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 keeping this child and using

sentenced. But looking at Paul’s reaction,

expected, he scoffed at Arabella. “We agreed from the start that I would never let your child become my firstborn”

even if you got a lighter sentence, 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 my uncle is a high–ranking official. If I marry a woman with a criminal record,

pampered by the Brooks family and thought that she

to cancel the engagement because of Arabella’s attempted murder, the Brooks family didn’t even utter a word in her defense. It was clear that she wasn’t as important to them as he

reconsider the merits of marrying Arabella.

drop the charges?” Arabella asked. suppressing her displeasure. “My grandmother wants

out that two billion, are you?”

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

the benefits and difficulties of marrying Arabella. The immense benefits of aligning with the Brooks family eventually swayed him. “Fine. If you

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

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

He quickly answered.

your mind?!” Ryan’s furious voice 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

was stunned, wondering how his

the fool willingly

to Arabella’s attempted murder

Ryan was practically livid with his foolish son. The news was all over the place, and Paul was

complete fool of yourself. How can you compete with Percival now?!

Chapter 21

Twitter, only to see the trending hashtag,

as he clicked on the link,

your fiancée is pregnant, and yet you invited the three of us to