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.

seething with anger. “You bastard! I call the shots in this household! As the child of the Hawthorn

tracks, turning back to face her. “My life is mine to control!”

was rendered speechless, unable to spout her usual insults in the presence

our engagement. Give the intended gifts to Dorian. The Hawthorn family didn’t raise me. They have

chuckled,

everyone else in

recover, raising her voice, “Wait,

days ago. We’re getting engaged in

been struck by lightning. Her mind went

was actually

felt like a complete fool thinking Percival had fallen for Arabella!

so much effort. Now, she was

must

in this household. The engagement gifts

voice, her hands clenched in fists, feeling utterly

the engagement all along, but never said a word, making them all look like

she won’t even allow the Hawthorn family

That’s unacceptable!

“That’s

that’s just

not

with such determination, all thanks to her

came to an end, and the guests left one

Beatrice’s pleas for discretion, the scandalous

that evening, the Hawthorn family was the talk of the town.

the maid after being drugged was anonymously

runs deeper than the Mariana Trench. A grandmother drugging her granddaughter? That’s a storyline even soap operas wouldn’t dare

what Beatrice was thinking. The real Hawthorn child is way more beautiful than the fake one. Did she

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