The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 80

“Of course I’d accept it!”

Beatrice was about to respond right away, but upon seeing Vivienne’s frosty gaze, she felt as if something had clogged her throat, and she couldn’t utter a single word.

“Vivienne! What’s all this about?” Joseph angrily questioned her. “She’s your grandmother. How could you talk to her like that?”

Vivienne slightly curled her lips, elegantly tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear before speaking slowly. “Joseph, if we were in a different place, I wouldn’t even bother talking to you with this much patience. Wanna give it a go?”

“You!” Joseph was left fuming and speechless.

That little imp, Vivienne, was yet again using the past to threaten him.

Whether she really had any evidence or not, he couldn’t take the risk.

Vivienne glanced indifferently at the Hawthorn family members and spoke in an icy tone, “I, Vivienne, have never acknowledged any connection to you, the Hawthorn family, except for Dorian and Cordelia. If you don’t get it, I don’t mind stirring up a buzz around the Hawthorn family again.”

Beatrice was taken aback. Vivienne knew too many secrets about the Hawthorns. They couldn’t let her blow things out of proportion.

Arabella spoke with a frozen expression. “We’re all family. Are you really going to take things this far? We’re your family, and the prosperity of the Hawthorn family is your prosperity. Accepting the dowry would elevate the Hawthorn family. Why are you trying to stop us from accepting it? You’re cutting off your own escape route. Do you get that?”

Vivienne smirked. “I don’t need to rely on anyone.”

She looked at Arabella as if she were looking at a fool.

Given the current state of the Hawthorn family, even if they got a 10-million-dollar investment, it would take decades to catch up with the Ellington family’s wealth.

Even if the Hawthorn family was loaded, the Ellington family would still look down on Arabella.

“You dare discuss my family right in my face? Do you think all my family members are dead?” Percival suddenly spoke, his voice as cold as ice.

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head high. “Did I say something wrong? We’re discussing the dowry you’re giving to my sister. The Ellington family is a wealthy family

It was you who proposed to fulfill the marriage contract, and it was you who promised a 10-million-dollar dowry to the Hawthorn family, but

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out. Shouldn’t we have the right

because she had previously left a bad impression on Percival.

was too important for the

get the 10 million dollars, so she could

eyes flashed as he radiated a chilling aura. “A foster daughter spouting nonsense

was embarrassed. “Mr. Ellington, your words are very hurtful. I may be a foster daughter of the Hawthorn family, but I see them as my own. Now that the Hawthorn family is damaged, of course I need to speak up.

when people mentioned her status as a foster daughter. She was clearly very outstanding. Why did she have to be ridiculed just because she wasn’t born into the

argue with dogs.”

that her face turned purple and her lips began to

this, Beatrice changed her expression. “There’s

calm down. If the video was exposed again, the Hawthorn family would

was the priority

okay if the dowry is given to Dorian?”

a bit

Vivienne and Percival were people who

the Ellington family had no intention of giving them the

said, “Vivienne didn’t grow up in the Hawthorn family. We don’t have a deep bond. I understand it’s reasonable not to give me the dowry. But I’m still her grandmother, and

know you hate me for how I treated your mother back in the day, but I’m still

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future.”

frowned. Beatrice was really playing dirty to get what she

up her

a mother was

my best to find you