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.
shots in this household! As the child of the Hawthorn family,
stopped in her tracks, turning back to face her. “My life is mine to
was rendered speechless, unable to spout her usual insults in the presence of so
only one condition for our engagement. Give the intended gifts to Dorian. The Hawthorn
simply chuckled, “Alright!”
everyone else in
to recover, raising her voice,
I did. I agreed days ago.
as–if–she’d been struck by lightning. Her mind went
engagement that Percival had mentioned postponing was actually scheduled for ten
a complete fool thinking Percival had fallen for Arabella!
known this, she wouldn’t have wasted so much effort. Now,
must
calls the shots in this household. The engagement gifts should naturally be given to her. Why would they
Arabella finally found her voice, her hands clenched in fists, feeling
but never said a word, making them all look like
now, she won’t even allow the Hawthorn family
That’s unacceptable!
“That’s completely
scoffed, “Well, that’s just how I
she turned and left, not
away with such determination, all
came to an end, and the guests left
the scandalous event was made public.
was the talk of
the video of Joseph having sex with the maid after being drugged was anonymously uploaded online, with some
drugging her granddaughter? That’s a storyline even soap operas wouldn’t
was thinking. The real Hawthorn child is way more beautiful than the fake one.
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