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.

mean?” Paul furrowed his brows and widened his eyes as his gaze landed on Arabella’s abdomen. “You’re not

the baby her last resort in case she got sentenced. But looking at Paul’s reaction, it was clear that he wouldn’t agree

Arabella. “We agreed from the start that I would never let

record, which is no different than going to jail for 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 his career.

by the Brooks family and thought that she was well–loved by them.

didn’t even utter a word in her defense. It was

reconsider the merits of

she can drop the charges?” Arabella asked. suppressing her displeasure. “My grandmother wants money to revive the Hawthorn family business. If we give her

to shell out that two

to pay, but after seeing his obvious disdain for her now, she had no choice but to turn to her grandmother, Judith, and father,

the benefits and difficulties of marrying Arabella. The immense benefits of aligning with the Brooks family eventually swayed him. “Fine. If you manage to avoid charges and a criminal record, then

teeth. She wanted to keep the child in case she got charged, but on the surface, she agreed obediently

Arabella to leave, his phone rang. It was his father,

He quickly

even Arabella could hear it. “You’re 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

Paul was stunned, wondering how his father knew.

fool willingly

to Arabella’s attempted murder charge, he had never told anyone what was truly

foolish son. The news was all

complete fool of yourself. How can you compete with Percival now?! Your engagement is off! Get back

Chapter 21

to see the trending

he clicked on the link, leading him to an audio

heard speaking to him flirtatiously. “Paul, your fiancée is pregnant, and yet you invited the three of us to accompany you. Aren’t you afraid she’ll miscarry from the stress?”