The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 17

The room fell into silence!

It took a long time for Joseph to regain his composure, and hurriedly asked, “Did you guys make a mistake? My son Andrew took the exam, not Thaddeus.”

The two teachers looked at each other, then opened the acceptance letter to check the name, and said seriously. “No mistake, Thaddeus is indeed the one who got admitted.”

After a pause, one of the teachers seemed to recall something and said, “Oh, Andrew, I remember him, he didn’t make it.”

Even though no one physically touched him, Joseph felt as if he had just been slapped across the face in public!

How painful! How embarrassing! Thaddeus was never favored in the Hawthom family, but was admitted to Imperial Blossom Nursery. What the hell?

Beatrice couldn’t hold back anymore, stood up, and asked, “Could you please double check? Thaddeus didn’t even take the exam, so how could he possibly be admitted to your school? Did you get the names mixed up?”

The two teachers, who worked at Imperial Blossom Nursery, must have had top–notch work and judgment skills. They quickly figured out what was going on and said very seriously. “Thaddeus took a special exam that the principal personally arranged for him last night. There’s no mistake with his name or the acceptance letter. Please don’t doubt our work.”

In fact, they didn’t know whether Thaddeus took the exam or not. But that was what the principal said, and the acceptance letter was personally sent by the principal. So they naturally didn’t ask any further questions

“I didn’t mean that.”

Before Beatrice could finish her sentence, the teacher asked, “Is Dorian around? Could you call him, please?”

“Why do you want that guy here? He doesn’t even live here! Joseph’s tone was quite rude

The teacher frowned but didn’t say much. Then he took out his phone and dialed the number on the list.

Dorian? We’re

teacher replied, “Tranquil Estates 1601, right? Okay, we’ll

hearing this, Beatrice and the

Estates? How could it be?

up, the two teachers prepared to leave. Arabella quickly stepped forward and said, “Are you going to see my

be living in Tranquil Estates? She had to figure out what was going

thought for a moment,

Estates. But when they entered the neighborhood,

and she saw Dorian and Cordelia, Arabella felt like her world had collapsed. Her mind was in

why are you living here?” Arabella couldn’t help asking

glanced at her calmly. “We rented a

didn’t expect such an unusual situation to occur, and yet Arabella

“You rented? How is that possible? This is

to rent us the house at a relatively low price. Is there a problem with that? Arabella, although we’re not your biological parents, we did take care of you for a few years. Can you not stand us

turned pale. 7,1 didn’t mean that…

ask her to leave either. After all, she was a child they had raised. Although Arabella had disappointed them over the years, there were still some feelings left.

just a kindergarten, the acceptance letter from Imperial Blossom Nursery was

didn’t say anything else, he just went back to the couch

the house. Vivienne and Thaddeus were playing with toys on the balcony, Dorian was watching TV, and

family life she had always envied. When Dorian first adopted her, she also had such warm

couch, and sat down, speaking softly, “Dad, Thaddeus got into Imperial Blossom Nursery. I should be happy for you, but have you considered the fact that the tuition for this kindergarten is very high and you’re currently

cup paused, then he looked up at her and

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Thaddeus‘ education is funded and stable, you should agree to the marriage with Mr. Ellington. After