The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 217

Inside the private suite.

Paul sat alone on the couch, his gaze lifting slightly as Arabella entered. He stared at her gloomily, and after a long silence, he finally spoke, “Our alliance is over, and I’m going public with the fact that the child you’re carrying has nothing to do with me.”

“How could you do this to me, Paul?” Arabella’s heart filled with resentment, but she still looked at Paul with a pitiful gaze.

“Don’t give me that act!” Paul was completely unaffected by Arabella’s attempt at playing the victim.

He had once thought Arabella was a pure and innocent goddess. His pursuit of her was causing him sleepless nights.

However, after learning she had been impregnated out of wedlock at eighteen and that she couldn’t even identify the father of her child, he found her past pretenses sickening.

“Do you think the Ellington family is a joke? I would never marry a woman who has been to jail”

Given the evidence, Arabella was destined to be sentenced. If he married her, he would become the laughingstock of the town.

He was vying for the position of head of the family against Percival. He couldn’t afford to have such a stain on his reputation.

“What if I manage to avoid jail?” Arabella bit her lip and asked.

on Arabella’s abdomen. “You’re not thinking of

case she got sentenced. But looking at Paul’s reaction, it was clear that he wouldn’t

Arabella. “We agreed from the start

me.” He looked at Arabella disdainfully. “You are this foolish because you were raised by the Hawthorn family. My parents may not be politicians, but my uncle is a high–ranking official. If I marry a woman with a criminal record, it could potentially harm

the Brooks family and thought

Brooks family didn’t even utter a word in her defense. It was clear that she wasn’t

made him reconsider the merits of

grandmother that I didn’t push her and get her forgiveness, so she can drop the charges?” Arabella asked. suppressing her displeasure. “My grandmother wants money to revive the Hawthorn family business. If we

that

obvious disdain for her now, she

of aligning with the Brooks family eventually swayed him. “Fine. If you manage to avoid charges and a criminal record,

keep the child in case she got charged, but on the surface, she agreed obediently “I want this

Paul was about to tell Arabella to leave, his phone rang. It was his

quickly

willing to accept any trash? Are you trying to kill me with anger?! Why would you marry Arabella knowing that she’s carrying someone else’s child? Do you know what a laughingstock you’ve made of our

stunned, wondering how his father knew.

the fool willingly was too humiliating.

attempted murder charge, he had never told anyone what

Ryan was practically livid with his foolish son. The news was all over the

Brooks family, but not in this way! You’ve made a complete fool of yourself. How can you compete with Percival now?! Your engagement

Chapter 21

Twitter, only to see the

contracted and his hand trembled as he clicked on the link, leading him to an audio clip.

woman was heard speaking to him flirtatiously. “Paul, your fiancée is pregnant, and yet you invited the three of us to accompany you. Aren’t