The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

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The next day. Dorian took another sick day from work, knowing full well Beatrice’s character and anticipating that things wouldn’t go smoothly. So, he planned to spend the entire day dealing with this issue.

Vivienne didn’t have classes that day, so she came along.

As Dorian’s wife, Cordelia naturally tagged along as well.

After dropping Thaddeus off at school, they headed straight to Hawthorn Mansion.

Just as Michael was about to ring Dorian, they showed up.

He took a glance at Dorian, asking, “Got the stuff?”

“Yeah” Dorian responded calmly, “When’s the lawyer coming?”

“He’s on his way about fifteen minutes,” Michael said.

Dorian nodded without further comment.

The Hawthorn family kept quiet, the mansion was eerily silent.

Beatrice sat at the head of the table, shooting a murky glance at Dorian before closing her eyes. Nobody offered to pour water for Dorian’s family.

Dorian didn’t mind, the three of them sat quietly.

The lawyer arrived earlier than expected, taking only ten minutes.

When the lawyer arrived, Dorian stood up first, “Let’s get started.”

Beatrice opened her eyes and calmly said, “First, show me the goods!”

Without hesitation, Dorian presented the newly rewritten formula to Beatrice.

“Just one formula?

expression didn’t change. “Evelyn only left me this one

won’t do!” Beatrice barked, “You think one formula can settle the

sternly, “Mom, this formula is worth at least ten million. You’re my mother, but you haven’t raised me properly. To you, I’m just a tool. You favored my two brothers, I have nothing to say about that I didn’t come here today to discuss this. But Evelyn’s formulas, there’s only this one left. If you don’t want it, I’ll sell it to someone else I’m not afraid of you bothering us anymore. If worst comes to worst, we’ll move somewhere else

“You’re a Hawthorn and you want to sell the formula to outsiders? Don’t you have any regard for the

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sever ties with you all. I’m not associated with the Hawthorn

chest, was left gasping

asked Dorian coldly, ‘Dorian, are you sure about this? Leaving

best decision I ever made was leaving the Hawthorn family’ Dorian said

for you!” Michael

be told, they didn’t want Dorian to completely sever

affection for Dorian, but because they knew he had more perfume formulas up his

Beatrice had told them she’d convinced Arabella to win over Percival’s heart however, this would inevitably involve Vivienne, since she was

Arabella’s chances of success

stubbornness was really

her pocket, saying coldly, “I’ve got the formula now, and I won’t give it back. Unless you bring out

knew how important

formulas to elevate the Hawthorn family to

But what she sought wasn’t the Hawthorn family’s prominence

she even wanted to oust the Ellington

been big, and she

was one

was even willing

scoffed, “Mom, I’m

I guessed you’d keep

had a bad feeling,

two

worthless, Donan said with a poker

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had reminded him of

the safest way, so he

been a bit hopeful that Beatrice would keep her word for once,

woman who would do anything to achieve her