Chapter 96
Vivienne’s face was icy, but she still sneakily kicked Percival hard under the table.
Cordelia wasn’t sure what was going on between them, but didn’t Percival know himself?
She noticed that Percival seemed extra keen to hold her hand and stuck to her like glue whenever he had the chance.
Suddenly, a news alert popped up on Vivienne’s phone. “Chairman of Hawthorn Group falls ill suddenly and is rushed to the hospital.
She tried to wriggle her hand out from Percival’s tight grasp but failed. She shot him a cold glance, wondering if her blowing up now would scare Cordelia.
Percival, however, held onto her hand still, put down his cutlery, and showed Vivienne the news on his phone.
Vivienne glanced at the phone. The image in the news was of doctors lifting someone from the Hawthorn Mansion onto an ambulance.
Though the face was blurred out, she could tell from the clothing that it was Beatrice.
Vivienne, amused by the picture, decided to let Percival off the hook for now.
Cordelia was watching their interaction when her phone screen lit up.
“Hey, Dorian, what’s up?”
face grew darker as she listened to Dorian on
is seriously ill and in the
with them
Cordelia sighed again. “But Beatrice is still your dad’s mother. It’s our duty to show filial respect. Your dad should
Percival, noticing her displeasure, lightly tickled her palm, but
Let him go
the Ellington family was behind what happened to the Hawthorn
That was exactly what Beatrice
ward of the
woken up, looked gloomy
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her two sons by the bedside and asked coldly, “Was
at the bank is unclear.” Michael’s face was also grim. “But several suppliers. indeed claimed that the Ellington family were the ones who applied
my deathbed, and he can’t even bother to see
finished speaking, hurried footsteps
in
“Mom!”
out, Beatrice frowned when she saw that he
“Vivienne didn’t come.”
the coffee cup from the bedside table and threw it at
ΠΑΝΟΙ
cup fell to the floor. The lid bounced off and hit Dorian’s shin, and the coffee
the coffee wasn’t very hot; otherwise,
of hurt on his face, but he still
at him coldly with hostile eyes. “Get Vivienne back. Do you think I’ve lived too long? I went all out to help her become the daughter-in-law of the Ellington family, and this
moment. He thought of Arabella’s Twitter and the negative news about the Hawthorn family and immediately understood
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