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.

abdomen. “You’re not thinking of keeping this child and

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

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

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 jeopardize my uncle’s career

Arabella got pampered by the Brooks family and thought that she

cancel the engagement because of Arabella’s attempted murder, the Brooks family didn’t even utter a word

him reconsider the

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. If we give

out that two

disdain for her now, she had no choice but to

benefits of aligning with the Brooks family eventually swayed him. “Fine. If you manage to avoid charges and a criminal

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

was about to tell Arabella to leave, his

He quickly

to accept any trash? Are you trying to kill me with anger?! Why

stunned, wondering how his father

fool willingly was too

attempted

son. The news was all over the place, and Paul was still

family, but not in this way! You’ve made a complete fool of yourself.

Chapter 21

Twitter, only to see the

clicked on the link, leading him to an audio

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