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.

the baby her last resort in case she got sentenced. But looking at Paul’s

at Arabella. “We agreed from the start that I would never let

jail for me.” He looked at Arabella disdainfully. “You are this foolish because you were raised by the Hawthorn family. My parents may not

pampered by the Brooks family and thought that she was

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

him 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 wants money to revive the Hawthorn family business.

shell out that

seeing his obvious disdain for her now,

eventually swayed him. “Fine. If you manage to avoid charges and a criminal record, then

her teeth. She wanted to keep the child in case she got charged, but on the surface, she agreed obediently “I want this

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

He quickly

trying to kill me with anger?! Why would you marry

Paul was stunned, wondering how his

the fool willingly was too

the engagement due to Arabella’s attempted

news yourself!” Ryan was practically livid with his foolish son. The news was all over the place, and Paul was

You’ve made a complete fool of yourself. How can you compete with Percival now?! Your

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the trending hashtag, “Paul, The

pupils contracted and his hand trembled as he clicked on the link, leading him to an audio clip.

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