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.

Arabella’s abdomen. “You’re not thinking of keeping this child and using your pregnancy to

baby her last resort in case she got sentenced. But looking

at Arabella. “We agreed from the start that

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. Why do you think my grandfather

by the Brooks family and thought that she was well–loved by

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 merits of

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.

me to shell out that two

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 grandmother, Judith, and

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

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

as Paul was about to tell Arabella to leave, his phone rang. It was

He quickly

even Arabella could hear 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 what a laughingstock you’ve made of

wondering how his father knew.

the fool willingly was too

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

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

opened Twitter, only to see the trending hashtag, “Paul, The

contracted and his hand trembled as he clicked on

the recording, a woman was heard speaking to him flirtatiously. “Paul, your fiancée is pregnant, and yet you invited