The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 38

Arabella felt a chill run down her spine under Vivienne’s piercing gaze.

Vivienne was downright terrifying!

She instinctively took a step back.

Everyone else in the room was equally unnerved by the commanding presence Vivienne exuded.

“Is she really just a country girl?” they all wondered.

Vivienne had an aura around her that even the most well–bred socialites couldn’t match.

The room fell into an eerie silence. Dorian broke the silence, asking Vivienne, “Is there really no other way?”

“There is. Wait till the drug wears off!” Vivienne’s tone softened when she addressed Dorian.

Upon hearing this, Dorian simply nodded, not uttering another word. “If you can’t fix this, then let’s just head home. We won’t be coming here anymore unless absolutely necessary,” he said.

His words were a direct challenge to Beatrice.

She immediately shot back, “Dorian! What are you implying? Are you cutting ties with me?”

“If you can’t stand Vivienne, I won’t bring her here to be humiliated. She’s my daughter. If you can’t love her, then I’ll love her for you!”

With that, Dorian took Vivienne and left.

Beatrice was seething with anger. “You bastard! I call the shots in this household! As the child of the Hawthorn family, Vivienne.should–follow my commands!”

Vivienne stopped in her tracks, turning back to face her. “My life is mine to control!”

Beatrice was rendered speechless, unable to spout her usual insults in the presence of so many people.

turned to Percival. “Mr. Ellington! There’s only one condition for our engagement. Give the intended gifts to Dorian. The Hawthorn family didn’t raise me. They have no right to accept the engagement gifts.”

simply chuckled, “Alright!”

Arabella, and everyone else in the room were taken aback.

voice, “Wait, engagement? You agreed to get

“Yes, I did. I agreed days ago. We’re getting engaged in ten

struck by lightning. Her mind went

that Percival had mentioned postponing was actually scheduled for

like a complete fool thinking Percival had fallen for

known this, she wouldn’t have wasted so much effort. Now, she was left with her pride shattered!

must be her

grandmother is your elder. She calls the shots in this household. The engagement gifts should naturally be given to her. Why would they go

her hands clenched in fists, feeling utterly humiliated by

agreed to the engagement all along, but never said

she won’t even allow the Hawthorn family to accept the gifts?

That’s unacceptable!

“That’s completely unethical!”

scoffed, “Well, that’s just how I am!”

not even sparing

such determination, all

to an end, and the guests left one after

discretion, the scandalous event was made public.

family was the talk of the town.

of Joseph having sex with the maid after being drugged was anonymously uploaded online, with some

drama runs deeper than the Mariana Trench. A grandmother drugging her granddaughter? That’s a storyline

The real Hawthorn child is way more beautiful than the fake

by the real Hawthorn daughter’s ability to keep her cool and find an antidote after being drugged. And Mr. Ellington, despite

won over by the real

some ‘concerned netizens‘ exposed Joseph’s private life.

and the nanny have a love child who’s already