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.

brows and widened his eyes as his gaze landed on Arabella’s abdomen. “You’re not thinking of keeping

considered the baby her last resort in case she got sentenced. But looking at Paul’s reaction, it was clear that

Arabella. “We agreed from the start that I would

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

Brooks family and thought

attempted murder, the Brooks family didn’t even

reconsider the merits

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 give her two billion, she will definitely agree”

out that two billion, are

obvious disdain for her now, she had

weighed the benefits and difficulties of marrying Arabella. The immense benefits of aligning with the Brooks family eventually swayed him.

worry.” Arabella gritted her teeth. She wanted to keep the child in case she got charged, but on the surface, she agreed obediently

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

He quickly

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

wondering how his father

willingly was

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

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

know you want to win over the Brooks family, but not in this way! You’ve made a complete fool of yourself. How can you compete with Percival now?!

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the trending hashtag, “Paul, The

hand trembled as he clicked on the

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