded.

“Is she really just a country girl?” they all wondered.

Vivienne had an aura around her that even the most well–bred socialites couldn’t match.

The room fell into an eerie silence. Dorian broke the silence, asking Vivienne, “Is there really no other way?”

“There is. Wait till the drug wears off!” Vivienne’s tone softened when she addressed Dorian.

Upon hearing this, Dorian simply nodded, not uttering another word. “If you can’t fix this, then let’s just head home. We won’t be coming here anymore unless absolutely necessary,” he said.

His words were a direct challenge to Beatrice.

She immediately shot back, “Dorian! What are you implying? Are you cutting ties with me?”

“If you can’t stand Vivienne, I won’t bring her here to be humiliated. She’s my daughter. If you can’t love her, then I’ll love her for you!”

With that, Dorian took Vivienne and left.

anger. “You bastard! I call the shots in this

tracks, turning back to face

spout her usual insults in the presence of so many people.

turned to Percival. “Mr. Ellington! There’s only one condition for our engagement. Give the intended gifts to Dorian. The Hawthorn family didn’t raise me. They have no right

chuckled,

else in the room were

her voice,

“Yes, I did. I agreed days ago. We’re getting engaged in ten days. Surprised?”

felt as–if–she’d been struck by lightning. Her mind

engagement that Percival had mentioned postponing was actually

thinking

have wasted so much effort. Now,

Vivienne! This must

in this household. The engagement gifts should naturally be given to her. Why would

our father?” Arabella finally found her voice, her hands clenched

the engagement all along, but never said a word, making

now, she won’t even allow the Hawthorn family to

That’s unacceptable!

quickly agreed, “That’s

scoffed, “Well, that’s just how I am!”

and left, not even sparing them

walk away with such determination, all thanks to her dear

end, and the guests left one after the

pleas for discretion, the scandalous

Hawthorn family was the talk of the town.

having sex with the maid after being drugged was anonymously uploaded online, with some digital blurring of course.

than the Mariana Trench. A grandmother drugging her granddaughter?

Beatrice was thinking. The real Hawthorn child is way more beautiful than the

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