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.

you mean?” Paul furrowed his brows and widened his eyes as his gaze landed on Arabella’s abdomen.

the baby her last resort in case she got sentenced.

“We agreed from the start that I

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.

by the Brooks family and thought that she was

because of Arabella’s attempted murder, the Brooks family didn’t even utter

him reconsider the merits

can drop the charges?” Arabella asked. suppressing her displeasure. “My grandmother wants money to revive

out that two billion,

but after seeing his obvious disdain for her now, she

immense benefits of 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

in case she got charged, but on the surface, she

about to tell Arabella to leave, his

quickly answered.

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 you’ve

stunned, wondering how his father

fool willingly was too humiliating.

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

son. The news was all over the place,

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 trending hashtag,

contracted and his hand trembled as he clicked on the link,

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