The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 91

Cloudcrest High School.

After the last class, Coral and Arabella left the classroom together.

Arabella held her phone in her hand, distraught. Recently, Doreen had been bombarding her with calls, saying that Faye was seriously ill and hoping she could visit. But she didn’t go.

She had seen the prescription written by Dr. William herself. It was for a disfigured patient who had been cured. She was confident that the prescription was correct. However, Doreen insisted that Faye had developed symptoms of high fever, vomiting, and diarrhea after taking her medication. This infuriated her.

Faye’s illness was her own problem. Why should Arabella be held responsible?

At first, she patiently explained a few times when Doreen called her. But when the calls became frequent, she got impatient and decided not to answer them anymore.

However, since noon, her phone hadn’t rung. A sudden unease was gnawing at her.

Could something really have happened to Faye?

“Arabella, what’s up with you? You seem a bit out of it.” Coral noticed her unusual mood and

asked.

Arabella was brought back to reality by her voice and shook her head with a smile. “Nothing, I was just thinking about the problem the teacher talked about today.”

“Coral, how’s your uncle doing? Still got

My uncle got sacked and our family business has run

to work.”

surprised. “Why? What

But the atmosphere at home is really bad. My parents and brother are

them.”

have anything to do

Ellington family. I guess Mr. Ellington is helping Vivienne.” Coral said angrily. “Arabella, I really feel bad for you. You’re clearly the best. You’re the one who deserves Mr. Ellington. Just because Vivienne is the real daughter of the Hawthorn family, you have to give up your fiancé

focus on my studies for now. Maybe with time, Mr. Ellington will notice how

their conversation, they said goodbye at the school

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out, slumped on the sofa and pleaded with Coral’s father, Brandon Lockwood. “Brandon, can’t you help me out? I’m at the end of my rope. If I don’t

Even Jaylan was almost affected. His position was in jeopardy. We’ve got

Now, not only did I lose my job, but my wife also got fired. We’ve got two kids to feed. We’re barely scraping by on a

trouble. She doesn’t know what she’s doing, but do you? Even a layman like me knows that your department has a verification system. One check would

checking and just went straight in. You wanted to start an investigation without any evidence, and you were personally questioned by

family’s position is hard-earned. I asked you to keep a low profile, but you just wouldn’t listen. We used our connections to get you

“I…”

try to defend yourself!” Mrs. Lockwood cut him off angrily. “Even though Coral asked you this time, can you assure me that you didn’t have selfish

hung his head

motives. He wanted to use this situation to gain some benefits. The Hawthorn family is loaded. To protect Vivienne, they

money.

She called the chief of

repeatedly ignored our advice. Now, you’ve caused trouble not just for yourself but also for the Lockwood family. If you didn’t

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ask you, what grudge does the Lockwood family have against you? What good did we