The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 216

Arabella barely acknowledged Melissa and Timothy, who were still in the living room, before she eagerly pulled out her cell phone to call Paul.

She had to dial several times before Paul finally answered. His voice was filled with a cold indifference. “What is it?”

“We should meet.” Arabella said as her mind raced to figure out how to ensure Paul would uphold their deal.

“Fine” Paul replied after a long silence, then gave her an address. “Meet me at THEONE Club.”

Arabella hung up the phone, ignoring the curious glances from the two in the living room, and headed straight out.

Ashley watched Arabella’s hurried departure with a smirk. Did Arabella really think she could marry Paul?

She wouldn’t let that happen. It was time to release the secret that she had paid a high price to obtain from one of Paul’s ex–girlfriends.

THEONE Club.

“Ms. Vivienne, how about a game of Truth or Dare?”

In the hall, Logan, Oberon, Charlotte, Faye, and Coral were laughing and joking around with Vivienne.

They had invited Vivienne out as a way to say thank you. They had originally planned to go for dinner, but someone suggested they should have drinks instead. So, they ended up at this club owned by the Redwood Group.

“How do we play?” Vivienne asked while raising an eyebrow and sipping her green tea.

“We use this empty bottle.” Logan placed a bottle and a cup filled with dares on the table. “Whoever the bottle points to gets to choose between truth or dare. But if you choose truth the first time, the second time you have to pick dare. No repeats. The dares are drawn from the cup.”

“Alright.” Vivienne was intrigued.

a glance. Both had a sly smile on their faces.

it pointed directly at Vivienne. “Ah ha, Ms. Vivienne, truth or

Vivienne already noticed Logan’s sleight of hand.

others started laughing

does Mr. Ellington last?” Charlotte whispered.

Vivienne was stunned.

they seriously

you handle it?” Vivienne asked with an evil grin on her face.

brief hesitation as they thought about Percival’s icy gaze, they finally nodded, driven by their curiosity. “We can handle it!”

know.” Vivienne

They were shocked.

tell me you two haven’t done

thought about their close encounter a

tried?” Coral

Ms. Vivienne’s turn to spin the bottle.” Faye interrupted, seeing that their conversation was attracting attention from the

spin, and it pointed at Oberon. He chose truth. Then he

dare.” Logan pushed the cup

casually picked one, and Charlotte gasped when she read it. “This is

“Kiss the next person who walks through the door.”

do it?” Oberon asked, grinning.

out of the corner of her eye and smiled. “Why not?”

the entrance,

man in a suit was just walking in while talking on his phone. As soon as he stepped inside, Vivienne

“Oh my God!”

pulled out their phones to take pictures. Halfway through, someone recognized the

that Mr.

crowd started cheering and whistling, enjoying the unexpected show with

He was surprised but didn’t object to her bold move. He had come to the club knowing that Vivienne was here, but he hadn’t expected such a

other end of the discarded call. Thomas kept calling. “Percival”

was too engrossed in Vivienne’s kiss to

voice earlier, which was why she had