The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 238

He walked in with his wife, Cheryl, and his eldest son, Ronald, followed by his second son, Carl. They were surprised to see Eddy kneeling before Vivienne in the living room and a furious Paula making a scene.

“What’s going on?”

“Brother!” Paula cried out to Timothy as if he were her only hope, accusing Vivienne of being disrespectful. “Look at what our eldest brother has brought back. She’s being so rude, and she even hit Eddy!”

Timothy’s brows furrowed with displeasure. Ronald tried to intervene, but Timothy had already started scolding Vivienne “Vivienne, you’re acting out of line! Your aunt Paula may be blunt, but you can’t disrespect your elders, let alone lay hands on your cousin

Ronald and Cheryl exchanged helpless glances.

Paula had been harboring resentment toward Scott for many years. Now that he saw Scott’s daughter, it was inevitable that she would vent her anger at

her.

Timothy, however, was always swayed by Paula’s persuasive language out of sympathy for his beloved sister.

Vivienne looked annoyed She was about to speak but was interrupted by Percival’s phone ringing.

He glanced at the caller ID and picked up the call “Granddad.”

All eyes were immediately on Percival. He held the phone out and put it on speaker mode, so everyone could hear Richard’s irate voice bellowing from

the phone

“Where is my granddaughter–in–law!? You were supposed to bring Vivienne to meet me and spend some time with me. Where is she? Didn’t you come back to Rivenwood with her? At least let Vivienne come and keep me company Why did you kidnap her?”

1 didn’t kidnapher Percival replied while looking at the Brooks family with cold eyes. “Vivienne is the daughter of the Brooks family’s head, and our car was stopped in the middle of the road by his entourage.”

passed the blame to Scott without hesitation. 1 accompanied Vivienne to meet her family”

Richard sounded surprised, then laughed heartily. “It seems like the Brooks family is blind. Why had they previously

Brooks family fell silent as they began reflecting on their past mistakes.

the only one who chuckled sarcastically

as his cold gaze fell on Scott. “We hadn’t

Brooks family’s faces turned pale. They knew they were

My precious granddaughter–in–law is being bullied in

to our house immediately! If the Brooks family can’t tolerate her,

granddaughter–in–law! I need to go give old Baron

with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile. “You heard my granddad. If your family doesn’t welcome Vivienne, don’t force her

members of the Brooks family looked uncomfortable. They didn’t expect Percival to report this

guessing the gist of the situation, felt it was beneath him to apologize

stepped in to smooth things over, taking Vivienne’s hand with a smile. “Your uncle Timothy is a bit slow.

for being easily manipulated by

to make his case, but Cheryl glared him

another young man to Vivienne “This is your cousin Ronald and your second cousin

we met in Havenwood Ronald greeted Vivienne with a

Vivienne responded

at Vivienne. He headed upstairs, declaring m tired. I’m

Cheryl instantly feel

got back from abroad and is still adjusting to the time difference He didn’t mean to offend

didn’t care Whether it was intentional rudeness or genuine tiredress,

was not about living

the Brooks family

they better not mess with

they were at fault, they

The last time she had a really