The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 37

Beatrice and Arabella were gobsmacked by this unexpected turn of events, momentarily left speechless.

They didn’t expect that Percival would play the surveillance video of a corner, where there was no camera installed.

Who the hell had set up that camera?

This was so infuriating!

However, Beatrice had no time to figure out who was behind the camera, she had to deal with the pressing issue at hand.

As Beatrice was racking her brains for a solution, someone broke the silence among the guests, “I never thought that this talented lady of Havenwood would be so cold–hearted. The adopted daughter slip drugs to Ms. Vivienne. What was she trying to do, kill Ms. Vivienne?”

“She wouldn’t dare to kill someone, but she’d dare to ruin a girl’s reputation, can’t you see that? Beatrice and Arabella were here to catch her in the act. What does that mean? Weren’t they trying to hand Ms. Vivienne over to Mr. Ellington?”

“I’ve seen a lot of the dark side of wealthy families, but this kind of cruelty is a first for me. To go to such lengths for the Ellington family’s fortune, making her own granddaughter suffer, it’s really an eye–opener for me.”

“You’re right, even though the surveillance showed that Arabella made the maid drug Ms. Vivienne, who can guarantee that Beatrice wasn’t involved? Just look at the status of the Dorian family, it’s clear that Beatrice doesn’t like Vivienne, but she also doesn’t want to give up the Ellington’s fortune, that’s why she wanted to set up her granddaughter… We should stay away from the Hawthorn family in the future, who knows when we might get framed.”

The guests had been watching the developments in silence, like spectators on the sidelines.

When the surveillance video was played, they couldn’t hold back anymore and started discussing. Their discussions were so loud that Beatrice could hear everything.

Hearing their comments, Beatrice felt a lump in her throat..

She had messed up today, and the reputation of the Hawthorn family was utterly ruined.

But she was a seasoned woman, she just took a deep breath and stepped forward, “I was the one who asked Arabella to drug Ms. Vivienne.”

this far, she could only protect

guests all wore expressions that said, ‘just

mother. You two are a disgrace to the Hawthorn family.

looked at her with a blank expression, listening to her

were the one who was supposed to marry him. You didn’t want to get married, but you wanted Arabella to marry him. She’s still in school, how could she possibly

Beatrice’s eyes were filled with tears, “I was wrong, I thought that if

from anger, this is all my fault!”

Vivienne for her actions towards

who knew the truth knew that she was trying to shift all the blame onto

Percival, Beatrice drugged her. Vivienne refused to comply and instead

it?” Vivienne didn’t get angry because of Beatrice’s words, instead,

she suspected this was

Vivienne to speak, Beatrice said,

that she

still in the room, the people outside

let things

framing someone is a criminal offense.” Percival suddenly spoke up, his voice calm, “Are you sure my fiancée is the one who drugged Joseph?”

didn’t dare

beyond her expectations. She was certain that Vivienne was the one

Ellington family was

now that Vivienne had drugged Joseph, Percival would immediately call the police.

forward, “Sister, it was our fault for drugging you, but since you can neutralize this drug, you can also neutralize the one in Joseph. We hope you

looked at her

please talk to my sister. Joseph is in such a state,

Dorian found out it was Beatrice who had drugged Vivienne, he nearly passed out.

so many people around and things already being a mess, he held his tongue. Arabella was begging him right now, and he was tempted to just