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 sentence,

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

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

raised by the Hawthorn family. My parents may not be politicians, but my

Arabella got pampered by the Brooks family and

his grandfather went to 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

him reconsider the

Arabella asked. suppressing her displeasure. “My grandmother wants

out that two billion,

father will help me out Initially, Arabella wanted Paul to pay, but after seeing his obvious disdain for her now, she had no choice but

eventually swayed him. “Fine. If you

in case she got charged, but on the surface, she agreed obediently “I want this child gone more than you

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

quickly

it. “You’re willing to accept any trash? Are you trying to kill me with anger?! Why would you marry Arabella knowing that she’s carrying someone else’s child? Do you know

Paul was stunned, wondering how

fool willingly was too

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

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

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

Chapter 21

see the

pupils contracted and his hand trembled as he clicked on

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?”