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.”

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

“Don’t even mention it. My uncle got sacked and our family business has run into some issues.

to work.”

was surprised. “Why?

anything about it. But the atmosphere at home is

them.”

have anything to do

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

in the future? I’ll just focus on my studies for now.

said goodbye at the school gate and got

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you help me out?

grimly. “Your actions have landed the Lockwood family business in unprecedented trouble. Even Jaylan was almost affected. His position was in jeopardy. We’ve got our own problems to deal with. How can

so strong? 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 meager income. If you guys don’t

are you? You just believe whatever Coral tells you? She falsely accused Ms. Vivienne of theft not too long ago. And now she’s stirring up new trouble. She doesn’t know what she’s doing, but do you? Even a layman like

you do? You didn’t even bother checking and just went straight in. You wanted to start an investigation without any evidence, and you were personally questioned by Rivenwood’s higher-ups. If they didn’t fire you,

I told you before. The Lockwood 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…”

“Even though Coral asked you this time, can you assure me that you didn’t

his

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

money.

was so powerful? She called the chief of Rivenwood directly. He didn’t get any benefits,

our advice. Now, you’ve caused trouble not just for yourself but also for the Lockwood family. If you didn’t come to see us today,

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