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.

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 sentence, are you?”

sentenced. But looking at

expected, he scoffed at Arabella. “We agreed from the start that I

Hawthorn family. My parents may not be politicians, but my uncle is

he had seen how Arabella got pampered by the Brooks

didn’t even utter a word

the merits of

asked. suppressing her displeasure. “My grandmother wants money to revive the Hawthorn family business. If we give her

out that two billion, are you?” Paul

disdain for her now, she had no choice but to turn to her grandmother, Judith, and father, Scott, for

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

in case she got charged, but on the surface, she agreed obediently “I want this child gone more than you do.”

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

He quickly answered.

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

was stunned, wondering

the fool willingly was too

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

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

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

Chapter 21

opened Twitter, only to see the trending hashtag, “Paul, The Cuckold.”

trembled as he clicked on the link, leading him

is pregnant, and yet you invited the