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.
was seething with anger. “You bastard! I call the shots in this household! As the child of the Hawthorn family,
face her. “My life is mine to control!”
was rendered speechless, unable to spout her usual insults in the presence
Vivienne turned to Percival. “Mr. Ellington! There’s only one condition for our engagement. Give the intended gifts
simply chuckled,
everyone else in the room were
to recover, raising her voice, “Wait, engagement? You agreed to
“Yes, I did. I agreed days ago.
struck by lightning. Her mind went blank!
Percival had mentioned postponing was
thinking Percival had
she wouldn’t have wasted so much effort. Now, she was left with her pride
must be
in this household. The
her hands clenched in fists, feeling utterly humiliated by
had agreed to the engagement all along, but never said a word, making
even allow the Hawthorn family
That’s unacceptable!
agreed, “That’s completely
scoffed, “Well, that’s just
left, not
with such determination, all thanks to her dear son,
to an end, and
pleas for discretion, the
family was the
Joseph having sex with the maid after being drugged was anonymously uploaded online, with some digital blurring of course.
grandmother drugging her granddaughter? That’s a storyline even soap operas wouldn’t
what Beatrice was thinking. The real Hawthorn child is way more beautiful than
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