The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 785

In Victoria's backyard.

The room was a spacious forty square meters, with two king-sized beds laid out like in a hotel double room.

Victoria and Harrison each claimed a bed, with a couple of nightstands separating them, a casual gap that nonetheless felt like a chasm.

The room was brightly lit, and as Victoria scrolled through her phone, she suddenly sat up and turned to Harrison. "Why did you help me today?"

Harrison's fingers paused on the page he was flipping, and he looked up with a bemused expression. "You're my wife, aren't you? Who else am I supposed to help, Sophie?

Let's face it, I'm your husband, at least on paper. Our interests are aligned, and besides, we're in this business deal together, right?"

The man gave a small, secretive smile, the lamplight casting twinkling stars in his eyes.

You had to admit, Harrison had a certain charm about him.

No wonder Kaitlyn was completely taken in by him back when he was just a twenty-something.

Victoria would have been defenseless too..

Lost in thought, her gaze still wary as she eyed Harrison, she quipped, "Playing the doting husband now, are we?"

"Well, now that you've seen behind the mask, what's the point in keeping it up?" Harrison's eyes returned to his book without lifting his head.

the way, about Richard Ellington,

Richard know who you are? Did he

would Richard want to throw me out? I took a strand of your

and emotionless. "He's over the moon to know you're

could hardly believe it. She had barely been back to the Abernathy estate these past few days. When on earth had Harrison

Harrison continued, "He also said to tell you to forget the past, who your father is. As long as you're Holly's daughter, he's willing to welcome you. The doors of the Ellington Estate are always

Don't let me down, okay? The lawsuit, my reputation, it's all in your hands now. You wouldn't want a husband who is smeared online as a homewrecker, a white lotus, now would you?" Victoria frowned and shot

At the Ellington Estate.

while still on her way back to

the patriarch wanted them home for

ensuring Kaitlyn was safely home, she checked on Tyler's injuries and made a quick stop at the lab before arriving at the Ellington Estate

already waiting in the

wasn't just Percival; nearly everyone who could make it from the Ellington

"Vivienne!"

Isolde Ellington came running over, beaming. She hugged Vivienne's legs, pushing past

to be playfully scolded by the approaching Percival. "Vivienne's been busy, Isolde. Not everyone has the luxury of lounging around

puffed out her cheeks. "I

Percival teased, making her sound like a little

before turning serious. "Stop your bickering. I've called you here for a reason. Holly's daughter came to see me today, and I want Percival and Vivienne to accompany me to meet her tomorrow. There's going to be a dinner after the meeting, and every

now."

to avoid any dissent from Vivienne and the others. By the time they regained their composure and thought to inquire

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