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.

you mean?” Paul furrowed his brows and widened his eyes as his gaze landed on Arabella’s abdomen. “You’re not thinking of keeping this child and using your pregnancy to get a lighter

her last resort in case she got sentenced.

“We agreed from the start that I

you would still have a criminal 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

seen how Arabella got pampered by the Brooks family and thought

to Baron to cancel the engagement because of Arabella’s attempted murder, the Brooks family didn’t even utter a word in

him reconsider the

if I can convince my 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

me to shell out that two billion, are you?” Paul laughed

Initially, Arabella wanted Paul to pay, but after seeing his obvious disdain for her now, she had no choice but to turn to her grandmother, Judith, and father, Scott, for help.

of aligning with the Brooks family eventually swayed him. “Fine. If you manage to avoid charges and a criminal record, then we can continue. But the child you’re carrying cannot stay!”

She wanted to keep the child in case she got charged, but on the

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

He quickly answered.

Are you trying to kill me with anger?! Why would you marry Arabella knowing that she’s carrying

wondering how his

the fool willingly was too

attempted murder charge, he had never told anyone what was truly

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

fool of yourself. How can you compete with Percival now?! Your engagement is off! Get back to Rivenwood immediately!”

Chapter 21

Twitter, only to see the trending hashtag,

as he clicked on

heard speaking to him flirtatiously. “Paul, your fiancée is pregnant, and yet you invited