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 gaze landed on Arabella’s abdomen. “You’re not thinking of keeping this child and using your pregnancy

last resort in case she got sentenced. But looking

at Arabella. “We agreed from the start that I would

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, it could potentially harm his career.

got pampered by the Brooks family and thought that she was well–loved by

Baron 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

reconsider the

grandmother that I didn’t push her and get her forgiveness, so she can drop the charges?” Arabella asked. suppressing her displeasure. “My grandmother

to shell out that

to pay, but after seeing his obvious disdain for her now, she had

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

to keep the child in case she got charged, but on

leave, his phone rang. It was his father,

quickly

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

stunned, wondering how his

the fool willingly was too

the engagement due to Arabella’s attempted murder charge, he had

son. The news was all over

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

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only to see the

he clicked on

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 stress?”