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 your pregnancy to get a lighter

she got sentenced. But looking

he scoffed at Arabella. “We agreed from the start

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 you think my grandfather would agree to jeopardize my uncle’s career for you?”

the Brooks family and thought that she

Arabella’s attempted murder, the Brooks family didn’t even utter a word in her defense.

him reconsider the

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

me to shell out that two

after seeing his obvious disdain for her now, she had no choice but to turn to her grandmother, Judith,

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

the child in case she got charged, but on

to leave, his phone rang. It was his

He quickly

to accept any trash? Are you trying to kill me with anger?!

Paul was stunned, wondering how his father

fool willingly

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

foolish son. The news was all

over the Brooks family, but not in this way! You’ve made a complete fool of yourself. How can you compete with Percival now?! Your engagement is off! Get back to Rivenwood

Chapter 21

Twitter, only to see the trending hashtag,

he clicked

to him flirtatiously. “Paul, your fiancée is pregnant, and yet you invited the three of us to accompany you. Aren’t you afraid she’ll