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?”

grew darker as she listened to Dorian

is seriously ill and in

them already?” Vivienne’s tone was

again. “But Beatrice is still your dad’s mother. It’s our duty to show filial respect. Your dad

ate her pasta. Percival, noticing her displeasure, lightly tickled her palm,

dad knows his limits. Let him

she glanced at Percival. If the Ellington family was

was

the VIP ward of the

woken

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at her two sons by the bedside and asked coldly, “Was it really the work

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

and he can’t even bother to see me once?” Beatrice’s voice was full

hurried footsteps came from outside the ward.

in

“Mom!”

soon as Dorian called out, Beatrice frowned when she saw that

“Vivienne didn’t come.”

grabbed the coffee cup from the bedside table

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the ward. Dust fell from the wall, and the coffee cup fell to the floor. The lid bounced off and hit Dorian’s shin, and the coffee inside splashed all over the

the coffee wasn’t very hot; otherwise,

There was a hint of hurt on his face, but he

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

stunned for a moment. He thought of Arabella’s Twitter and the negative

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