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.

eyes as his gaze landed on Arabella’s abdomen. “You’re not

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

“We agreed from the start that I would never

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. Why do

had seen how Arabella got pampered by the Brooks family and thought that she was well–loved by them.

attempted murder, the Brooks family didn’t even

made him reconsider the

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

that two billion, are you?”

out Initially, Arabella wanted Paul to pay, but after seeing his obvious disdain for her now, she had no choice but to

of contemplation, Paul weighed 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

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

about to tell Arabella to leave,

quickly

was so loud that 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 you know what a laughingstock you’ve made

Paul was stunned, wondering how

fool willingly

off the engagement due to Arabella’s attempted murder charge, he had never told anyone what was

son. The news was all over

you want to win over the Brooks family, but not in this way! You’ve made a complete fool of yourself. How

Chapter 21

Twitter, only to see the trending hashtag, “Paul,

he clicked on the

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