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.

about how those people had been hiding in the most chaotic part of the East District, Urban Village. So she decided

three thugs not long after

to a secluded grove, where they

smirked. “What brings a pretty little thing like you to such a dangerous place at this hour,

she heard another one say, “What else could it be? She’s

one reached out to grab her. “Well

Arabella shrieked,

You’ll regret it!” One

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

your exact location?” A dispatcher

woods near Urban Village in the East District!” Arabella glanced behind her and saw that the

in the East District. Which one are you near,

I don’t know which grove I’m in!” Arabella was unfamiliar with the East District, let alone the numerous groves. She was on the verge of tears.

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

have our fun, then sell her. Ivan needs kidneys, right? Let’s sell one of hers first,

more Arabella heard, the colder her heart felt. She sped up, but the path ahead was pitch black. She had no idea where she

tall walls ahead. It looked like a hospital. The small door at the bottom left of the

the thugs kicked the

they didn’t try to climb over the gate or the wall.

yard, startled by a chuckle from the

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

man lunged at her She

num! The fat man giggled while chasing

ward and hid under a bed. The chubby man found her reem quickly calling out for his

were disturbed. Someone snapped on the lights, and

awoken

began to wail

baffled at the lack of staff intervention in this bizarre

The fat man’s voice grew louder.

the patients suggested, “Did

chest. The next second, the fat man’s drooling face appeared under the

let out a piercing scream, attempting to back away, but was caught off guard by another man on her other side. He

onto the cold floor. Using the dim light provided, she managed to make

of four other men in the

had a crooked eye and a twisted

a menacing look

was constantly muttering gibberish under his

a crude knife that was carved

intervened. “No, no way;