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.

his eyes as his gaze landed on Arabella’s abdomen. “You’re not thinking of keeping this child and using

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

agreed from the start that I would never let your child become

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, it could potentially harm his career. Why do you think my grandfather would agree to

by the Brooks family and thought

of Arabella’s attempted murder, the Brooks family didn’t even utter a word in her defense. It was clear that

made him reconsider the merits of marrying Arabella.

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

expecting me to shell out that two billion, are you?”

to pay, but after seeing his obvious disdain for her now, she had no

aligning with the Brooks family eventually swayed him. “Fine. If you manage to avoid charges and a criminal record, then we can continue. But the child you’re carrying cannot

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

leave, his phone rang. It was his father,

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

was stunned, wondering how his

willingly was too

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

news yourself!” Ryan was practically livid with his foolish son. The news was all

to win over the Brooks family, but not in this way! You’ve made a complete fool of

Chapter 21

to see the trending hashtag, “Paul, The

pupils contracted and his hand trembled as he clicked on

the recording, a woman was heard speaking 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 miscarry from the