The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 140

As Cordelia picked up her phone, she was baffled to see Arabella’s name flash on the screen. A surge of anger welled within her, but she answered the call anyway.

Arabella’s sobbing voice filled the air around the phone. “Dad! You need to come and save me! I’ve been locked up…”

“What? Are you trying to set your dad up again using the same old trick?” Cordelia interrupted her as a bitter laugh escaped her lips.

Arabella seemed taken aback on the other end of the line. “Mom…”

“Don’t call me mom. I can’t bear the weight of it.” Cordelia retorted coldly. “Your dad is still bedridden due to your antics. What are you scheming this time?”

“No, mom, it’s different now. I’m really in trouble.” Arabella’s voice was filled with desperation, and her breath was heavy as if she were on the run.

But Cordelia was not about to be fooled again. Even if she believed Arabella, she wouldn’t bother to help. Her heart was already battered and bruised.

Cordelia cut Arabella off in a stern tone. “Arabella, the biggest regret your dad and I have in this life is adopting you. Now that we’ve severed ties, please stop bothering us.”

With that, she ended the call with a harsh click and followed Michael’s lead by switching off Dorian’s phone.

Even turning off Dorian’s phone wasn’t enough. She turned off her own too.

The mere thought of Arabella made her sick.

East District.

Arabella wasn’t lying to Beatrice. She had been trying to contact the mysterious man since that day.

Unfortunately, as soon as their plot to frame Dorian was exposed, that man and his gang disappeared without a trace.

Left with no other choice, she had to track Elijah’s lawyer in an attempt to find him.

She believed if the man had gone to the lengths of hiring a lawyer for Elijah, he wouldn’t abandon him. He must still be in touch with the lawyer.

But to her dismay, she lost track of Elijah’s lawyer upon reaching the East District.

people had been hiding in the most chaotic part of the East

by three

to a secluded grove, where they

brings a pretty little thing like you to such a dangerous

could it be? She’s probably lonely and looking for some

to grab her. “Well then, we’ll keep you company

shrieked,

regret it!” One of

and ran. She blindly dashed into the nearby woods, dialing 911 as she ran. “I need help! Three men are trying to

you please provide your exact location?” A

near Urban Village in the East District!” Arabella glanced behind her and saw that the men were gaining on her.

Which one are you near, and in which grove?”

Lane’s Urban Village. I don’t know which grove I’m in!” Arabella was unfamiliar with the East District, let alone the numerous groves. She was

with the cops! Let’s finish her off!” One

Another one sneered. “Let’s have our fun, then sell her. Ivan needs kidneys, right? Let’s sell one

her heart felt. She sped up, but the path ahead was pitch black. She had no idea where

like a hospital. The small door at the bottom left of the main gate was half open. Without thinking, she dashed through and slammed it

the thugs kicked

over the gate

dark yard, startled by a chuckle

to see a chubby man in hospital attire grinning at her. “Miss,

at her She quickly backed away

num! The fat man giggled

herself in a hospital ward and hid under a bed. The chubby man found her reem quickly calling out for his bande’ while lifting up

the room were disturbed. Someone snapped on the lights, and another started yelling, “Falso, are you asking

patient, awoken by

began to wail

the bed, baffled at the lack of staff intervention in this

The fat man’s voice grew

the patients suggested,

in her chest. The next second, the fat man’s drooling

away, but was caught off guard by another man on her other side. He dragged her out into

onto the cold floor. Using the dim light

faces of four other men in the

had a crooked eye and

menacing

muttering gibberish

brandishing a crude knife that was carved out of wood. He sneered

man quickly intervened. “No, no way;