The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 96

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?”

darker as she listened to Dorian on the other end of

She sighed after hanging up, “Your dad called. Beatrice is seriously ill and in the hospital. He wants us

we cut ties with them

Cordelia sighed again. “But Beatrice is still your dad’s mother. It’s our duty to show

tickled her palm, but she just glared at him

limits. Let

Ellington family was behind what happened to the Hawthorn family, Beatrice

That was exactly what Beatrice

ward of the

had just woken up, looked gloomy and

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asked coldly, “Was it really the work of the Ellington

is unclear.” Michael’s face was also grim. “But several suppliers. indeed claimed that the Ellington family were the ones who

Dorian? I’m on my deathbed, and he can’t even bother to see me once?” Beatrice’s

hurried footsteps came

in

“Mom!”

when she saw

“Vivienne didn’t come.”

immediately grabbed the coffee cup from the bedside table and threw it

ΠΑΝΟΙ

and the coffee cup fell to the floor.

wasn’t very hot;

hurt on his face, but he still insisted on

“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 is how she repays me? By letting the Ellington family ruin the Hawthorn

and the negative news about the Hawthorn family and

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