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.

abdomen. “You’re not thinking of keeping this child and using your

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

“We agreed from the start that I would

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

had seen how Arabella got pampered by the Brooks

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

the merits of marrying Arabella.

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

shell out that two billion,

his obvious disdain

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

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

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

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 else’s child? Do you know what a laughingstock

Paul was stunned, wondering how his father knew.

fool willingly was too

planned to call off the engagement due to Arabella’s attempted

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

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

Chapter 21

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

hand trembled as he clicked on the link,

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