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.

brows and widened his eyes as his gaze landed on Arabella’s abdomen. “You’re not thinking of keeping this child and

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

the start that I

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

had seen how Arabella got pampered by the Brooks

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

made him reconsider the merits of

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

shell out that two billion, are you?”

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

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

charged, but on the surface, she agreed obediently “I want this child gone more than you do.”

as Paul was about to tell Arabella to leave, his phone

He quickly

trash? Are you trying to kill

wondering

the fool willingly was too

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

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

not in this way! You’ve made a complete fool

Chapter 21

only to see the

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